Nikolaus Kirner

Chief Procurement & Transf. Officer, linkedin.com/in/nikolaus-kirner-7aa4004

Angestellt, Chief Procurement Officer, SAP

Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

weltweites Lieferantennetzwerk
Kontakte innerhalb der Touristik/Airline/Retailwel
Global Sourcing / Procurement
Turnaround Management
Post-Merger Integration
Outsourcing
Shared Services
Restructuring
Operational Excellence
Supply Chain Management
Business Transformation
Digitalisierung

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Nikolaus Kirner

  • Bis heute 3 Jahre und 9 Monate, seit Sep. 2020

    Chief Procurement Officer

    SAP

    Responsibility for SAPs procurement strategy, organization and technology managing a global team of app. 180 FTEs

  • Bis heute 3 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Aug. 2020

    Aufsichtsratsmitglied

    usd AG
  • 6 Jahre, Apr. 2015 - März 2021

    Member Supervisory Board

    Condor Flugdienst GmbH
  • 8 Monate, Jan. 2020 - Aug. 2020

    Chief Procurement Officer I Senior Advisor I Business Angel I Interim

    self employed

  • 6 Jahre und 10 Monate, Feb. 2013 - Nov. 2019

    Group Chief Procurement Officer

    Thomas Cook Group plc

    Transformed procurement from a tactical siloed function towards a powerful global strategic value contributor rolling out a complete new Procurement Operating Model. Responsibility for procurement and supply chain strategy, organization and technology. Part of the Procurement Power List 2018 from CIPS as one of 30 most influential people in Procurement in the UK and Europe.

  • 2 Jahre und 3 Monate, Okt. 2015 - Dez. 2017

    Group Chief Procurement Officer, Group Transformation Director

    Thomas Cook Group plc

    Responsibility for the Group's product and service supply chain Responsibilty for the Group Transformation programme Responsibility for the Group wide Lean Management Team

  • 3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Okt. 2009 - Jan. 2013

    Group Procurement Director

    Thomas Cook Group Plc

    -Responsibility for procurement and supply chain strategy, organization and technology. -Member of the CEO-led transformation team in 2012 that delivered a huge turnaround with a EBIT improvement of 48%, a net debt decrease of 47%, and a share price increase of >900% within 12 months. -Member supervisory board fairpartners AG Langen

  • 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Sep. 2008 - Sep. 2009

    Geschäftsführer

    Corporate Service Group GmbH

    EUR 215 Mio. Umsatz, 237 Mitarbeiter / Strategisches Lieferantenmanagement für die Konzernunternehmen (EUR 7 Mrd. Einkaufsvolumen) / Bereitstellung verschiedener Shared Services für die Konzernunternehmen (IT, HR, Finanzen, Kommunikation, Travel) / Verwaltungsrat der Mega AG, St. Gallen / Vorsitzender der Gesellschafterversammlung Noris International Trading GmbH (Fashion Großhandel nach Russland)

  • 7 Jahre und 7 Monate, März 2001 - Sep. 2008

    Vice President Corporate Procurement

    Thomas Cook AG

    I oversaw a procurement spend in the many hundreds of millions Euro and directed staff in seven worldwide purchasing offices, leading a Group M&A integration project. -Merged several decentralized purchasing departments, providing significant benefit. Reduced costs with large outsourcing deals across IT, Accounting. -Successfully provided project leadership of the Thomas Cook Germany 20% overhead cost reduction programme.

  • 2 Jahre und 10 Monate, Mai 1998 - Feb. 2001

    Projekt Manager - Strategischer Einkauf, Star Alliance Sourcing

    Deutsche Lufthansa AG

    Early experience as Strategic Sourcing Consultant, Deutsche Lufthansa AG/Star Alliance. Project consultant for several joined Star Alliance procurement projects resulting in savings of >EUR 8m Management of inter-disciplinary procurement teams and negotiation of high volume contracts in the areas of strategic consulting and marketing agencies Establishment of the “Partnereinkauf (Joint Procurement)” together with Deutsche Bahn AG, Deutsche Post AG as well as Deutsche Telekom AG

  • 6 Monate, März 1995 - Aug. 1995

    Intern Supply Chain Management

    Robert Bosch, Malaysia

Ausbildung von Nikolaus Kirner

  • 5 Jahre und 6 Monate, Mai 1992 - Okt. 1997

    Betriebswirtschaftslehre

    Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Trinity College Dublin

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

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  • Englisch

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Interessen

Travel
Running
Start-ups
two sons keeping me busy

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