Managed contracting and procurement for a major energy generation project.
Conducted tenders, negotiations, contract management, ordering processes, and sourcing related to construction and CAPEX procurement.
Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
1 year 6 months
Interim Manager Purchasing
Vorwerk
Oversaw project procurement for new projects.
Procured parts such as electronic components, deep-draw components, injection mold parts, and production systems.
Worked on sourcing and contract management.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
1 year
Interim Manager Purchasing
Progroup
Managed procurement for greenfield projects, including construction and CAPEX procurement in international environments.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
1 year
Interim Manager Purchasing
Quin Automotive
Handled CAPEX procurement and MRO procurement for various projects.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year
Interim Manager Purchasing
Kamax Automotive
Worked on CAPEX project.
Managed mobility project and framework agreements in the Munich area.
Apr 2016 - Dec 2019
3 years 9 months
Head of Purchasing (Central Services including Facility, Construction, Fleet)
Schenker Deutschland AG
Oversaw procurement activities for around 100 business locations.
Managed central services including facility, construction, fleet, general procurement, technical procurement (vehicles, gas stations), IT procurement, and construction procurement.
Led initiatives such as centralization, savings projects, and bundling of needs.
Implemented e-procurement systems like SRM (Supplier Relationship Management).
Projects included temp work, FFZ, safety, facility procurement, vehicle procurement, consumables, investments like Airbus HH.
Led the fleet management and construction/facility departments, with annual 2-3 new construction projects.
Initiated procurement reorganization and new cost-saving concepts for areas like facility, temporary work, and FFZ.
Jan 2013 - Mar 2016
3 years 3 months
Head of Purchasing (Procurement)
Rittal GmbH & Co KG
Managed production procurement for indirect areas such as NPM, CAPEX, MRO, fleet, and facility.
Handled investments, services, MRO, marketing, facility, fleet, travel, IT, electronics, energy, projects, HR and marketing services, consumables, packaging, and coatings for production materials.
Coordinated sourcing and savings projects, reporting, team management, framework agreements, and KPIs.
Optimized marketing costs in collaboration with the marketing director.
Oversaw spend of around €250 million.
Successfully introduced SRM tools.
Managed the fleet department.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2012
5 years
Purchasing Indirect Spend / Manager
Tyco Electronics (AMP) Global Automotive EMEA
Led a team for indirect spend in the EMEA region.
Oversaw procurement areas such as investments, fleet, packaging, chemicals, services, framework agreements, CAPEX, MRO, marketing, facility, IT, travel, electricity contracts, bundling, and sourcing.
Coordinated indirect teams in Europe, conducted savings projects, and reporting.
Successfully introduced an e-catalog for MRO procurement.
Managed a spend of around €280 million.
Jan 2002 - Dec 2008
7 years
Head of Purchasing
Firma M. Kappus GmbH
Developed strategies and framework agreements.
Coordinated procurement reporting and quality management.