Denis D.-Strategic Buyer (Plant Buyer)
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Experience
Strategic Buyer (Plant Buyer)
Gries Deco Company (Freudenberg Performance Materials)
- Purchasing raw materials (PA / PP / MB & ADD.)
- Purchasing raw materials (nonwovens / fabrics)
- Purchasing raw materials (recyclates rPP/rPE)
- Indirect purchasing (MRO)
- Implementing dual-source strategies (direct / indirect)
- Initiating cost reduction projects (packaging materials)
- Risk management and supplier evaluations
- Negotiating price formulas, bonus and framework agreements
- Supplier and trade fair visits
- Selling production waste for recycling instead of incineration
- Initiating cross-plant supplier consolidation projects
- Supplier sourcing (direct / indirect)
Strategic Lead Buyer (Non-Food)
Gries Deco Company
- Managing a team of 9 employees
- Product range and item allocation
- Monitoring product range budgets
- Approving orders and inventory planning in SAP
- Representing the Purchasing Department in cross-functional project meetings
- Monitoring and maintaining working hours
- Reporting savings
- Escalation management with suppliers
- Renegotiating defined volume quantities
Strategic Senior Buyer (Furniture)
Gries Deco Company
- Monitoring purchasing budgets and reporting savings
- Reporting delivery dates and taking escalation measures in the event of delivery delays
- Negotiating and concluding bonus and framework agreements
- Organizing and coordinating cross-functional projects
- Purchase requisitions/order processing in SAP
- Negotiating terms (price, delivery conditions, payment terms)
- Creating items and suppliers and maintaining master data in SAP
- Creating the product range for furniture
- Analyzing and creating price categories
- Preparing full-cost calculations and sales price calculations
- Creating project and process documentation for the assigned area
- Supplier and trade fair visits
- Supplier sourcing
- Competitor analyses and benchmarking
- SAP Module MM/R3
- Ms-Office
- E-Procurement Systems
- Oracle JD Edwards
Logistics Shift Supervisor in VAS - Value Added Service
Gries Deco Company
- Managing a team and planning assignments for 10 employees
- Tenders with external service providers
- Organizing quality rework for goods deliveries
- Determining requirements and replenishing consumable items
- Analyzing LUH and reorganizing fast-moving / slow-moving items
- Order planning for picking
Logistics Clerk (administrative)
Gries Deco Company
- Posting goods receipts and entering master data in SAP (MIGO/MM42)
- Cleaning up transfer interfaces LT01
- Reposting goods during stock transfers (MB1B)
- Creating complaints for QM / Purchasing
- Requesting quotations for reworking goods deliveries
- Planning routes for transferring goods for external rework
Operations Logistics Employee
Schmitt & Orschler GmbH
- Goods receipt (unloading and posting)
- Goods dispatch (loading and securing)
- Order picking (preparing shipments)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Retail, and Transportation.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Project Management, Logistics, Operations, and Quality Assurance.
Skills
Monitoring Purchasing Budgets And Reporting Savings
Reporting Delivery Dates And Taking Escalation Measures In The Event Of Delivery Delays
Negotiating And Concluding Bonus And Framework Agreements
Organizing And Coordinating Cross-Functional Projects
Purchase Requisitions/Order Processing In Sap
Negotiating Terms (Price, Delivery Conditions, Payment Terms)
Creating Items And Suppliers And Maintaining Master Data In Sap
Creating The Product Range For Furniture
Analyzing And Creating Price Categories
Preparing Full-Cost Calculations And Sales Price Calculations
Creating Project And Process Documentation For The Assigned Area
Supplier And Trade Fair Visits
Supplier Sourcing
Competitor Analyses And Benchmarking
Sap Module Mm/R3
Ms Office
E-Procurement Systems
Oracle Jd Edwards
Languages
Education
Akademie für Unternehmensführung (HWK)
Betriebswirt · Business Administration · Aschaffenburg, Germany
Akademie für Unternehmensführung (HWK)
Kaufmännischer Fachwirt · Commercial Further Education · Aschaffenburg, Germany
Schmitt & Orschler GmbH
Fachkraft für Lagerlogistik · Warehouse Logistics Specialist
Certifications & licenses
Interner Auditor ISO 9001
Vorest AG
Fa. Freudenberg in Weinheim
IG BCE Berufsgenossenschaft Gernsbach
Brandschutzhelfer
Ersthelfer
Staplerschein
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Frequently asked questions
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Denis is based in Obernburg, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Denis speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Russian (Advanced).
Denis has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Denis has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 8 months. Note that Denis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Denis would be well-suited for roles such as: Strategic Buyer (Plant Buyer), Strategic Lead Buyer (Non-Food), Strategic Senior Buyer (Furniture).
Denis's most recent position is Strategic Buyer (Plant Buyer) at Gries Deco Company (Freudenberg Performance Materials).
In recent years, Denis has worked for Gries Deco Company (Freudenberg Performance Materials) and Gries Deco Company.
Denis is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Retail, and Transportation.
Denis is most experienced in business areas like Supply Chain Management, Procurement, and Project Management. Denis also has some experience in Logistics, Operations, and Quality Assurance.
Denis has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing.
Denis has recently worked in business areas like Procurement, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management.
Denis attended Akademie für Unternehmensführung (HWK) for Business Administration.
Denis has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: Interner Auditor ISO 9001, Six Sigma Lean Admin (Green Belt), and Grundlehrgang Sicherheitsbeauftragter.
The availability of Denis needs to be confirmed.
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