Daniel Strauss Email & Phone Number

Arhus, Midtjylland, Denmark

Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark

Knorr-Bremse is market leader for braking systems, within safety-critical rail and heavy vehicle solutions. Knorr-Bremse’s products make a global contribution to greater safety and energy efficiency on rail tracks and roads. About 32.000 employees, in more than 100 sites and 30 countries, use their competence to satisfy customers worldwide, providing.

Greater Aarhus Area

• Department: Regional procurement at Danfoss Residential Heating
• Category: Mechanical OEM products. Raw materials: Carbon steel, copper & aluminum wires. Machined parts: Brass, stainless & carbon steel. Castings: Zinc & aluminum. Surface treatment: Generic electrolytic, nickel.
• Broad supplier portfolio >100 suppliers. Main footprint: 80% Europe and 20% DK.

Århus Area, Denmark

• Department: Blades Global Procurement
• Category: Glass fiber fabrics for wind turbine blades for VESTAS and MHI VESTAS
• Annual RFQ negotiations of 160 M €. Supplier footprint: 75% China and 25% US
• Supplier qualification, SCM, cost savings, category management, SRM, RFQ processing

Århus Area, Denmark

• Department: Global Sourcing
• OEM sourcing: Entertainment and architectural lighting. Being approx. 2/3 of Martin product range
• Product lines in scope: Various MAC, VDO, RUSH, THRILL and all architectural lighting products
• General: NPI projects, supplier strategy, price negotiation, SCM support, SRM
• Annual RFQ negotiation: ~30 M € (40% of Martin spend). Footprint: 80% China and 20% EU
• Installation projects: Support global architectural OEM lighting projects, such as Salling media facade

Århus Area, Denmark

• Department: Global Purchasing
• Direct categories: Broadband equipment, backbone peering servers, ISDN gear, DDOS protection
• Indirect categories: IT equipment, hardware, software, IT-support, financial and legal consultants

• Department: Nordic Sales Branch DK
• Business development and sales of stainless steel and aluminium in Denmark, Sweden and Norway
• Increase sales and market share towards new and existing Scandinavian customers
• Set-up supply chain with suppliers of stainless steel from Spain, France and Germany

• Department: Group Purchase
• Global sourcing of stainless steel: Tubes, bars and coils
• Strategic sourcing projects in corporation with AT Kearney
• Annual purchase volume: 15.000 ton stainless steel ~120 mio €(1/3 of Grundfos total purchase volume. Biggest stainless account in Denmark)
• Contract negotiations with existing and new suppliers
• Commercial and logistic projects locally and globally

• Department: SP Factory Logistics
• Project management: Logistics development and SAP R/3 implementation
• Warehouse management: Controlling stock hotels, stock reduction, annual stock count processing
• Shipping management: Replenishment solutions, global material flow

Greater Aarhus Area

• Department: International Mainplanning
• Sales order coordination and production planning for nacelles, towers and rotors
• Production and installation top level planning complete windturbine Department: Project organization
• Project participation in corporation with PA Consulting Group
• Analyze and optimize business processes: Sales>Product configuration>Production>InstallationDepartment: Production Technology Center
• Global IT support within MRP, production and warehouse management

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering (B. Eng.), Manufacturing & Supply Chain.

Industrial manufacturing and supply chain management, in combination with project management, finance, accounting and marketing.

Admission Course At Engineering Faculty, Engineering Mathematics, Physics And Chemistry.

Technical Assistant, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

Basic mechanical engineering and technical documentation and CAD/CAM data calculation processing.