• Created a procurement approach for EU Stores to ensure compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) while maximizing product availability.
• Led +20 stakeholders to develop and execute the EUDR readiness strategy to ensure that +10k suppliers to meet requirements to comply with EUDR.
• Launched the zero waste workstream for the WW Books organization and embedded product waste reduction goals into local supply chain teams.
• Ideated the 3-year sustainability plan for the WW Books organization (multi-billion-? business in 19 countries), making tangible the sustainability vision.
• Defined and executed mechanisms to update stakeholders and senior leadership on progress towards the organization?s sustainability goals. 

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Developed with an external standardization body a scalable path for the Books industry to demonstrate compliance with EUDR on product level along the supply chain.
• Optimized inventory health minimizing the risk of product disposal. This plan saved a 7-digit ?-value of annualized inventory holding costs.
• Launched book donations to charities in EU+UK to drive circularity and avoiding product disposal for +150k of books per year.
• Integrated sustainability a? decision making parameter into the WW Books organization.

• Led and closed annual purchasing negotiations with product revenue volumes of up to ?200M.
• Optimized logistic and financial operation processes in cooperation with publishers.
• Negotiated suppliers? participation into strategic programs such as print on demand and direct fulfillment to improve product availability.
• Coached up to four young professionals at the same time to provide best-in class service to their suppliers helping them to grow their business.
• Trained +100 supplier managers from different categories to pitch and onboard their suppliers to cost saving initiatives by creating self-service trainings and hosting webinars.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Improved profitability by 6-digit ?-values per negotiation.
• Closed a 7-digit ?-value open claims settlement without negative P&L impact and improved the invoicing process which reduced open claims of supplier invoices by -60%.
• Increased direct sourcing from manufacturers in the EU Media categories by +2,300bps YoY, which saved 7-digit ?-values in purchase costs.
• Expanded direct fulfillment for books by 2,000% to increase supply chain network capacity when the pandemic started.
• Reduced item defect rate in supply chain processes for 75 Book suppliers saving a 6-digit ?-value of annual supply chain costs.