Teambuilding
Goal: Motivation of the purchasing team and incentive to contribute to the company's development
Project
Duration: 8 months
Role in the project: Head of the purchasing team
Operational area, geographical:
- Germany
- Switzerland
Company
Type: Mechanical / Plant Engineering
Turnover: 4 Bn. EUR
Number of employees: 16,000
Description
At the beginning of the job, I found a team which due to…
- several changes of superiors in a short time and
- little appreciation of colleagues from other departments
had a low standing in the organisation and little self-confidence or own esteem and was accordingly demotivated.
Measures
- Identification of the problem
- Gaining the confidence of the team and management by presenting a plan of action
- Teambuilding events with HR support
- Communication of purchasing successes within the organization
- Process improvement
- Structuring of the organization with clear areas of responsibility
- Temporary external support to relieve the daily workload
- Demanding the measures also in the direction of management
Team
- 15 Employees Purchasing
- Heads of the other departments
- Chief Procurement Officer
- Human Resources
Reporting
- Weekly purchasing meetings
- Informal discussions with employees
- Regular feedback meetings with CPO
Interfaces
- Team
- Heads of the other departments
- Plant Manager
- CPO
- HR
Success
- Understanding of the other departments for the activities of the purchasing department
- Taking responsibility of the employees for their activities and solving the related problems
- Improvement in purchasing KPIs: (savings from 0.7% to 3.1%, on-time delivery from 78% to 89%).
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