Tobias N. - Head of Global Direct Procurement, Interim Management

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Traiskirchen, Austria

Experience

Apr 2022 - Mar 2024

2 years

Head of Global Direct Procurement, Interim Management

KraussMaffei

Restructuring and leading the global procurement for production materials with a purchasing volume of approx. €650 M.
Cost management.
Consolidating and managing the procurement team (16 local + 20 global members).
Process management.

Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

1 year

Group Procurement Manager

Office Depot

With a purchasing volume of approx. €400 M.
Leading procurement activities and qualifying buyers after a restructuring.
Building and implementing a group procurement function after a merger, achieving significant savings.

Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

3 months

Head of Procurement and Support during ERP implementation

Raylase

Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

6 months

Procurement, Warehouse and Process Management

Simacek

During a restructuring phase.

Oct 2016 - Present

8 years 11 months

Traiskirchen, Austria

Interim Manager and Independent Consultant

Tobias Német, Unternehmensberatung

Leading organizations through change, focusing on procurement and supply chain management, excellence along the value chain.
Raylase: Purchasing excellence, supply chain management with consulting on end-to-end S&OP (Sales, Planning and Operations) implementation.
Speech Processing Solutions: Cost reduction in procurement.
EVN: Cost reduction through efficiency improvements (organizational development and process management).
Diehl: Setting up transfer pricing regime according to OECD guidelines.

Jan 2012 - Sep 2016

4 years 9 months

Vienna, Austria

Managing Director Austria

ROI Management Consulting GmbH

Reporting to the Group Executive Board in Munich.
5 employees.
Role as Managing Director (business development, finance, HR), project partner responsible for projects on purchasing and operational excellence, lean management and various supply chain management topics including business-IT alignment.
Kärcher: Designing the global purchasing footprint (4 continents).
EagleBurgmann: Cost optimization.
Knorr-Bremse: Industrialization, purchasing excellence.
EVN: Efficiency in the sales organization (lean office).
Schindler Escalator: Operational excellence, lean management.
Schott: Optimization of the purchasing office Eastern Europe.
WEBASTO: Project management.

May 2008 - Dec 2011

3 years 8 months

Vienna, Austria

Partner

Kerkhoff Consulting

Reporting to local management in Vienna.
Technical leadership of project staff (up to 13).
Responsible leadership of optimization projects in mechanical engineering, construction conglomerate, chemicals, food, building materials & process industry and public sector.
Studies with University of St. Gallen on working capital management and supply chain financing.
Bilfinger Berger: Establishing central supplier management and defining the corresponding IT solution (SAP SLC).
Austrian Post: Establishing and implementing central purchasing.
GoodMills: Purchasing excellence with building a central purchasing function and stock management (8 European countries).
Pipelife: Purchasing excellence and optimizing indirect procurement (12 European countries).
Asamer: Purchasing excellence with building group procurement and cost optimization (Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia, Libya).

Dec 2006 - May 2008

1 year 6 months

Warsaw, Poland

Senior Area Manager, Warsaw Office Manager

Kerkhoff Consulting Eastern Europe

Reporting to the management of Kerkhoff Consulting Group.
Technical and disciplinary leadership of 25 employees.
Project and results responsibility for activities in Eastern Europe.
Restructuring the organization, building and developing the team including a local successor.
Sourcing support for: KTM radiators, SieMatic, HÜLSTA, Agrana, Schüco.

Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

8 months

Vienna, Austria

Principal

Kerkhoff Consulting

Reporting to local management in Vienna.
Technical leadership of staff in projects.
Optimization projects in procurement.
Straßen NRW: Improving procurement performance by professionalizing the central purchasing function.
AGRANA Fruit: Cost optimization in procurement, establishing a central purchasing company.
SCHÜCO: Improving procurement performance.
MCE: Purchasing excellence.

Dec 1997 - Mar 2006

8 years 4 months

Vienna, Austria

Strategic Buyer in Corporate Procurement

Semperit AG Holding

Reporting to Head of Procurement, with close reporting directly to the CEO.
Technical leadership of buyers in the global procurement organizations (Europe, North America, Asia).
Group responsibility (cost, availability, working capital) for the categories Chemicals, Packaging and Plastics Packaging with a purchasing volume of €110 M.
Successful integration (including M&A) and leadership of global procurement activities and optimization of procurement structure (processes, reporting, ratio projects, bundling activities) across 8 locations in Europe, Asia and North America.
SAP Key User for SAP MM implementation.

Mar 1996 - Nov 1997

1 year 9 months

Vienna, Austria

Strategic Buyer, Senior Buyer

Philips Business Electronics

Reporting to Head of Procurement.
No direct reports.
Strategic buyer for assembled and unassembled printed circuit boards and electromechanical assemblies, responsible for supplier selection (global sourcing), price negotiations, supplier management.

Mar 1994 - Feb 1996

2 years

Vienna, Austria

Head of Series Procurement / Sourcing

Philips Business Electronics

Reporting to Head of Material Management.
Technical and disciplinary leadership of 6 employees.
Building a systematic series procurement/disposition and implementing S&OP within supply chain management.
Successfully increasing service level and inventory turnover.

Dec 1990 - Feb 1994

3 years 3 months

Vienna, Austria

Technical Buyer

Philips Business Electronics

Reporting to Head of Mechanical Procurement.
No direct reports.
Responsible for executing strategic procurement projects and managing defined product groups (stamped & bent parts, tin, plastic injection molding, tools).

Summary

Leadership experience in line functions, project work and global matrix organizations
High social skills, loyalty and integrity
Entrepreneurial mindset and goal orientation
Strong international background (projects in 26 countries on 4 continents, 1.5 years in Warsaw/Poland)