• Worldwide responsibility for Standard & Interconnect Component category group incl. PCB, Optical transceivers, Connectors, I/O Cable assemblies, RF Cable & Fiber Optics, Memories, Magnetics components, Capacitors, Resistors, Discrete & Fuses.• Leader of an international team of 12 Category Managers, 2 NPI Category Managers.• Annual purchasing volume of 743 Mio. EUR in 2014• Planning and realization of cost savings with 10.6% achieved in 2014 resulting into a total of 78m EUR cost… Show more • Worldwide responsibility for Standard & Interconnect Component category group incl. PCB, Optical transceivers, Connectors, I/O Cable assemblies, RF Cable & Fiber Optics, Memories, Magnetics components, Capacitors, Resistors, Discrete & Fuses.• Leader of an international team of 12 Category Managers, 2 NPI Category Managers.• Annual purchasing volume of 743 Mio. EUR in 2014• Planning and realization of cost savings with 10.6% achieved in 2014 resulting into a total of 78m EUR cost savings (target 70m)• Contract negotiations (incl. payment term increase from 98 to 108 days in average)• Established supplier cost/performance improvement projects based on well defined methodology (should costs) resulting in substantial performance improvements at various suppliers • Total Cost Management project achieved 3.5 Mio. EUR saving and 23 Mio. EUR saving potential in new programs for 3 years pipeline• Early involvement, DTC/Technical Workshops resulting in 5.6m additional savings• Steering board member of procurement-wide negotiation excellence initiative Show less

- Worldwide responsibility for INTERCONNECTION Category Group which incl. PCB, Optical Modules, Connectors & Cable assemblies- Annual purchasing volume of 450 Mio.EUR - Leader of an international team of 9 Category Managers - Planning and realization of cost savings with 15.7% achieved in 2011 - Cross-functional category strategy creation including all relevant stakeholders

- Supplier，Procurement and bundling strategy definition and implementation for NSN ( purchasing volume: 130 Mio EUR in 2010)- Price and contract negotiations to secure and to improve pricing & Terms & Conditions.- Lead the NSN Cross Functional Team for PCBs including R&D, SD, MEX, SE & PSM representatives. - Maximized utilization of “Advance negotiation Concept” including e-events, parallel negotiations, integrated cost management activities (SPEP),…- Worldwide monthly reporting… Show more - Supplier，Procurement and bundling strategy definition and implementation for NSN ( purchasing volume: 130 Mio EUR in 2010)- Price and contract negotiations to secure and to improve pricing & Terms & Conditions.- Lead the NSN Cross Functional Team for PCBs including R&D, SD, MEX, SE & PSM representatives. - Maximized utilization of “Advance negotiation Concept” including e-events, parallel negotiations, integrated cost management activities (SPEP),…- Worldwide monthly reporting and controlling for PCB Show less

- Permanent member of Purchasing Council（Siemens AG Corporate level bundling）for PCBs, with a yearly purchasing volume of 400 Mio EUR.- Leader of Siemens Com Cross Functional Team for PCBs purchase incl. R&D, Quality and Logistic representatives.- Maximization of purchases in the “emerging markets”, focus China.- Coordinate activities towards Local Procurement Managers based in Siemens Com manufacturing locations ( Germany, Brazil, China, Greece, Italy)