Reorganization of purchasing, establishment of strategic purchasing, product group and supplier management and establishment of the central purchasing department
Project
Duration: 12 months
Role in the project: Project manager / purchasing manager
Area of application, geographical: Germany
Company
Industry: Medical technology / device manufacturer
Umsatz: 40 Mio. EUR
Number of employees: 220
Description
- Transformation of purchasing towards clearly structured, efficient purchasing with the aim of ensuring material availability and reducing the material usage rate
- The mandate was extended several times and expanded to include the reorganization of the operations area and the coordination of the relocation of the production department to a new production site
Measures
- Re-organization of operational purchasing according to product groups
- Development of strategic purchasing
- Definition of a product group and supplier strategy including action plan
- Introduction of reporting tools and key figures
- Introduction of a sales and operations process
- Coordination of the move and relocation to a new production site
Team
- 8 Purchaser
- Production manager
- Director Engineering
- Sales
- Development
Reporting
- Weekly feedback meetings with COO
- Regular reporting to the mind
Interfaces
- Sales
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Research & Development
Success
- Re-organization within 5 months
- Development of employees based on the qualification matrix created
- Creation of a purchasing strategy (product group & supplier strategy) including potential savings of over 11%.
- Transparency in purchasing through KPI-driven action
- Increase in material availability from 73% to 91% through structured supplier management
- Supporting the introduction of the new ERP system
- Identification of potential improvements based on the current system landscape
- Selection and introduction of the new Head of Supply Chain Management
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