Stephan R.

2019-01-01 - Today

Senior Sourcing Manager

Responsible for Sourcing and Procurement of external professional Services and HR services

2015-01-01 To 2018-12-01

Associate Director Category Manager Prof. Services

- Responsible for the global procurement of Professional Services and managing a team of 8 colleagues for the following categories: IT (Hardware, Software, IT Consultancy, eCommerce), Logistics, Management/Financial Consulting, Tax Consulting, Legal Services, Audit Services, Certification Services, HR Services, Travel Management, Real Estate & Office Services - Establish cross-functional and international category teams in close cooperation with the demand owners/expert functions and the local procurement functions, lead the category team in activities and progress and Performance - Design a fact base (spend, categories, supplier and customer portfolio as well as a demand/project plan), provide methods, templates, collaboration-processes and KPI`s - Develop the sourcing and supplier strategies in collaboration with the businesses in order to reach procurement success - Responsible for the Supplier Relationship Programme for all indirect procurement areas with defined key suppliers

2014-01-01 To 2014-12-01

Director, Senior Sourcing Expert, Legal Services & Audit

- Responsible for the procurement of Business Services (Global sourcing of Legal Services, Audit Services), (Annual spend 600 million CHF, supplier base: around 1’200 suppliers) - Development and definition of sourcing strategies (global & regional) for the assigned categories in alignment with the overall strategy and close cooperation with the internal business Partners - Share best practices and market expertise with colleagues at Supply & Demand Management function (Regional Sourcing Specialists) and internal business Partners - Analyse & report category spend, savings and compliance (bypass spend, approved vendors, KPIs) on a monthly Basis - Relationship Management with defined key suppliers

2007-03-01 To 2013-12-01

Group Procurement Lead Buyer & Procurement Business Analyst

- Responsible for the procurement of Business Services (Global sourcing of Marketing, Legal Services, HR Services, Financial Services, Facility Management Head Office, Communication Services, and for all professional services in relation to Mergers & Acquisitions) - Accurate and timely performance reporting, analysis and forecasting of the different commodities (Business services, logistics, raw materials, packaging, CAPEX procurement) - Productivity Controlling - Assuring the strict compliance of actual procedures - Cost controlling per commodity against actual cost and monitoring the impact in P&L - Lead projects to increase efficiency of the Sourcing Function - Monitor and control supplier terms and conditions and pricing agreements in SAP - Analyse market opportunities and provide solutions that improve business and financial Performance - Support investment planning (business cases) - Analyse and evaluate compliance of subsidiaries together with Internal Audit