Sebastian Stricker
Where HR meets PROCUREMENT | LEGAL Next Generation Interim Manager | Freelance Consultant | Speaker & Trainer
Experience
Jul 2020 - Present
5 years Oberkochen, Germany
Freelance Consultant External Workforce Procurement
Carl Zeiss AG
- Sourcing of contractors, temp labour and direct-search suppliers
- Advisor to procurement & HR in change project
May 2020 - Oct 2020
6 months Cologne, Germany
Interim Manager Strategic Insurance Procurement & Professional Services
Zurich Insurance Germany
- Strategic sourcing for Germany
- Supplier and tender management in daily business
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
5 months Stuttgart, Germany
Interim Manager Category External Workforce & HR Services
LeadecFM BV & Co. KG
- Operational handling of temp labour category
- Advisor to management board for change in external workforce strategy
Feb 2019 - Present
6 years 5 months Germany
Freelance Consultant Procurement of External Workforce
Durch Denken Vorne Consult GmbH
- Strategy-analysis and change external workforce
- Tender Mgmt and negotiations professional service suppliers
- Supplier Mgmt, KPI-setup and monitoring in a customized VMS-environment
- Expert for procurement-compliance
Feb 2019 - Present
6 years 5 months Germany
Speaker and Trainer for Professional Services and HR Procurement
TÜV Saarland Seminare | DEKRA Akademie | TA Wuppertal
- Cost-saving leverages in purchasing temping and contracting agencies
- Compliance and contractual risk management VMS-based
- Sourcing-Systems, Single / Master Vendor / MSP / Neutral and On Site
- How to plan and approach tenders
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
5 months Berlin, Germany
External Project Manager Professional Services Procurement
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
- Stabilize as firefighter for all operational / tactical urgent tasks within newly established PS-department including the challenging context of SAP Ariba rollout
- Ensure compliant contracts for IT-services, HR-services, marketing, consulting
- Development / design and optimization of procurement processes
- Train the existing staff and onboard new joiners of PS-department
- Responsible contact for senior management and the partners in Germany
Apr 2015 - Present
10 years 3 months Germany
Consultant & Interim Mgr for FlexHR procurement & management
STRYKERConsulting Flex HR Management
- Strategic sourcing, procurement and implementation of supplier management (VMS)
- Temping / contracting / projects – professional services procurement in all aspects
- Build-up "TarifTool for cost-transparency in temping" Arbeitnehmerüberlassung
- Advice on "make or buy" internal vs external workforce solutions
Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
5 years Cologne, Germany
Commercial Manager Germany & Freelance (Inhouse) Consultant
YoungCapital B.V.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years Wetzlar, Germany
Regional Commercial Operational Manager (Central Europe - CE)
Leica Microsysteme Vertriebs GmbH
- Responsible for the commercial team in CE especially proposal and tender management (EU Public Tendering Rules)
- Direct reporting to the Commercial Director of Europe
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders within the decentralized matrix organization
- Interim takeover of tasks for vacant position of the country manager D-A-CH
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
2 years Cologne, Germany
Management Consultant
SOICON Management Consulting GmbH & Co. KG
- Analysis, reporting and optimization multi-project management
- Contractual setup for procurement of consulting & IT freelancers
- Reporting of KPIs out of SAP and manipulate in Excel for decision papers
Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
1 year Cologne, Germany
Legal Inhouse Counsel Commercial, Contract & Labour Law
STUDITEMPS GmbH
Jan 2010 - Dec 2015
4 years Cologne, Germany
Account & Projects Manager Key Accounts, Master Vendor Structures
STUDITEMPS GmbH
Summary
- Experienced procurement professional with a business law background
- Proven track record as expert in the indirect categories Professional Services, Marketing, HR Services, strategical – tactical – operational
- Complementary stages from the angles of service providers, in commercial positions and supplier management
- Managed projects in international matrix-organisations with the ability to communicate into all levels
- Strong analytical skills combined with a high social sense for building up relations in regards to an effective stakeholder-management
- Experienced with technology-driven-processes in procurement - i.a. SAP MM / ARIBA, COUPA - and a keen perception of new IT-Environments
- Professional negotiations skills due to the background + proven track record in sales and business development for key accounts
- Very high motivation and operational readiness
- Positive thinker with a sense of humor even in challenging situations
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2004 - Mar 2011
University of Siegen
German diploma · German and European Business Law · Siegen, Germany
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