Background

Profile

• Senior Vice President with 30 years of management experience
• Extensive work in redesigning and managing global organizations
• Knowledge of the automotive industry, consumer products and capital goods
• Extensive knowledge in creating business and functional strategies
• Strong capabilities to build international teams and mobilize around programs
• Experience in company rescue and recovery, restructuring
• Good knowledge of methods and tools involved in sales, sourcing and supply chain management
• In-depth activities in short-term and long-term cost reduction
• Proven negotiation skills in international environments, also especially in critical situations
• Many years of experience in team- and target-oriented management of international employees
• A high level of intercultural competency through previous international activities
• Fluent English (good negotiating skills), fluent German, basic French

Founder and Owner of SCMA Consulting

Husqvarna AB Sweden

(World market leader of professional and consumer outdoor products,

Stockholm / Sweden)

• Founder and SVP of the Battery Competence Center
• Chief Procurement Officer Husqvarna Group
  

Grammer AG, Vice President Group Procurement

(Automotive 1/2 Tier supplier, seats and interiour, Amberg/Germany

Metabo AG, Vice President Supply Chain Management,

(Electrical power tool manufacturer, Nürtingen / Germany)

AT&T, Director of Sales

(Global telecommunication network provider)

Philips, Director of Strategic Procurement

(Global Consumer and Telecommunication Company)