Rüdiger V. - Interim Manager Purchasing

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Karben, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Dec 2024

1 year 6 months

Interim Manager Purchasing

ENBW

Purchasing contracting – large-scale energy generation project.
Construction and capex purchasing.
Tendering, negotiation, contracts, ordering, sourcing.

Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year 6 months

Interim Manager Purchasing

Vorwerk

Project purchasing – new project.
Electronic components, thermoforming parts, K-injection parts, production equipment, sourcing, contracts.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

Interim Manager Purchasing

Progroup

Capex construction purchasing – project purchasing – greenfield.
Construction and capex purchasing in an international environment.

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Interim Manager Purchasing

Quin – Automotive

Capex purchasing / MRO, among others.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Munich, Germany

Interim Manager Purchasing

Kamax Automotve

Capex project.
Mobility project – framework agreements in the Munich area, among others.

Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

3 years 9 months

Germany

Head of Purchasing (Central Services including Facility, Construction, Fleet)

Schenker Deutschland AG

Including management of the Construction/Facility department.
Responsible for around 100 branches.
Areas: General purchasing, technical purchasing (vehicles, filling stations), IT purchasing, construction purchasing.
NPM, capex, services, travel, temporary staffing, consulting, marketing, consulting fee terms, among others.
Projects: centralization, savings, bundling of requirements.
Implementation of e-procurement system SRM, temporary staffing, FFZ, occupational safety, facility, vehicles, consumables, invest-Airbus HH, among others.
Reorganization of purchasing, new concepts/savings projects for facility, temporary staffing, FFZ, among others.
Including management of fleet and construction/facility (around 100 branches in Germany).
2-3 new construction projects per year.

Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

3 years 3 months

Head of Purchasing (Procurement)

Rittal GmbH & Co KG

Production purchasing / indirect.
NPM, capex, MRO, fleet, facility, among others.
Investments, services, MRO, marketing, facility, fleet, travel, service, IT, electronics, energy, projects, HR and marketing services, consumables, packaging, coatings, production materials, raw materials, components for air conditioners, among others.
Reporting, savings projects, sourcing, team coordination, projects, framework agreements, KPIs.
Optimized marketing costs with the marketing director.
Areas: consulting, design, printing.
Spend approx. €250 M.
SRM tool implementation.
Head of fleet department.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

5 years

Purchasing Indirect Spend / Manager

Tyco Electronics (AMP) Global Automotive EMEA

Head of team for indirect spend in the EMEA region.
Investments, fleet, packaging, chemicals, services, framework agreements, capex, MRO, marketing, facility, IT, travel, energy contracts, bundling, sourcing, among others.
Reporting, coordination of the indirect team in Europe, savings projects.
Implementation of e-catalog for MRO.
Spend approx. €280 M.

Jan 2002 - Dec 2008

7 years

Offenbach, Germany

Head of Purchasing

M. Kappus GmbH (Care Products / Chemicals)

Strategy, framework agreements, coordination, reporting, QM.
Raw materials, packaging, MRO, framework contracts, organization, cost calculation, audits, sourcing, inventories, QM, energy, team leadership, traded goods, scheduling, among others.
Head of packaging warehouse.
Purchasing volume approx. €120 M.

Jul 1987 - Dec 2002

15 years 6 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Deputy Head of Materials Management, Lead Buyer Production Purchasing, Technical, among others

Binding Brauerei AG (Oetker Group / Radeberger)

1987-1991: Buyer for production materials.
From 1991: Deputy head of materials management, lead buyer for production purchasing, technical, among others.
Lead buyer function in the Oetker Group.
Framework agreements, QM, supplier development, audits.
Investments/capex, technical, services, service, advertising, packaging, projects, coordination, framework agreements, supplier development, value analysis, warehousing, among others.
Experience with IT migration to SAP R/3.
Introduction and improvement of QM.
New build of Radeberger brewery, investment in PET line at Selters mineral spring, among others.

Jan 1986 - Jun 1987

1 year 6 months

Buyer

Instrumentenwerk der VDO AG (Automotive)

Tenders, SAP data management, orders, analysis, complaint handling.
PCBs, stamped parts, drawn parts, DIN and standard parts, among others.

Summary

Over 25 years of purchasing experience, operational and strategic.
In-depth expertise
Purchasing experience in an international environment
Intercultural competence
Leadership experience, teams up to 20 people.
Experience in building and organizing purchasing of non-production materials.
Contract drafting, savings projects, organization, TCO
Successful ERP system implementations (SAP-Ariba, Pool4Tool)
Achievements/savings: FFZ projects, production equipment, fleet, ticketing machines, packaging consolidation.
Public procurement procedures at DB