Biography
As a contractor and consultant for indirect procurement I have more than 30 years of professional experience, gained in Germany and overseas, in procurement, finance, and other business areas. I have been an executive for over 20 years. Excellent language skills and intercultural sensitivity help me build bridges between cultures.
Responsibility for €1bn purchasing volume
Line and project management, matrix organisations
Finance Director
Direct reporting line into C-suite/board
Finance (enterprise valuation, planning & analysis)
M&A (several large transactions with Enterprise Value >€1bn, IPO in the US)
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Transformation
(Lean Management)
Excellent English skills
Further languages: French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian
High degree of intercultural awareness
Overseas placements in the UK and the US
Contractor @ automotive/intralogistics corporation (listed in German mid-cap index MDAX):
EMEA-wide sourcing of professional services (inter alia, consultancy, marketing, temporary labour), strategy development, process optimisation
Consulted on a sales strategy for a medical devices start-up. Target clients: Group Procurement Organisations
Managing Director ai for a truck services company
Project lead for a procurement transformation project @ a Dutch power generation company: shifted focus on strategic categories, repaired and optimised S2C and P2P processes, strengthened local procurement team
Project lead for a procurement transformation project @ a UK utility: repositioning of procurement as a strategic player, design and execution of a large external spend programme
Contractor @mid-cap utility: coaching & enhancing the new professional servicesprocurement team (particularly in the sourcing of IT and consultancy), process optimisation, strategy development
Contractor @ a private equity-owned utility: set-up of a European Lead Buyer organisation to create synergies in sourcing lab equipment/services, It hardware, and fleet management
Liquidator of the German nuclear simulator centre
