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Zurich, Switzerland

- Continuously review the Legal Entity / Branch Office landscape and take action to optimize as per the group interest- Responsible for the deployment of the country legal entity step plans (merge, liquidate & sell), review delays in the schedule and related mitigation plans to enable the deployment on time and on budget.- Lead Exit countries liquidation execution and local staff of legal entities and/or branches where ABB decided to exit the business. - Country Holding Officer and member of the board in various countries- Developing best practices among the countries, share information within the regions as well as driving the standardization and consistency of the Legal Entity step plans deployment where appropriate

Zürich Area, Switzerland

- AMEA Region responsible for the deployment of the countries legal entity step plans (merge, liquidate & sell), review delays in the schedule and related mitigation plans to enable the deployment on time and on budget.- First point of contact above the country level for all related questions to the Group Functions TAX, LEGAL, TREASURY and the Business Areas.- Lead Exit countries liquidation execution of legal entities and/or branches where ABB decided to exit the business. This includes acting as Country Manager, supervision of 3rd parties support and country government authorities.- Global responsibility for Legal Entity Management Stakeholder meetings- Responsible for the quarterly Power BI reporting to ABB's Executives

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Zürich Area, Switzerland

- Global Supply Chain responsibility for a >1BUSD organization, active in more than 50 Countries with 19 productions sites, 3 direct & 7 dotted line reports - Implemented successfully Global BU SCM HUB organization (7 HUBs), BU Category Management and BU Supplier Quality organization- Achieved to improve BU savings % performance significantly with strict governance and new procurement methods- Executed NWC projects to harmonize payment terms leading to improved DPO performance- Grant full compliance of SCM savings with regular audits. - Successfully deployed BU wide SCM business process outsourcing for transactional and transportation processes to global business services incl. centralizing Category Management. Important Global cost reduction achieved- Developed and implemented BU Supplier Quality organization including Supplier Quality Management System & roll-out of new global NCR tool- Improved BU spend % with qualified Suppliers from 11% to 81% through dedicated project execution - Implemented BU-wide standard technical requirement document for main Categories to capitalize knowledge and minimizing legal risks exposure - Implemented ABB instructions to improve SCM activities for selection of most competitive suppliers (TCO). BU managed categories classified Suppliers covering 80% of spend- Guide, motivate and develop direct and indirect subordinates. BU SCM succession planning in place and annually reviewed

Zurich

- Global Category Team Leader Contracted Services with spend responsibility of >1BUSD for categories like temp labour, consultancy, training, legal, translation, relocation and other HR Services.- Lead and coordinate global sourcing strategies and activities. Achieve significant savings. Lead 8 Region Category Team Leaders.- Define and implement Contracted Services Business Process Reengineering Project with introduction of a Vendor Management System handling the full R2P process in various countries.- Create and implement standardized Terms & Conditions (GTC’s) for ABB globally.- Lead the global SAS /SCM cooperation enhancing the Procure to Pay process (P2P) (coordinated with the respective countries). Best Practice sharing.- Lead and coordinate CIPS Indirect project for 6 top Indirect Material Categories (temp labor, MRO, travel, marcom, telecom, facility management) to standardize globally Category Management and processes, achieve significant and sustainable cost reduction.- Develop and promote new commercial concept for external Service Providers supporting the local business organizations.- Coach several global and Regional Category Leaders.- Negotiate and set-up global Supplier agreements.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Supply Manager for the Business Unit Rail- Member of the Global ABB SCM Team- Manage the procurement team (3FTE’s).- Local SAP team leader for SCM “One simple ABB”- Define the purchasing strategy for the responsible commodities- Act as Project leader for several internal (cost reduction) Projects in terms of Supply Chain - Analyze and improve logistic flows (Supply and Demand Chain)- Animate and lead Supply Work Teams & Internal Projects- Define & implement LCC sourcing strategies and achieve significant cost savings.- Lead eSourcing tool (web based) implementation with integration into SAP (pilot project in ABB group).- Audit Suppliers

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Manage internal and external sales force team (10FTE’s)- Financial planning- Introduce products in new market Germany.- Build-up sales-department for Germany and Switzerland.- Responsible for the "Key-Account" customers.- Develop and implement the new sales strategy at the European level.- Organization of fairs: Intoolex (CH), Metav (D), EMO (D)

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Establish and being responsible for budget & forecast- Introduce new products on market, fairs- Manage the After Sales (3FTE’s) and technical department (5FTE's)- Prospect with new European strategy- Coordinate intercompany projects- Develop new customer applications- Organize and conduct customer seminars

Advanced Leadership For Senior Middle Managers, Leadership

Master'S Degree, Supply Chain Management & Operations Management

Activities and Societies: Master Thesis in Business Process Reengineering of the R2P process for Temp Labor

Diploma, Procurement

Activities and Societies: Procurement Higher procurement studies