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Matthias John Krause-Uhrmann

Matthias John Krause-Uhrmann

Senior Sourcing and Procurement Expert, Advisor, Interim Manager, Project Manager, certified Coach, Ex-CPO

Schwerte, North Rhine-westphalia, GermanyManagement Consulting
Company
International Steel Manufacturer
Title
Interim Group Cpo
Seniority
Senior
Department
Master Operations
Location
Schwerte, North Rhine-westphalia, Germany
Industry
Management Consulting

About

I am a senior Sourcing and Procurement Expert, Interim Manager, Procurement Transformation Specialist, Advisor, Project Manager, certified Coach and Ex-CPO, committed to creating and delivering commercially-focused business solutions in a range of Manufacturing and Process organizations. My recent contract career includes a wide range of mainly PE-backed mid- to large size portfolio companies across multiple industries. My focus has been on Procurement Transformation-assignments, leveraging diverse leadership/advisory experience to rapidly adapt and adopt strategic, tactical and operational supply chain, sourcing and procurement best practices and empowering interdisciplinary teams to translate strategies into measurable actions with a focus on high-quality output. Furthermore, I specialize in transforming highly operational service functions into trusted key differentiators, strategic business partners and tangible sources of value to optimise cost conscious cultures; and building inf…

Experience

Interim Group Cpo

International Steel Manufacturer · Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Present

- Procurement transformation, designing/aligning/implementing/executing Procurement´s target operating model (TOM) whilst driving Procurement´s strategic position and Procurement maturity through training/development and restructuring. - Introduction of new & urgently required key Procurement-roles incl. Project Procurement, Procurement Engineer and Key Supplier Manager - TOM including organizational structure, governance, data, systems, processes, policies, culture, mindsets etc. - Savings delivery and performance management, opportunity identification, measure generation/tracking Contribution to financial survival & transformation of Group due to market environment - Redesign of cross-functional co-ownership of cost targets and ensuring cross-functional collaboration - Reduction of monopolist supplier-dependencies - Module lead Procurement in Group's program office - Training and development program across Group Procurement

Senior Procurement & Scm-Expert, Senior Advisor, Interim & Project Manager, Systemic Coach, Ex-Cpo

Uhrmann Consulting · Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Present

Leveraging diverse leadership/advisory experience to rapidly adapt and adopt strategic, tactical and operational supply chain, sourcing and procurement best practices Certified Systemic Coach, expert in mentoring and empowering interdisciplinary teams to translate strategies into measurable actions with a focus on high-quality output Transforming highly operational service functions into trusted key differentiators, strategic business partners and tangible sources of value to optimise cost conscious cultures Building influential key stakeholder relationships up to Board level to strategically adapt and win buy-in to the business vision Industry Focus: Semiconductor Oil & Gas Energy & Utilities Automotive & Commercial Vehicles Industrial Manufacturing Airline / Aviation Logistics, Freight Forwarding IT Services & Outsourcing Highspeed Glasfibre Gas Engines & Distributed Power Construction Paper, Printing, Labels & Laminates Health & Social Care Consulting Private Equity Technical Focus:…

Interim Cpo/Procurement Director

Leading Edge Semiconductor Infrastructure Manufufacturer, backed by global OEM & global PE · Vienna, Austria

- Procurement & SCM Maturity Assessment & resulting organizational design, recruiting & implementation - Procurement transformation & repositioning as strategic value driver - Transforming Procurement from purely operational to tactical/strategic value contributor - Sales & Operations planning, Supply Chain resilience; significantly improved & synchronized business/production/demand planning - Establishing key supplier account management - Designing, aligning, implementing & success tracking of Procurement Target Operating Model - Team and individual development - Executive coaching across leadership team - Project & program management; product management-support - Crisis management during deteriorating market environment (e.g. cost reduction; stock management) & fit-for-future-design considering long term challenges - Process design, implementation & KPI-tracking; early ERP-selection & implementation

Project Manager Procurement Maturity & Opportunity Assessment (Part-Time)

Aluminium Manufacturer · Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Procurement Maturity & Opportunity Assessment Stakeholder and buyer interviews Data analytics Target operating model-design

Procurement Transformation Manager, Team- and Executive Coach (Part-Time)

Regional Energy & Utilities Provider · Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Procurement Transformation & Reorganization Team Development & Coaching Executive Coaching

Co-Founder & Startup-Investor

Caruso Beteiligungs Holding UG · Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Interim Head of Procurement - Procurement Transformation

International Logistics Service Provider · Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Full Procurement Transformation and Target Model Design / Alignment / Execution Elements of Transformation well beyond Procurement-scope Alignment with Procurement-practices at other portfolio-businesses within PE-ownership

Project Manager, Interim Cpo, Senior Proc. Expert & Advisor, Exec. Coach

Medical/healthcare/laboratory service provider, backed by consortium of international PE-investors · Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

 Global Procurement opportunity assessment for Indirects and selected direct categories – Value Creation Plan re. material cost optimization  Global Procurement maturity, culture, governance and operating model assessment and recommendation  Executive Coaching to CPO, CFO and CEO mainly around leadership, prioritization, best practices, Procurement transformation and cultural change  Implementation design and planning for Value Creation Plan and Target Operating Model

Senior Procurement Expert & Advisor, Coach, Deputy Project Manager

International supply chain equipment/infrastructure manufacturer · Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

 Global Procurement opportunity assessment around a) material cost optimization and b) culture, maturity, governance and organization – vice project manager and workstream-lead for b)  Identified 180M+ EUR of incremental savings along 5 main lever-clusters and across all global direct material-spend for Supply Chain Solutions and Industrial Trucks Solutions  Identified tremendous improvement opportunities and fundamentally critical success factors  Coached new CTO and new CPO re. setup, approach and execution of newly created global Procurement function whilst fighting significant headwinds around part availability and cost inflation

Senior Procurement Expert & Advisor (Part-Time)

International supply chain equipment/infrastructure manufacturer · Summerville, South Carolina, United States

 Senior advisor to near-shoring initiative  Updated & executed selected category strategies for masts, hydraulics, harnesses etc.  Contributed to business model calculation for near-shoring from China to India & Mexico  Supported regional CEO and COO whilst preparing key decisions re. new business model

Education

The Berlin School of Economics and Law

Diplom-Kaufmann (FH), Business/Managerial Economics

Dietz Training & Partner

Coaching - Psychology of Change (dbvc)

Mercedes-Benz AG, Berlin

Industriekaufmann (IHK) - Apprenticeship, Business Administration and Management, General

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