Ralph Schaefer Email & Phone Number

Frankfurt, He, De

Darmstadt, De

I work at Merck KGaA, a company focused on delivering Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics products and services. I am truly in my Dream Job leading an international team of 6 (+2) incredible experienced and highly motivated sourcing experts in Digital & IT Applications Procurement. Responsible for a high triple digit million spend with an achievement of multi millions of savings in the categories of R&D, ERP, SCM/Manufacturing, Quality, Advanced Analytics, Marketing & Sales, AMS/AD, Staff Augmentation, and Group Functions as well as Business Led topics on global level. As an inspiring leader, my responsibilities include the following activities:- PO IT strategy development, execution, and management of strategic application programs - Leading strategic pillar to improve operations with different strategic initiatives for Cost Optimization, Reduction of Supplier / Applications Landscape and manage increase in demand;- Optimize delivery of solutions and services and jointly decide on technology and suppliers; - Standardizing solutions across different sectors under consideration of cost and contractual aspects - Support of the Business to increase efficiency, to drive digital transformation programs and to develop SW Products;- Support Carve Out programs and the integration of new acquisitions (e.g. Millipore; Sigma Aldrich)- Integration and training of a nearshore sourcing support organization into daily operations - Simplification and improvement of purchasing processes and procedures as well as the development and optimization of supplier relationships (including SAP, Veeva, Salseforce, Palantir, Aera, etc.)Recent Achievements: SAP RISE Contract; Cognizant AMS / AD Contract; Process Improvements: Supplier Evaluation via Qualtrics; SRM via Salesforce; 360 Spend IT Dashboard; Specific XaaS Agreement;

05/05 – 12/06Certified Project Manager (GPM – Level C), Competence Center Transportation and Logistics Numerous logistic and software development projectsGlobal Deputy Process Manager – Project Management (responsible for the PM SOP and for project audit activities in this specific area) 04/03 – 04/05Team Lead Product Development, Business Unit Supply Chain Management Responsibility for a team of 5 employees Product development of mobile computing topicsProcessing of profitability studiesSupplier selection (via Europe-wide competitive tendering procedure)10/00 - 03/03Consultant, Business Unit Supply Chain Management Development of product concepts and strategies Product Manager for System Management ServerDemand analysis, TCO consideration