• Responsible for budget up to U$800 million
• Managing and leading the locally managed categories and a team of 6 procurement specialists and coordinator in the countries.
• Strategic planning for demand plan and timely delivery on project relevant tenders, supplier relationship management
• Stakeholder management: Proactive engagement with all sites and business owners to consult in all questions of procuring activities, risk and benefit analysis. Drive implementation of procurement processes and awareness cross matrix, P2P and S2C (Ariba and Procon).
• Ensuring stable and constant supply of goods and services for all sites defined at current and future business needs at total lowest costs, with special focus on time due to the nature of the Project (Pipeline completion).
• Contract management and contract negotiations
• Tender management using Procon

• Responsible for budget up to U$600 million
• Managing and leading the locally managed categories within the global procurement
• Strategic planning, innovation and scorecard delivery: Development of long term regional procurement strategies aligned to global procurement and regional business strategy
• Generate and deliver ongoing value through year-over-year savings
• Stakeholder management: Proactive engagement with all sites and business owners to consult in all questions of procuring activities, risk and benefit analysis. Drive implementation of procurement policy into sales and marketing leadership
• Optimising procurement processes (S2C and P2P), through implementation of SAP ARIBA
• Setting of saving targets, global category strategy implementation, project planning and coordination, resource planning
• Strategic implementation of outsourced services such as Facility Management, Maintenance and Professional Services, Fleet Management, Media Buying, Print Management
• Develop and maintain knowledge-base of locally managed categories, build and maintain framework of operations to ensure transfer of knowledge at all time
• Ensure stable and constant supply of goods and services for all sites defined at current and future business needs at total lowest costs

Achievements

• Increased spend under procurement control to 80%
• Development and implementation of regional procurement standard processes to speed up time to market while decreasing costs
• Transformation of fleet category to outsourced fleet management based on TCO calculation
• Savings delivery average 20% in first year and 10% in following years
• Change of strategy for indirect categories facilities, professional services, print, fleet, media delivering savings between 15 % and 35% (varies by category)

• 4-5 direct reports, responsible for budget up to $360 million
• Line and performance management of procurement teams: Accountable for building and developing robust, cohesive and business oriented procurement function in areas of strategy, demand and services delivery demonstrating clear added value to local marketing companies
• Strategic planning, innovation and scorecard delivery: Development of long term regional procurement strategies aligned to global procurement and regional business strategy
• Strategic relationship management: Proactive engagement with regional sales and marketing leadership teams as well as global category leaders to enable strategic leverage of procurement for business functions
• Compliance with company´s global policies, responsible procurement as well as regional & local regulations
• Setting of saving targets, global category strategy implementation, project planning and coordination, resource planning

Achievements

• Development and implementation of global end-to-end category strategy
• Increased global saving delivery in categories creative agencies, media, print, fleet, facilities across markets
• Implementation of strategic procurement activities in indirect categories in a complex and high spend environment
• Working with global category leaders and key stake holders to adapt local business requirements to global category strategy and ensure successful implementation of strategic sourcing
• Development of standard contracts and implementing contract management, considering global strategies aligned with local law requirements
• Relationship management: Involvement of local stakeholders in procurement strategies, enabling leverage of procurement for business and service functions to drive maximum value

• Line and performance management of 2 direct and 3 outsourced indirect reports in market, responsible for budget up to $200 million
• Strategic planning: Development of long term strategic plans for global spend area (including accountability for sub-category and national plans)
• Strategic relationship management: Ensured category strategies were highly aligned to current and future business need and supply base capable of supporting these strategies
• Implementation of category plan: Ensured underpinning process improvement and procurement activities delivered expected business value in accordance with strategic plans

Achievements

• Transformation from operational to strategic procurement implementing global procurement strategy
• Education and development of procurement team from buyers into sourcing managers
• Savings delivery average 20% in first year and 10% in following years (Mepha Schweiz AG); 15% in first year and 6% in following years (AstraZeneca)
• Change of strategy for indirect categories print, fleet, media delivering savings between 15 % and 35% (varies by category)
• AstraZeneca recognition awards for top performance and project delivery

• Managing the economical departments such as procurement, maintenance, facilities, kitchen, supply chain, archive.
• Tendering and managing of all relevant activities for the building of a new Nuclear department, including architects, maintenance, medical equipment Logistics

• Responsible for 2 direct reports.
• Supplier relationship management, supply chain spare parts
• OEM product sourcing
• Make or buy decisions