Global. Procurement.

My domain is procurement.

Global competition, shrinking margins, major difficulties in the entire procurement system and, in addition, a lack of strategies to meet current challenges – a picture that applies to many companies and can lead to serious difficulties.

Do you feel addressed?

It is very likely that your company also faces these challenges.

Challenges

There is a lack of purchasing strategies and an organization with trained employees, precisely fitting processes and tools.
Cost optimization is on the agenda, which is to be achieved by reorganizing purchasing. In addition, rising material costs are to be cushioned.
There are (acute) problems in the so-called "magic triangle" of purchasing: material availability, quality and costs.
There is a lack of external innovation in procurement management. Trends that could be developed with the help of procurement for corporate development are not recognized.

Solutions

The solutions are always individual, the principle “one size fits all” is unfortunately not purposeful. Many clients experience this, especially in turbulent times, where fast and secure action is required.

Whether you are a global corporation or a local manufacturer with an international supply chain, I will lead your purchasing team and thus your company to “Best in Class”.

Management

Global transformation and purchasing projects

Future-oriented leadership and (re)positioning of global purchasing through disruption, international business development and sustainable change management
Organizational structure and development as well as redesign of the working environment
Implementation of solutions for more transparency as well as sustainable process and cost optimizations in purchasing and related areas, such as operations and supply chain management – up to best in class
Development and coaching of specialists and managers

Setup, optimization, and sustainable integration

of purchasing (processes/organization)

Strategic Purchasing and Global Procurement
Supply chain management in the context of a plant or branch establishment
Material group management for direct and indirect material as well as investments
Supplier management: search, selection, and qualification
Material cost reduction: Identify and leverage savings potentials
Controlling and development of early warning systems

Sustainable crisis management in purchasing:

Ad-hoc assurance measures for availability and quality as well as for cost compliance

Short-term realization of cost savings in the areas of purchasing, logistics, SCM, etc. via spot market purchasing, design to cost, renegotiation of framework agreements, quantity contracts, etc.
Securing or restoring material availability: finding new suppliers, securing contacts with existing suppliers, checking relationships with former suppliers and reactivating them if necessary reactivate
Measures to ensure the quality and quantity of preliminary products: Visiting suppliers to enforce own interests (QA and monitoring of production steps, ensuring that own orders are processed with highest priority)

Implementation of an information and communication system to/with customers
Observation of the supply and process chains in order to identify problems at an early stage and to proactively enter into exchange with customers
Modernization of the procurement management in order to be able to ensure basic requirements in the company
Pareto analysis: Identify the 20% of parts that lead to 80% of lost revenue
Addressing the lack of storage capacity due to far too high stock levels