Benedikt Wählisch
I like to move things fast and with sustainable results.
Languages: German, Mother tongue | English, Business fluent | Slovakian, Conversational | Spanish, Basic
IT-Skills: SAP S4HANA (MM / WM), SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Fiori, ABAS, SupplyOn
Further Education
Studies
Further Education
Certified Procurement Manager
German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics | Germany
Certified Change Manager – PROSCI method
TIBA Management Consultancy GmbH | Germany
Agile Leadership – CAL-E/T/O
Scrum Alliance | Germany
SCRUM Master
Scrum Alliance | United Kingdom
33 Coaching methods I + II
Steinbeis Augsburg Business School | Germany
Studies
Equivalent to Master
Diploma | HTWG Konstanz | Germany
Focus in logistics and management
Semester abroad in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University | Hongkong
Cross Cultural & Comparative Mgmt., Managerial Communications, HR, International Business, Financial Mgmt.
Projects
Management style
- Shaper and creative solution generator, directness in problem analysis
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Inspire people with passion and expertise to bring about change, trust across all hierarchical levels
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Cooperative / participative leadership style
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Achieve sustainable results quickly
May 25 –
Jul 25
Interim Sourcing Manager Electromechanics
Bystronic Group / Bystronic Maschinenbau GmbH
Headquarters: Gotha, Germany Number of Employees: 200 to 500 Ownership Structure: Publicly Listed Industry: Plant and machine construction
Description:
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Operational bridging of the commodity group electronics and electromechanical goods
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Renegotiation of existing conditions to increase the EBIT margin and secure the plant location
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Achievement of a ROI for the customer of 220%
Reporting to (Position): CEO Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR Context: Restructuring / transformation
Oct 24 –
Apr 25
Interim Sourcing Manager Metal
Bystronic Group / Bystronic Maschinenbau GmbH
Headquarters: Gotha, Germany Number of Employees: 200 to 500 Ownership Structure: Publicly Listed Industry: Plant and machine construction
Description:
- Implementation of a make-or-buy project with the scope of approx. 1,200 items (sheet metal bending parts and welded assemblies, including surface treatment)
- Use of AI procurement tools to search for new international suppliers
- Achievement of a ROI for the customer of 430% within half of the given time frame
Reporting to (Position): CEO Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR Context: Restructuring / transformation
Dec 23 –
Jun 24
Interim Head of Procurement
A leading aircraft company from the eVTOL/UAM industry
Headquarters: Bruchsal, Germany Number of Employees: 500 to 1.000 Ownership Structure: Private Equity Industry: Aerospace Industry ( eVTOL / UAM)
Description:
- Reorganisation and stabilisation of the department (50% of employees had been lost)
- Definition of a material provision process for production material
- Development of a systematic approach for the creation of supplier pools for specific product groups using an AI engine
- Definition and implementation of material group structures in indirect purchasing
Reporting to (Position): COO Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 50 to 100 m EUR Number of Direct Reports: more than 15 Personnel Responsibility: 10 to 50 Context: transformation / strategic realignment
Aug 23 –
Jan 24
Interim Head of Supply Chain
API Schmidt Bretten GmbH & Co KG
Headquarters: Bretten, Germany Turnover: up to 50 m EUR Number of Employees: 50 to 200 Ownership Structure: Private Equity Industry: Plant and machine construction
Description:
- Bridging the vacancy in the SCM area recently outsourced from production
- Streamlining the purchasing organisation by reducing one hierarchical level
- Creating and guiding the development of product group strategies
- Identifying and generating savings of between 5% and 25% through tenders and volume bundling
- Developing an SCM strategy and a 70-point plan with suggestions for improvement
- Project initiative and handover of the project “Digital document flow of invoices, delivery notes and order confirmations”
- Accompanying the preparations for an ERP release change including master data cleansing
- Reduction of minimum stock levels by approx. 400T€
- Carrying out an actual stock evaluation with the other departments for the purpose of scrapping or selling off
- Developing proposed solutions for suitable purchasing conditions
- Coaching and sparring partner for SCM department member
Reporting to (Position): Head of SCM of the company Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 20 to 50 m EUR Number of Direct Reports: 5 Personnel Responsibility: 10 to 50 Context: transformation / strategic realignment
Jan 22 –
Apr 23
Head of Supply Chain Management
Physik Instrument (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
Headquarters: Karlsruhe, Germany Turnover: 200 to 500 m EUR Number of Employees: 1000 to 2000 Ownership Structure: Family Business Industry: Nanotechnology
Description:
- Responsibility for Operational Purchasing, Project Purchasing, Warehouse / Intralogistics, Goods Receiving/Shipping and Data Analysis with 4 teams and 28 employees
- development of employees
- Reorganization of the Logistics Group in the course of succession planning
- Initiation and management of the “New Central Warehouse” project at the Karlsruhe site to increase space utilization by approx. 25%
- Participation in customer meetings to avoid or solve escalations
Reporting to (Position): Head of SCM of the company Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 20 to 50 m EUR Number of Direct Reports: 7 Personnel Responsibility: 10 to 50 Context: transformation / strategic realignment
Jul 21 –
Okt 21
Director Purchase & Logistics
Propain Bicycles GmbH
Headquarters: Vogt, Germany Turnover: up to 50 m EUR Number of Employees: 50 to 200 Ownership Structure: Family Business Industry: Bicycle manufacturer
Description:
- Consulting of the CEO / co-owner with direct reporting line
- Redesign of existing and new production and storage areas, Cost savings in the 7-digit EUR range, acceleration of construction projects
- Negotiation with national / international suppliers to secure supply and optimize conditions by approx. 250.000 EUR
Reporting to (Position): CEO / Owner Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR Number of Direct Reports: 5 Personnel Responsibility: 10 to 50 Context: Startup / Scaleup
Okt 19 –
Jun 21
Head of Supply Chain
Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co KG
Headquarters: Pforzheim, Germany Turnover: 200 to 500 m EUR Number of Employees: 200 to 500 Ownership Structure: Public Institution Industry: Utilities / Energy Sector
Description:
- Reorganisation and consolidation of the purchasing and warehouse teams, which were previously organised in different departments, to ensure efficient “end-to-end” processes
- Professional and methodological development of the department, particularly in dealing with SAP S/4 Hana
- Introduction of a target-oriented commodity group structure with fixed responsibilities
- Reduction of purchasing conditions by approx. EUR 1 million; reduction of inventories by approx. 24%
- Reduction of process costs and shortening of lead times through cross-departmental optimisation and ERP automation
- Optimisation of warehouse space utilisation to speed up work processes; redesign and conversion of 40% of the warehouse space
- Development and implementation of an outsourcing concept to increase warehouse efficiency and speed up the provision of materials to construction service providers
Reporting to (Position): Division Manager Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 20 to 50m EUR Number of Direct Reports: 9 Personnel Responsibility: 1 to 10 Context: Turnaround / restructuring
Jul 18 –
Sep 19
Head of Purchasing
Gergonne Slovensko s.r.o.
