Interim Manager Einkauf / Einkaufsleiter / Lieferantenmanagement & Projektmanagement

2/2023 – 12/2023

Supporting my client in challenging delivery situations of semiconductors and escalation management towards customers and suppliers.

- OEM communication and solution finding activities for criticism purchasing parts.
- Supplier escalation management (internal & external)
- Ramp-Up of a new carline for a German vehicle manufacturer.
- Escalation Management for a global vehicle manufacturer and managing the delivery of semiconductors with the respective suppliers due to a recall-campaign.
- Managing a Team, responsible for creating/updating range lists, manufacturing planning, broker cost & purchasing decisions,
- Cross-functional and international management of challenging situation along the supply chain.
- Classical supplier decisions and resourcing activities of problematic suppliers.

Active sourcing, Direkter Einkauf, Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Halbleiter, International Banking Package (IBP), Krisenkommunikation, Krisenmanagement, Lieferantenanalyse, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Outsourcing, Projekteinkauf, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

11/2021 – 9/2022

Leitung des lokalen Einlaufs und Führung von acht Einkäufern.
Weitere Details bitte siehe CV.

Direkter Einkauf

12/2018 – 9/2021

I am responsible for the development of a strategic approach and operational execution to the corporate procurement & material management requirements of direct / indirect goods (production tools & equipment).
- Disciplinary lead of an international team: 4 project buyers, 3 capex buyers & 3 supplier quality engineers.
- Responsible Procurement Spent: 150m € annual (CAPEX & OPEX) & reporting to the Chairman.
- Responsibility for supplier decisions / management & supplier quality / development (APQP & PPAP) in the pre-serial phase and leading of supplier negotiations, escalations & steering committees / task force teams.
- Management of current procurement policies & procedures, supplier relationship and contract management.
- Implementation of Digitalisation solutions (eSourcing, ePPAP, spend management, contract management, etc.)
- Categories: Plastic Injection parts & tools, Injection moulding machines, press lamination & edge folding machines / tools, welding equipment, surface treatment equipment, glue applications, secondary equipment, engineering services, cinematic parts, aluminium parts and C-Part management.

Einkauf (allg.), Einkaufsstrategie, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Insourcing, Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Kostenoptimierung, Kostensenkungs-Programm, Lieferantenanalyse, Lieferantenbewertung, Lieferantenentwicklung, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Outsourcing, Personalführung, Projekteinkauf, Projektmanagement - Kommunikation, Risikomanagement, Serieneinkauf, Unternehmensberatung, Zielkostenmanagement

12/2013 – 1/2018

I was responsible for running procurement projects across different categories & spend areas for companies around the globe. Saving initiatives & "quick wins" were identified, and future procurement strategies were developed. Besides my main practice in procurement I also managed a complex Post-Merger-Integration project in Turkey.

Main Practice: Business Development & Strategy, Procurement & Cost Cutting, S&OP, Post-Merger Integration and Quality & Process Management. Various publication (SCM, Industry 4.0 and Procurement).

KPMG Germany / Munich
- Functional & disciplinary lead of 5 consultants
- Procurement assessments for indirect spend with a Swiss telecommunication company in Bern, CH
- Ramp down plan of the Asian production site of a German Heavy Vehicle Manufacturer in Munich, GER
- Procurement cost cutting within a time period of 6 month for British Petroleum in Johannesburg, SA
- Procurement cost cutting project with a manufacturer of professional lighting systems in Dornbirn, AUT

KPMG Turkey / Istanbul
- Functional & disciplinary lead of 10 consultants
- Business Development & start-up of a Management Consulting for KPMG Turkey
- Post-Merger Integration Manager – GlaxoSmithKline & Novartis in Istanbul, TUR
- Operational Blue-print – new factory for a Turkish Heavy Vehicle Manufacturer BMC in Izmir, TUR

Business Development, Einkauf (allg.), Kostenoptimierung, Kostensenkungs-Programm, Fusionen und Übernahmen, Qualitätsmanagement (allg.), Strategische Unternehmensplanung

1/2013 – 10/2013

In this role I reported to the global Board of Procurement Quality Responsible for strategic projects I developed and
executed together with a selected team an efficiency increasing road map for the respective functions. Details please find in my CV attached

Direkter Einkauf, Einkaufsstrategie, Strategischer Einkauf

12/2008 – 12/2012

As a Senior Project Manager Procurement, I was responsible for all procurement related topics (direct indirect goods) in international projects Main OEM projects BMW and GM.

Selected Projects Responsibilities:

- Functional Lead of 4 direct Buyers, 4 indirect buyers & 4 Supplier Quality Engineers.
- Project organisation planning / controlling (Time, Cost & Quality) & Product Change Management
- Development of category strategies in alignment with respective buyer
- Managing supplier tender / selection for direct & indirect spend; Leading Target Costing initiatives (VE/VA)
- Supplier Management / Supplier Risk Management, Supply Chain planning, APQP & PPAP

Projektmanagement, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), Direkter Einkauf, Einkaufsstrategie, Personalführung, Ppap, Projekteinkauf

6/2006 – 12/2008

- Responsible for cost, time and quality of purchase components in selected projects)
- Execution of tenders based on technical documents according to customer requirements
- Requesting, verifying & negotiating of offers, creation of cost comparisons & preparation of supplier decisions
- Active member of product change management

APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), Lieferantenbewertung, Lieferantenentwicklung, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Ppap, Projekteinkauf, Projektmanagement