Michael Wallbaum Email & Phone Number

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Procurement Lead Transmission System Business worldwidePurchasing Volume external: 220 million Euro.Achievement of substantial savings.Disciplinary and functional lead of 50 employees (6 Senior Managers).Governance for entire Segment including 30 Countries worldwideDevelop and drive implementation of the procurement strategy, Reporting & Controlling. Establish and maintain positive cross-functional relationship within the region, the headquarter and across business units (Sales, Engineering, Project management, locally and headquarter).

South Africa

Project Procurement for South Africa including assigned countries for all Divisions.Disciplinary and functional lead of 16 employeesGovernance for entire Project Procurement South Africa and assigned countriesDevelop and drive implementation of the procurement strategy, Reporting & Controlling.Establish and maintain positive cross-functional relationship within the region, the headquarter and across business units (Sales, Engineering, Project management, locally and headquarter).

Erlangen Area, Germany

Annual purchasing volume of app. 380 Mio € distributed in 3 sectors and 30 production locations worldwide.Implemented strategic focus on Global Value Sourcing (esp. in China, Eastern Europe and India) as well as change management through the implementation of technical levers ( cost & value engineering) for the whole supply chain.Leadership of 7 people in a cross-functional team across the globe.Represent the commodity in front of internal boards.Various roles from 1997 to 2008 within Procurement, Project Management and Engineering.