Procurement Project Manager in Germany

Manages complex sourcing and supplier projects in a high-tech / semiconductor environment with a focus on delivery capability, critical assemblies, QLTCS, escalation management, and sustainable supply chain stabilization. Leads international stakeholders, internal departments, and suppliers through demanding decision-making, qualification, and implementation phases.

Mandate relevance: Stabilization of critical supply chains, securing technologically demanding assemblies, and structured management of supplier and escalation topics in a highly dynamic high-tech environment.

PSA, Peugeot Citroën, France (10/2023 – 05/2024)

• Launch Manager for electrode production rolling lines
• Setup, modernization, and commissioning of cleanroom production equipment
• Management of a team of 15 Chinese technicians
• Recovery of a three-month delay and on-schedule delivery

• Packaging wholesaling
• Transformation project at the interface of procurement, supply chain and inventory management.
• Professional support for the implementation of Eazystock and development of procurement and replenishment logic for order quantities, service levels, reorder points, MOQ/MOV, inventory coverage and data quality.
• Design of the relocation of Swiss inventory to Adligenswil and Root, including option comparison, item prioritization and interface coordination between procurement, logistics, sales, product management and IT.
• Introduction of a total cost and working capital approach.
• Development of a prioritized roadmap for 117 supplier records and restructuring of supplier meeting preparation.
• Made the relocation plannable for the first time with a timeline, options, item priorities and responsibilities.
• Developed a roadmap for 117 supplier records; 73 records could be scheduled, while data gaps for 44 records were made transparent.
• Streamlined the supplier meeting preparation process from 2.5–3.0 to around 1.5 working days, with a potential time reduction of 40–50%.
• Supported inventory, working capital, warehousing, ordering and logistics potential with calculation logic.
• Monetary effects are deliberately reported only after implementation and target-versus-actual comparison.

• Senior consultant and interim manager for industry and trade (focus on international strategic procurement and supply chain management)
• Visiting professor (part-time) in materials management, logistics & production at Mainz University in the winter semester 2021/2022
• Lecturer (Mainz University of Applied Sciences) since summer semester 2017
• Expert lecturer in procurement, logistics, foreign trade, industrial management, and supply chain management
• IHK trainer, Master Professional IHK, Bachelor Professional IHK, IHK-certified specialists and business administrators, IHK clerks

• Available for short-term assignments in the areas of assistance and purchasing
• Focus on executive support, project assistance, and operational relief
• Quick familiarization with new company structures

Project Lead ‘New P2P Solution for Indirect Material’

Objective: Implement a new state-of-the-art P2P platform for indirect materials and integrate it with existing systems to improve efficiency, deliver cost savings, and enhance user satisfaction.

Project Lead for Phase 1: Design and evaluate future P2P process & platform

Project steps:

• P2P As-Is Analysis
• Define To-Be P2P Process
• Requirements for RFI
• RFP / Provider Evaluation
• Fit-Gap Analysis
• Business Case

• Interim license management.
• Responsible for the service relationship with suppliers and for transactional and supplier-related support tasks.
• Strategic procurement activities for risk mitigation and for optimizing the value and resilience of license usage, including setting up supplier relationship management processes and continuous improvement targets/programs.
• Negotiation of contracts and coordination of supplier integration plans with internal clients.
• Monitoring of market dynamics affecting the availability and/or pricing of materials/services.
• Collaboration with internal clients to identify procurement needs, develop buyer/market profiles, identify market trends, and define acceptable service levels.
• Management and termination of an IT contract portfolio required for the IT infrastructure and application landscape.

• Systematic analysis of cost drivers and targeted implementation of savings potentials in electronics, electromechanics, and medium voltage. Achieved a cost reduction of 9% compared to the 12% target.

• Introduced a transparent reporting system by integrating various existing systems and interfaces to improve data quality and monitor product costs for an annual volume of approximately €230 million.

• Deployed design-to-cost initiatives and cost-out workshops in close collaboration with procurement, product management, and engineering to drive technical optimizations and sustainable savings.

• Applied strategic negotiations, second-source qualification, and price and value analyses. Complemented by cost assessments and benchmark analyses to ensure long-term cost efficiency and competitiveness.

• Leading the purchasing team
• Identifying cost saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in the procurement process and implementing process optimizations
• Developing and implementing procurement strategies in coordination with product management (CTO) and operations management (COO)
• Managing and selecting suppliers for high-quality and cost-effective products and services
• Negotiating purchasing contracts and framework agreements
• Monitoring material flow between suppliers, external manufacturing and assembly companies, and in-house production
• Ensuring compliance with quality and delivery standards in coordination with QA (production)

• Conception, development, and design of explosion generators: concept, draft, calculations, design of generators, procurement of parts, assembly of developed units, as well as tests and trials for functionality, safety, and optimization, further development up to series production
• Installation and commissioning of P-Wave PWG-S types 100 to 103 and subsequent types at customer sites
• Training of customer employees in handling the generators
• Maintenance of P-Wave PWG-S generators 100 to 103 and subsequent types
• Creation of PID and KKS numbering lists
• Project execution of orders in German-speaking regions
• Purchasing all parts and assemblies needed for project execution, and coordinating the assembly of the PWG-S system by partner companies
• Responsible for cost optimization of purchased parts
• Production planner
• Responsible for PDM data and optimization of data management, transition from manual to automatic data management

• Quickly took over responsibilities after predecessor's departure
• Quickly prepared alternative procurement scenarios with transparent commercial analysis
• Thematically and personally reconnected loose, interdisciplinary threads
• Identified win-win potentials in cooperation with customers