Oliver Heck

Substitute Professor (Part-time) Materials Management, Logistics & Production

Geisenheim, Germany

Experience

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
6 months
Mainz, Germany

Substitute Professor (Part-time) Materials Management, Logistics & Production

Hochschule Mainz

Apr 2017 - May 2025
8 years 2 months
Mainz, Germany

Lecturer

Hochschule Mainz

Jan 2014 - May 2025
11 years 5 months
Geisenheim, Germany

Independent Consultant, Interim Manager and Specialist Lecturer

Self-employed

  • Senior consultant and interim manager for industry and trade (focus on international strategic procurement and supply chain management)
  • Specialist lecturer for procurement, logistics, foreign trade, industrial management and supply chain management
  • Trainer (IHK), Master Professional IHK, Bachelor Professional IHK, IHK business administrators and business economists, IHK commercial clerks
Jan 2002 - Dec 2015
13 years

Senior Strategic Sourcer Networks

Deutsche Telekom Gruppe

  • International strategic project procurement for telecommunications equipment, maintenance contracts and telecommunications capacities (network technology, MSAN, FTTH)
  • Development and implementation of global procurement strategies
  • Potential assessments and risk analyses of international markets based on global procurement market research
  • Supplier management, supplier auditing, implementation of compliance regulations with suppliers
  • Negotiation and conclusion of framework agreements and execution of audit-proof procurement procedures
  • Procurement and award of external services and technical products for customer projects
  • Procurement volume (project-based) avg. €10M per project, approx. €100M p.a.
  • Product groups: high-tech equipment, IT/telecommunications network maintenance services, network capacities and facility management services for data centers
  • Personnel management: project-based workforce planning and procurement, technical leadership of up to 15 team members from various departments and suppliers per project
  • Achieved cost reduction of approx. 50% in the procurement of high-tech equipment
  • Consolidation of complex, global maintenance contracts with administrative simplifications and financial savings of up to 90%
Jan 1996 - Dec 2003
7 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Product Group Leader/Category Manager

Hoechst AG/ hpi GmbH

  • Product group leader for office consumables and workshop equipment as well as workshop consumables, buyer for energy and lubricants
  • Development and implementation of procurement strategies with stakeholders
  • Procurement consulting for a client group in collaboration with Accenture
  • Procurement volume approx. €25M p.a.
  • Technical leadership of local buyers for the respective categories
  • Needs analysis, concept development and implementation of eBusiness concepts

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1996 - Jun 2002

Hochschule Mainz

Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Germany

Certifications & licenses

IHK Trainer in accordance with §30 BBiG and AEVO

IHK