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In this role in Consumer Health, I am responsible to develop, shape and ensure a stringent Risk Management approach for external “Directs” supplies supporting to protect approx. 6 b€ of global annual revenue in response to the given complex Product Supply Eco-system with the following key achievements: - Awareness creation & mindset development across functions by defining the “WHY”, the “WHAT” and the “HOW” of Supply Risk Management- Building transparency around critical &… Show more In this role in Consumer Health, I am responsible to develop, shape and ensure a stringent Risk Management approach for external “Directs” supplies supporting to protect approx. 6 b€ of global annual revenue in response to the given complex Product Supply Eco-system with the following key achievements: - Awareness creation & mindset development across functions by defining the “WHY”, the “WHAT” and the “HOW” of Supply Risk Management- Building transparency around critical & potentially disruptive external supply “alert factors” by implementation of suitable monitoring tools- Implementation of a layered Risk Management concept allowing for an improved decision-making process, focus and smart resource allocation by elaborating risk treatment options in response to specific business needs Show less

In this role in Consumer Health, I was accountable to understand stakeholders’ business needs and translate them into demand requirements and strategic initiatives as well as ensuring the alignment and communication of respective Procurement activities with the following key achievements:- Building & shaping relationships with key Digestive Health and Dermatology stakeholders identifying areas of opportunity for value creation, advising the business commercially and providing category… Show more In this role in Consumer Health, I was accountable to understand stakeholders’ business needs and translate them into demand requirements and strategic initiatives as well as ensuring the alignment and communication of respective Procurement activities with the following key achievements:- Building & shaping relationships with key Digestive Health and Dermatology stakeholders identifying areas of opportunity for value creation, advising the business commercially and providing category market intelligence- Gaining relevant business insights into brand/product strategies, objectives & demand forecasts to better understand and/or challenge resulting business requirements whilst ensuring critical needs are considered by respectively involved Sourcing Category and Supplier Managers- Connecting business requirements to supplier technologies/solutions tapping into the supplier’s innovation potential and resources by setting up joint innovation initiatives in alignment with the responsible Supplier Managers Show less

In this role in Consumer Health, I served as the first point of contact and business partner for our packaging development function in Europe and was responsible to manage specific packaging categories across our global internal and external Product Supply network with the following key achievements:- Connecting the R&D packaging function with the global procurement organization in support to better navigate this complex eco-system building synergies and alignment of how and whom to… Show more In this role in Consumer Health, I served as the first point of contact and business partner for our packaging development function in Europe and was responsible to manage specific packaging categories across our global internal and external Product Supply network with the following key achievements:- Connecting the R&D packaging function with the global procurement organization in support to better navigate this complex eco-system building synergies and alignment of how and whom to approach on supply markets - Development & implementation of sourcing strategies, generating savings & risk mitigation measures and optimization projects for packaging materials, such as Tubes & Stoppers, Plastic Bottles & Caps and Vaginal Applicators- Negotiation of global or regional supply agreements, building and shaping supplier relationships with selected key suppliers driving harmonization, complexity reduction and best practices transfer projects Show less

During a long-term Expatriate assignment as Head of Procurement Direct Materials & Contract Manufacturing, I was entrusted to lead two teams with 2 direct and 10 indirect reports as centralized platform servicing all 3 by then sub-groups Health Care, Crop Science and Material Science with their 5 local manufacturing sites being in charge to operationally as well as strategically source raw- and packaging materials as well as contract manufacturing services with a total annual spend of approx… Show more During a long-term Expatriate assignment as Head of Procurement Direct Materials & Contract Manufacturing, I was entrusted to lead two teams with 2 direct and 10 indirect reports as centralized platform servicing all 3 by then sub-groups Health Care, Crop Science and Material Science with their 5 local manufacturing sites being in charge to operationally as well as strategically source raw- and packaging materials as well as contract manufacturing services with a total annual spend of approx. EURO 400 Mio. Show less

During this period, I served as a junior project coordinator for a European Fleet Management project. This project involved the analysis of the Group's car-fleet and preparation of the strategy for the different bidding and negotiation processes with car-manufacturers and leasing-firms comprising an annual spend volume of approx. EURO 90 Mio.

In this role serving the whole Bayer Group, I was in charge for the strategic and market orientated procurement of logistics services, especially the transportation of packed goods from our German based Product Supply network to France, Spain and Portugal with an annual spend of approx. EURO 15 Mio. The responsibilities involved quantitative and qualitative benchmarks, analysis and optimization of logistic process flows and the design of distribution concepts in collaboration with our internal… Show more In this role serving the whole Bayer Group, I was in charge for the strategic and market orientated procurement of logistics services, especially the transportation of packed goods from our German based Product Supply network to France, Spain and Portugal with an annual spend of approx. EURO 15 Mio. The responsibilities involved quantitative and qualitative benchmarks, analysis and optimization of logistic process flows and the design of distribution concepts in collaboration with our internal business partners. Show less

Internship in the Chilean affiliate of the German consultancy Miebach Logistik targeted to support a project, apply learned content and write the Diploma thesis: „Development of a concept to improve the dispatch handling in the central warehouse of a Chilean building center chain“.

Internship as part of the European Business Studies program from FH Osnabrück in the frame of an integrated 1-year stay abroad in collaboration with a partner university in Chile: Support the Logistics department of a food producing company to design appropriate KPIs to analyze the As-Is situation regarding their distribution processes of the various warehouses across Chile aiming to build the foundation to further optimize these processes for the required commercial activities.

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