Alexander Bender, Phd Email & Phone Number

Newnan, Ga, Us

At Westernacher, we are the quality leader in business process and technology innovation. Founded in 1969, we operate worldwide with consultants in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Westernacher provides Business and SAP Consulting, serving medium and large customers.As Global Industry Lead, I am responsible to:* Drive industry-specific content development at Westernacher using my experience from working with clients such as TJX, Niagara, etc.* Define our offerings and develop marketing assets to support our salespeople* Develop campaigns and support campaign execution by regional sales* Identify leads and target companies, ideally in cooperation with SAP* Visit with potential customers and manage opportunitiesAs Director of Supply Chain Strategy & Execution: leading a small team at Westernacher providing operational and organizational consulting services. Project examples include:* Executing a current state analysis and developing a new operations model for the logistics unit of Thailands largest cement, concrete, and building materials company* Interims management at a new factory for a German automotive supplier in Alabama, improving operations (especially reduced scrap) and system usage/automationManaged TM implementation team of 25 during design and development at major German discount retailer.

Greater Atlanta Area

Consulting practice applying advanced analytics & modeling focusing on operations strategies that transform complex Supply Chains for competitive advantage and significant performance gains.• Managed Supply Control Tower operations at Heavy Equipment manufacturer improving supplier performance and resolving incidents without impact to manufacturing• Planned and piloted execution improvements at $2B Water Bottling company to improve productivity of execution team by 40%• Developed and implemented Corporate Control Tower at Mobile Device distribution company

Privately held IT & management consulting firm helping clients solve complex business problems.• IT Strategy development and implementation at TJX Corp. Created first corporate System landscape to identify all data flows. Managed day-to-day operations (resource management, budget, priorities) for over two years for the newly formed Information Architecture group and grew it from a small start-up of less than 10 people to a corporate center of excellence with about 100 internal and external resources.

Worked with senior executives to develop and implement innovative operational strategies that delivered breakthrough results. PRTM was a leader in operational strategy, supply chain, product development, and customer value management.• Executed Strategic Sourcing program at Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). Stayed on as interim Category Manager to implement rate cards across all business units and almost $200M of labor spend• Implemented Lean Manufacturing techniques & Kanban at Elcoteq plant in Mexico working closely with all levels from General Manager to shop floor workers and supervisors• Established EMS Operating Procedures at captive Siemens factory in Brazil. Developed concept of Unique Operating Procedures to facilitate buy-in and transformation• Benchmarked Service Supply Chain performance for Abbott Diagnostics; developed detailed short-term and long-term recommendations to transform Abbott to become best in class• Led IT and Process Automation assessment in MannKind’s acquisition of a Large Insulin Manufacturing facility in Frankfurt, Germany• Developed and piloted program control practices across 12 software development platform releases for Nokia in Finland (multiple locations)• Led post-merger integration of Control Tower processes and practices at Sprint-Nextel• Executed Strategic Sourcing program at Adecco North America

Greater Boston Area

IT/SAP Consulting Services. Client projects included PepsiCo, SAP, MAN, and Caterpillar.

Boston & Hannover (Germany)

Led Business Process Reengineering and Restructuring program at Hannover Re.

Supported key customers in North and South America as lead consultant of CRM center of excellence. Client projects included Agilent Technologies, Waters Corp., BP, Dun & Bradstreet, and Warner-Lambert.

Visp, Switzerland & Kiel, Germany

Analyzed corporate finances and developed R&D Budget optimization tool for Swiss company engaged in the basic chemicals and biotechnology sectors

Phd (Dr. Sci. Pol.), Management Of Technology And Innovation

Activities and Societies: KDStV Churpfalz Mannheim im CV KAV Lovania zu Leuven+ Scholarship from the German Science Foundation (Deutsche.

Mba & Msc (Dipl.-Kfm. & Dipl.-Vw.), Innovation Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Economic Policy)

Activities and Societies: Rheno-Guestfalia zu Kiel im CV, Lions Club Kiel 70+ Only student of over 450 to complete MSc. and MBA program.