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Interim
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Challenge
- Strong burden on cash flow from acquisition financing
- Lack of effective group purchasing organization
- High exposure to cost swings from strong dependency on volatile raw material and energy markets (e.g. power, gas, gasoline, aluminum)
- Strong supplier (oligopolies, local monopolies) in major material groups
- Traditionally no strong involvement of top management in purchasing
Action Plan
- Focusing and rebuilding of purchasing manager team in the business units
- Establishing of an international leadbuyer organization
- Introduction of core infrastructure and basic tools for the strategic purchasing function
- Implementation of successful material group strategies with a focus on risk management
Selected Results
- Sustainable cost reduction through strengthened strategic negotiation position
- Realization of cross-functional cost reduction with production and logistics
- Continuous supplier risk reduction through prioritized dual source strategy
- 2014 successful IPO of the company
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