Headquarters: Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Turnover: up to 50 m EUR Number of Employees: 50 to 200 Ownership Structure: Family Business Industry: Automotive supplier
Description:
- Reorganization of the local purchasing organization with profit responsibility for 6.5 million EUR (raw materials/tools/warehouse/logistics)
- Ensuring IATF16949 certification by creating a process manual for the supply chain
- Reduce costs by 8% through cross-site demand pooling, supplier consolidation and introduction of framework and bonus agreements with suppliers
- Reduction of inventories by 125T EUR
- Sales support for special customer / supplier relationships to assist in closing deals
Reporting to (Position): CEO Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20m EUR Number of Direct Reports: 2 Personnel Responsibility: 1 to 10 Context: Growth Experience Abroad: Slowakei Type of Assignment Abroad: lived in country
Jun 17 –
Jun 18
Project Procurement
STRATEC SE
Headquarters: Birkenfeld, Germany Turnover: 500 m to 1 bn EUR Number of Employees: 1000 to 2000 Ownership Structure: Publicly Listed Industry: Invitro Diagnostic
Description:
- Overall responsibility for all purchasing activities (welded assemblies, metal parts, module assembly, cables, printed circuit boards etc) including setting up a functioning supply chain in new customer projects to secure milestone payments
- Reconciliation and consolidation of the supplier base of an acquired company in Hungary
Reporting to (Position): Head of Corporate Procurement Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR Context: Growth Experience Abroad: Hungary Type of Assignment Abroad: occasional visits
Blanc & Fischer Familienholding
Headquarters: Oberderdingen, Germany Turnover: 1 to 2 bn EUR Number of Employees: 5000 to 10000 Ownership Structure: Family Business Industry: Tier 2 Context: Transformation / strategic realignment
Sep 16 –
Mai 17
Lead Buyer
Reporting to (Position): Head of Purchasing Metal Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR
Feb 15 –
Sep 16
Deputy Head of Supply Chain Management
Description:
- Coordination of all material’s management activities of the Industrial Components business unit as well as representative for all other business units
- Strategic purchasing responsibility for metal parts, components traded goods, profit responsibility of approx. 10 million EUR
- Management and implementation of reorganization programs; participation in the consolidation of three purchasing organizations; as a result, reduction of purchasing conditions by 5-10% and number of suppliers by 10%
- Representation of the purchasing department in new projects
Reporting to (Position): Head of Supply Chain Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 5 to 20 m EUR Experience Abroad: Czech Republic Type of Assignment Abroad: occasional visits
Mär 12 –
Jan 15
Deputy Head of Purchasing Strategy & Controlling
Schaeffler AG
Headquarters: Herzogenaurach, Germany Turnover: more than 5 bn EUR Number of Employees: more than 10000 Ownership Structure: Publicly Listed Industry: Tier 1
Description:
- Controlling of the worldwide planning process (budget/forecast/current); Planning volume 50 million EUR and approx. 820 organizational employees
- Introduction of a key performance indicator (KPI) and reporting system
- Monitoring and compliance with global governance regulations in the course of opening up and developing new markets in Central and Eastern Europe / Asia
- Conducting interviews and feedback sessions as well as contract management
Reporting to (Position): Head of / Division Manager / CPO Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: 20 to 50 m EUR Context: Growth Experience Abroad: China, Korea Republic of, Slovakia Type of Assignment Abroad: occasional visits
Okt 09 –
Feb 12
Corporate Serial and Project Purchasing
Volkswagen AG
Headquarters: Wolfsburg, Germany Turnover: more than 5 bn EUR Number of Employees: more than 10000 Ownership Structure: Publicly Listed Industry: Automotive Industry
Description:
- Project management of steel sales to suppliers; increase in sales by 50% to 150 million EUR with simultaneous reduction in processing costs by 25%
- Reduction of purchasing conditions for precious metals / substrates and cost-value analyses and negotiations by 3-5% incl. contract conclusion; profit responsibility approx. 500 million EUR; additionally coordination of precious metals hedging and provision
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Project member for the introduction of cost controlling of downstream supply chains
Reporting to (Position): Head of Corporate Purchasing Metal Cost or Purchasing Budget Responsibility: more than 100 m EUR Revenue Responsibility: 100 to 200 m EUR Context: Growth