Stephan Berghoff
Strategic Procurement Consulting
Experience
Strategic Procurement Consulting
ProMetriX
- Advising small and medium-sized companies on professionalizing procurement, overall business development and on developing financing and growth strategies
- Developing and implementing procurement and business strategies
- Creating cost analyses and price calculations, building procurement and financial controlling, and implementing relevant KPIs
- Setting up digital procurement processes and introducing Power BI dashboards for data-driven management of the company
- Supporting make-or-buy decisions, contract negotiations and tenders
- Guiding procurement and digitalization projects with a focus on measurable added value
- Goal: making procurement measurable – with values, analytics and a clear focus on strategy, efficiency and execution.
Head of Procurement Division
C + P GmbH & Co. KG
- Leading procurement at three production sites (Breidenbach, Gotha, Legnica) with 11 employees
- Introducing a lead-buyer concept and building KPI-driven procurement controlling
- Digitalizing the P2P process with a focus on automation and transparency
- Developing and implementing a nearshoring strategy to increase supply security
- Introducing digital supplier risk and quality monitoring
- Procurement volume: approx. €40M, focus: steel, liquid and powder coatings, plastic parts, trade goods, electricity, fleet
Goal: Transforming procurement into a strategic, data-driven value contributor within the industrial value chain.
Head of International Procurement
Schäfer Shop Group GmbH & Co. KG
- Leading a global procurement team (27 FTEs) in Europe and Asia (Shanghai)
- Implementing a central lead-buyer approach
- Digitalizing supplier onboarding and SRM processes in collaboration with IT
- Establishing KPI- and risk-oriented supplier management
- Developing a global Far East sourcing strategy with a focus on third-party, white- and private-label products
- Procurement responsibility: approx. €130M, focus: office furniture and office supplies
Goal: Creating an internationally scalable procurement structure with a clear KPI system and data-driven supplier management.
Head of Purchasing
Cyklop GmbH
- Managing procurement (10 FTEs) including engineering and project purchasing
- Expanding the global supplier network and SRM
- Implementing cost reduction and consolidation strategies
- Procurement volume: €34M, focus: turned, milled and cast parts, plastic granulate, trade goods
Goal: Building a connected, scalable procurement function with a clear commodity group strategy.
Head of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
GC-heat Gebhard GmbH & Co. KG
- Responsible for purchasing, logistics, production planning, QA/QM and shipping (19 FTEs)
- Digitalizing material flows and introducing procurement controlling
- Negotiations and contract management with power of attorney
- Procurement volume: €3.5M, focus: technical ceramics, stainless steel tubing, cables and wire, electricity
Goal: Holistic management of the supply chain with a focus on efficiency, digitalization and quality.
Strategic Technical Buyer & Quality Management Representative
GC-heat Gebhard GmbH & Co. KG
- Developing and implementing material and supplier strategies
- Supplier management, sourcing and development
- Negotiating and concluding framework agreements
- Leading and organizing the QM system according to DIN EN ISO 9001
Goal: Professionalizing strategic purchasing and quality management as a foundation for further growth.
Project Buyer for Equipment Procurement
GEDIA Gebrüder Dingerkus GmbH & Co. KG
- Global procurement of equipment
- Negotiation of commercial and technical terms
- Monitoring international procurement markets and deriving possible sourcing concepts and strategies
- Purchasing volume: €10M, focus: stamping, bending and transfer tools
Quality Preplanner
GEDIA Gebrüder Dingerkus GmbH & Co. KG
- Quality planning for international new projects
- Conducting sample tests according to PPAP and APQP
- Conducting customer-side product and process approvals
Toolmaker specializing in punching and forming technology
Rauterkus & Brockmeyer Werkzeugbau GmbH
- CNC programming tasks
- Machine scheduling
- Tool assembly
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Automotive, Retail, and Professional Services.
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Experienced in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Operations, and Production.
Summary
Stephan Berghoff is an experienced procurement manager with over 15 years of expertise in industrial, trade-related and technical purchasing. As a division manager and Head of Procurement in international companies, he has successfully transformed purchasing organizations – focusing on digitalization, data-driven management and resilient supply chains. His leadership is based on clear principles: personal accountability, transparency and measurable impact. By building modern KPI systems, automated P2P processes and digital supplier evaluations, he creates purchasing organizations that perform excellently operationally and are also effective strategically.
With ProMetriX, he also supports SMEs in professionalizing their procurement and in overall strategy and business development – as a strategic sparring partner for efficiency, digitalization and strategy.
With his many years of experience as a lecturer and IHK examiner, he has contributed to people's development in the past – with a clear understanding that personal accountability can only be sustainable when leadership also enables.
As an active member of the BME committees "Digitalization & AI" and "Sustainability", he brings current developments into his work and is committed to advancing procurement as a value contributor and innovation driver.
His vision: to rethink companies and organizations in a new, digital way – as data- and values-driven functions that create transparency, manage risks and actively contribute to business success.
Strategic procurement manager with over 15 years of experience in industry, mechanical engineering and trade. Proven track record in transforming purchasing organizations through digitalization, data-driven management and modern leadership. I stand for a values- and data-driven organization that establishes itself as a measurable value driver in its industry.
My leadership style is based on personal accountability, transparency and performance measurement – as a foundation for resilient teams and sustainable results. As an active member of BME (including the AI & Sustainability committees), I shape current developments in procurement and business – especially in artificial intelligence, P2P automation and supplier analytics.
I am convinced: a modern procurement must be data-based, technology-open and values-led. My goal as CPO is to design a purchasing organization that thinks strategically, operates automated, and on the basis of transparency, clear metrics and trust becomes a real success factor.
Skills
- Sap R/3
- Sap S/4hana
- Sap Bw
- Ms 365
- Power Bi
- P2p Automation
- Kpi Models
- Supplier Portals
- Sql
- Bi Dashboards
- Digital Supplier Evaluation
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Education
THM – Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
Master of Science, Logistics · Logistics · Giessen, Germany
Berufskolleg des Kreises Olpe – Attendorn
Apprenticeship as a Tool Mechanic · Tool Mechanics · Attendorn, Germany
Berufskolleg des Kreises Siegen - Wittgenstein
State-certified Mechanical Engineering Technician · Mechanical Engineering Technology · Germany
Certifications & licenses
IHK Trainer Qualification Course
DGQ – Quality Manager & Internal Auditor
DGQ – German Society for Quality
NLP Practitioner
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