Experience

BMW Australia

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Corporate Project Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  Responsible for the project management of large scale projects for BMW Australia and New Zealand from preparation of strategic recommendations / business cases for required board approvals to final project delivery. Recent projects included real estate/ building related projects such as construction redevelopments, office relocations, office and building upgrades as well as business integration projects.

• Corporate Project Manager

  • Oct 1998 - Present

• Procurement and Internal Controls Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  On Secondment to BMW MelbourneResponsible for managing the procurement process for all supply and service contracts essential to the business across all commodities. Executing improvement initiatives for process optimisation and reduction of overhead cost. Implementation of internal control procedures and policies as well as business reviews to ensure legal, worksafe and environmental compliancePreparation of the sale of the dealership business incl. compilation of required due diligence documents, novation of supplier agreements, stock transfer and supplier/debtor communication

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  Retail Project implementation Manager

• Project Manager Retail HR

  • Apr 2012 - Dec 2014

  Implementation Manager for BMW global retail projects for enhanced showroom presentation and sales tools in the Australian BMW and MINI dealer network as well as a BMW worldwide initiative to positively influence the dealer staff turnover/ increase skill levels.

• Purchasing Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Apr 2012

  Manage the quotation and negotiation process for all supply or service contracts essential to the business of BMW Australia and conducting sourcing recommendations to the Senior Executive Management.Develop long and short term supply strategies to generate savings and efficiencies and negotiate frame contracts to purchase regular buys under a simplified administrative umbrella.Responsible for establishing contracts and key performance indicators with suppliers and continously improve and monitor suppliers.Supervision of 2 Procurement Specialists to ensure timely and effective processing of all purchasing requirements

• Procurement Specialist

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

  Working on allocated cross functional sourcing projects, executing improvement initiatives including supplier sourcing, bidding processes and reduction in overhead costsManage the quotation and negotiation process for supply or service contracts essential to the business of BMW Australia and conducting sourcing recommendations to the Senior ManagementManage the financial risk in supply contracts and the allocation of contractsContinuously improving and monitoring supplier performance and feeding this information back into the organisation



BMW Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2008

  Category Manager for driver information systems, electronic components responsible for the selection and nomination of BMW suppliers for instrument clusters and displays for automotive series productionresponsible for planning, calculation and negotiation of material cost, tooling cost and development cost as a basis for sourcing decisionsConducting sourcing recommendations to the BMW Executive Boarddevelopment of global sourcing strategiescoordination of BMW internal interface partners (development, quality and logistics) during concept and quotation phasedevelopment of sourcing strategies and international partner networks between suppliers and sub suppliersresponsible for price negotiations and for reaching the annual cost reduction targetsintroduction of cost optimization programmes by process value analysis and best cost country sourcingcontract negotiation for development and delivery contracts

• Supply Chain Specialist

  • Feb 2001 - Sep 2005

  supplier development in all logistical areas including logicistic process audits at the international production sites of BMW vendors to identify weaknesses in the supply chainrisk analysis of critical processes and supply chains

• Sales & Marketing Specialist Motorcycles

  • Sep 1998 - Feb 2001

  Sales & Marketing specialist for BMW motorcycle equipment and riders` accessories for the German marketconception and implementation of merchandising concepts and the relevant communication materials for the BMW dealersconducting market analyses in the German market with the target of securing and improving market sharesdealer support in all merchandising issues for the German marketorganisation and processing of trade fares for the German dealerships