Experience

Cargo sous terrain (CST)

• Switzerland
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Market and Operations, member of Executive Board

  • Sep 2022 - Present

• Overall Project Manager Operations and Market

  • Feb 2022 - Sep 2022



Colosseum Dental Group

• Switzerland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Supply Chain Management and Partnerships

  • May 2017 - Feb 2022

  Established Group-wide Procurement function for newly-built dental healthcare services company from inception in 2017 to now operating over 600 dental clinics in 11 European markets. • Improved Gross Margin whilst increasing quality of materials, equipment and service levels by closely partnering with Group/country chief dentists and clinical opinion leaders; • Tripled spend under contract and got leadership to commit to business plan to reach 75% by end 2020; • Closed over 20 partnership agreements with market-leading suppliers across direct, indirect and capital equipment spend at best customer terms optimising total cost of ownership, service levels and contribution towards T&E and marketing; • Supplier code of conduct, own NDAs and master agreement templates enforced; • Developed business case and obtained full funding from Board to implement intra-oral scanning at every clinic for benefit of patient and clinical staff as well as to streamline dental tech landscape; • Successfully piloted co-branding retail concept with global leader in clear aligners. • Designed and supported implementation of Partnership Programme for partner doctors. Show less



SABMiller

• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Strategy, Business Planning and Leadership Communications (CEO / Global CPO Office)

  • Apr 2015 - May 2017

  Leading the global strategy working group for the Procurement function/company, the effective and efficient running of the Global Procurement Leadership Team, leadership communications and employee engagement as well as the Global CPO's office (including developing and managing CEO office budget).• Led development and implementation of 'Cost Out & Value In' global procurement strategy and ambition which not only delivers continued bottom line growth but also drives procurement's ability to deliver value in innovation for top-line growth and SABMiller's sustainability agenda (Prosper)• Received consistently positive feedback from Global Procurement Leadership team that "we are well organized, follow-up is robust but engaging and everything does run a lot smoother than before."• Recognized for leadership communications and employee engagement which resulted in measurable improvement in employee engagement, despite going through a period of fundamental change due to the combination with largest competitor. Our employees were amongst the best engaged across the Group through the 11 months' long convergence process until change of control (as confirmed by pulse survey scores).• Advanced the JV service model for Efes and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Procurement Services Agreement) Show less

• Head of Procurement Operations (Director-level)

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

  Established newly built role to oversee Group-wide Operational Procurement activities , both for in-house and outsourced activities across the full source-to-pay cycle.• Elevated operational procurement process responsibilities from local to regional shared service centers• Automated spot-buying process by 15% (through increased use of content management tools and other spot-buy reduction programs)• Achieved target compliance to Global Procurement Policy (no procurement without procurement)• Established budget and lean governance routines with Source-to-Pay steering committee in collaboration with Global Business Services Show less

• Business Performance Manager

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2014

  Responsible for putting in place a state-of-the-art Procurement business performance management system and full analytical capability, including sourcing support, reporting and market intelligence to support the rapid establishment of a global procurement organization managing >$7bn of 3rd party spend. • Led design and delivery of analytical capability, sourcing support and market intelligence team (only 4 months from project start to launch, growing per customer demand from 10 to 24 FTEs, over-delivering on every success criteria, e.g.performance evaluation levels by customers)• Established with business partners and Finance function all key performance indicators, service levels and operating levels for globally integrated procurement function Show less



Sony Music Entertainment

• United States
• Musicians
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Strategic Initiatives (CEO Office)

  • Oct 2009 - Mar 2011

  Dedicated support role to the CEO in the achievement of his strategic objectives by executing CEO special projects. • Proactively identified and resolved upcoming issues, and improved processes involving the CEO and the CEO Office • Led and supported restructuring, global business planning and internal budget setting projects (saving almost $90 million in cost in 12 months) • Ran most important global decision making body (Sony Music Board) as well as the annual Management Meeting Dedicated support role to the CEO in the achievement of his strategic objectives by executing CEO special projects. • Proactively identified and resolved upcoming issues, and improved processes involving the CEO and the CEO Office • Led and supported restructuring, global business planning and internal budget setting projects (saving almost $90 million in cost in 12 months) • Ran most important global decision making body (Sony Music Board) as well as the annual Management Meeting



Procter & Gamble

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Group Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2009

  Promoted to heading the Nonwovens Procurement team for EMEA (4 managerial-level direct reports) covering an annual spend of $450 million with responsibility for sourcing over 15 materials across Hygiene and Home Care products.• Saved over 10% of spend (or $49 million) through accelerated negotiation cycles and first global eRFP• Identified and enabled better and cheaper technologies (e.g. soft backsheet for Pampers)• Led co-location and soft currency projects in Russia and Middle East; created competition to incumbent suppliers from low-cost countries• Received full upstream purchases rights and created new layer of benefits Show less

• Senior Purchasing Manager

  • Apr 2004 - Jul 2006

  Global sourcing strategy owner and lead buyer in Europe, Middle East and Africa for Acquisition Layer spend in hygiene products, responsible for a global spend of $140 million.• Opened new source of benefits by directly managing upstream value chain rather than leaving it with converters with small leverage • Successfully introduced recycled PET fibers and new upstream suppliers to save costs and create competition to virgin fiber suppliers• Ran first truly global tender covering full value chain to sustainably reduce prices by 10%+ and created business continuity plans to get through 30% growth on material demand without a single business interruption, despite force majeure at key supplier in Europe coinciding with launch of increase material usage with new generation Pampers Show less

• Purchasing Manager

  • Jan 2002 - Mar 2004

  Responsible for managing Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Fastening Materials spend for Hygiene products with an annual expenditure of $120 million.• Successfully delivered fit grip upgrade for "Koala" initiative (still in global market and first launched in Europe market) at flat cost in collaboration with R&D and selected external business partners • Removed single sourcing deadlock with in-house make project (versus patent-protected buy) and saved 20%+ on respective spend area renegotiating with incumbent supplier Show less