Tobias (Mba) Német-Interim Manager and Independent Consultant
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Experience
Interim Manager and Independent Consultant
Tobias Német, Management Consulting
- Leading organizations through change with a focus on procurement and supply chain management, as well as excellence across the value chain
- Project KraussMaffei (2022-04-01 to 2024-03-31): Head of Global Procurement Direct, interim management, restructuring and leading the global procurement for production materials with a purchasing volume of approximately €650 million; cost management; consolidating and leading the purchasing team (16 staff locally + 20 staff globally); process management
- Project Office Depot (2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31): Group Procurement Manager with a purchasing volume of approximately €400 million; leading procurement activities and training buyers after a restructuring; building and implementing a group procurement function after a merger, achieving significant savings
- Project Raylase (2021-01-01 to 2021-03-31): Head of procurement and support for the ERP implementation
- Project Simacek (2019-01-01 to 2019-06-30): Procurement, warehouse, and process management during a restructuring phase
- Project Raylase: Purchasing excellence; supply chain management with consulting on the full implementation of S&OP (sales, planning, and disposition)
- Project Speech Processing Solutions: cost reduction in procurement
- Project EVN: cost reduction through efficiency improvements (organizational development and process management)
- Project Diehl: establishing a transfer pricing regime in line with OECD guidelines
Managing Director Austria
ROI Management Consulting GmbH
- Reporting to the Group's board in Munich
- Leading five employees
- Responsible for client acquisition, finance, HR, and as lead partner for projects in purchasing and operational excellence, lean management, and various supply chain management topics including business IT alignment
- Project Kärcher: designing the global purchasing footprint (4 continents)
- Project EagleBurgmann: cost optimization
- Project Knorr-Bremse: industrialization, purchasing excellence
- Project EVN: efficiency in the sales organization (lean office)
- Project Schindler Escalator: operational excellence, lean management
- Project Schott: optimization of the Eastern Europe purchasing office
- Project WEBASTO: project management
Partner
Kerkhoff Consulting
- Reporting to the local management in Vienna
- Leading project team members (up to 13)
- Responsible for leading optimization projects in the fields of mechanical engineering, construction conglomerates, chemicals, food, building materials & process industries, and the public sector
- Conducting studies with the University of St. Gallen on working capital management and supply chain financing
- Project Bilfinger Berger: establishing central supplier management and defining the related IT solution (SAP SLC)
- Project Austrian Post: setting up and implementing centralized procurement
- Project GoodMills: purchasing excellence, setting up a central procurement function and stock management (8 countries in Europe)
- Project Pipelife: purchasing excellence and optimization of indirect procurement (12 European countries)
- Project Asamer: purchasing excellence with setting up group procurement and cost optimization (Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia, Libya)
Senior Area Manager, Head of Warsaw Office
Kerkhoff Consulting Eastern Europe
- Reporting to the management of Kerkhoff Consulting Group
- Managing and supervising 25 employees
- Responsible for projects and outcomes of activities in Eastern Europe
- Restructuring the organization as well as building and developing the team, including a local successor
- Project Sourcing Support: KTM coolers, SieMatic, HÜLSTA, Agrana, Schüco
Principal
Kerkhoff Consulting
- Reporting to the local management in Vienna
- Leading team members in projects
- Executing optimization projects in procurement
- Project Straßen NRW: improving procurement performance by professionalizing the central procurement function
- Project AGRANA Fruit: cost optimization in procurement and establishing a central procurement company
- Project SCHÜCO: improving procurement performance
- Project MCE: purchasing excellence
Strategic Buyer in Corporate Procurement
Semperit AG Holding
- Reported to the head of purchasing, with direct reporting to the CEO
- Functional leadership of buyers in the global procurement organizations (Europe, North America, Asia)
- Corporate responsibility (costs, availability, working capital) for the product categories Chemicals, Packaging and Plastics with a purchasing volume of €110 million
- Successful integration (incl. M&A) and leadership of global procurement activities, and optimization of the procurement structure (processes, reporting, ratio projects, bundling activities) across eight sites in Europe, Asia and North America
- SAP key user for the implementation of SAP MM
Strategic Buyer, Senior Buyer
Philips Business Electronics
- Reported to the head of purchasing
- Strategic buyer for assembled and bare printed circuit boards and electromechanical assemblies
- Responsible for supplier selection (global sourcing), price negotiations and supplier management
Group Leader Series Purchasing / Procurement
Philips Business Electronics
- Reported to the head of Material Management
- Functional and disciplinary management of six employees
- Developed a systematic approach for series purchasing/disposition and implemented S&OP within supply chain management
- Successfully increased service level and inventory turnover
Technical Buyer
Philips Business Electronics
- Reported to the group leader for mechanical purchasing
- Responsible for implementing strategic procurement projects and managing defined product groups (stamped & bent parts, tin, plastic injection molding, tools)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Information Technology, Retail, and Professional Services.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Operations, and Project Management.
Summary
- Leadership experience in line functions, project work, and global matrix organizations
- Strong social skills, loyalty, and integrity
- Entrepreneurial thinking and goal orientation
Languages
Education
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota / Executive Academy, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Master of Business Administration, Double degree · Business Administration · Vienna, Austria
College for Plastics Technology at TGM, Vienna
Engineer in Plastics Technology · Plastics Technology · Vienna, Austria
Certifications & licenses
Purchasing Academy
ÖPWZ
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
Frequently asked questions
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Tobias is based in Traiskirchen, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Tobias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Hungarian (Advanced).
Tobias has at least 36 years of experience. During this time, Tobias has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years. Note that Tobias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Tobias would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Manager and Independent Consultant, Managing Director Austria, Partner.
Tobias's most recent position is Interim Manager and Independent Consultant at Tobias Német, Management Consulting.
In recent years, Tobias has worked for Tobias Német, Management Consulting.
Tobias is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, and Energy. Tobias also has some experience in Information Technology, Retail, and Professional Services.
Tobias is most experienced in business areas like Procurement, Supply Chain Management, and Operations. Tobias also has some experience in Project Management.
Tobias has recently worked in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Energy, and Information Technology.
Tobias has recently worked in business areas like Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management.
Tobias holds a Master in Business Administration from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota / Executive Academy, Vienna University of Economics and Business and a Bachelor in Plastics Technology from College for Plastics Technology at TGM, Vienna.
Tobias has 1 certificate: Purchasing Academy.
The availability of Tobias needs to be confirmed.
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