Volker Jacobs

Global leader of Procurement function, responsable for 50+ FTE, 740 Mio € global spend, 5 production plants and various converting centres, reports to Group COO, main strategic focus areas - process digitization, scouting of innovation, strategic supplier- and stakeholder management, cost and value chain management, talent management.

Appr. 1,2 Bn € procurement spend - 12 plants in Europe, leads 50+ professionals, Reports to Group CFO of the NKT Group GmbH - Procura, Raises category strategies, suppliers Performance, new Supplier Management Philosophy, optimization of Processes of Procurement Function - Integration of digital platform (Ariba), Talent Management – Procurement Accademy, Identify, track and measure Material Cost Optimization Potentials, Manage M&A projects as functional stream leader

Leiter Beschaffung Türsysteme, Schließsysteme, Fensterheber

160 Mio € purchasing volume, 24 employees, reports to vice president purchasing Brose Group, participation in the definition of the Brose global procurement strategy, implementation of procurement strategy, cost reduction budget fulfill, supplier development, early supplier Integration (resident engineer concept), processes development , reportign of KPIs, VAVE, value chain management

50 Mio € procurement spend, Management of 6 employees, reports to Director Operations, consolidation of globale purchasing relevant activities, definition and implementation of a global sourcing strategy , global market Screening, permanent benchmarking, verification of on time on cost budgets for newly launched programs, review of target fulfillment of material budgets of serial programs, intiatiation and coordination of global sourcing Projects,

160 Mio € spend, Supplier Account Team (consisting of purchasing, logistics, and quality), 8 employees ('Supplier Management Team’), reports to Director Purchasing BMW Rolls-Royce, commercialization of the BR710 and BR715 programs for the commodity ‚Fabrications’, consolidation of supplier portfolio, achieve significant material cost reduction, introduce and facilitate BMW supplier development and VAVE process

40 Mio $ purchasing/ trading volume in the area of household and gift goods, disciplinary and functional management of 5+3 employees (Merchandiser), reports to Managing Director Sono Centra Trading Ltd., preparation, coordination and execution of procurement trips within Asia together with the central buyers of European customers, verification of quality and delivery aspects of all placed orders within the household and gifts division

Materialwirtschaft