Since 2022
Professor for Business Informatics at Hochschule Hannover
Supply Chain Management and ERP-Systems
Focus Areas at Hochschule Hannover
- Digital Innovation Management
- Change Management
- IT-Systems in Production and Logistics
- Digital Maintenance
- SAP
- Other non-SAP ERP-Systems
- Startup Sourcing // Cracking the Corporate
- Shopfloor Management
- PEC: Price Escalation Clauses as Risk Managment Measures
Activities beyond Hochschule Hannover
- Board BME e.V. Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Association for Procurement, Materials Mangaement, and Logistics)
- Advisory Board of the IDC-European Future of Operations Digital Summit.
- Lecturer Trend Scouting and Innovation Management at FOM (University of Applied Science for Economy and Management in Kassel)
- Lecturer Digital Toolbox at HSBA (Hamburg School of Business Administration
3 Years: Vice President
K+S Group, headquartered in Kassel (GER): Responsible for the Digital Transformation Journey and Operations Excellence in Production, Maintenance & Logistics (listed in German Stock Index DAX/M-DAX) executing a project portfolio accross Europ, Americas and Asia.
In total 16+ Years of Global Leadership Experience at K+S Group
Business experience in various functions, including 7 years as an executive leader within a DAX / M-DAX Enterprise. Cultural experience across Europe, America and Asia with over 5 years of residence in the USA and Canada.
- Vice President, Operations Digital Transformation
Global Responsibility – K+S Group
- Vice President, Operations Excellence and Digitalization
Global Responsibility – K+S Group
- Director, Global Product Cost Controls
Business Unit in Germany, France, Canada, China
- CPO (Chief Procurement Officer), North America
Business Unit in U.S., Canada, Bahamas
- Senior Manager, Procurement, Materials and Logistics
Business Unit in Canada
- Head of Systems, Global Standards and Controlling
Europe (France, Netherlands, Portugal), U.S. and Canada
K + S AG is a Germany based Chemical and Mining company, headquartered in Kassel, with production facilities in Europe, North- & South America and Asia. K+S is Europe’s largest supplier of Potash (KCL) and Sufphate for use in fertilizer and chemicals as well as the world's largest Salt (NACL) producer with almost 15,000 employees worldwide, gross sales of above € 4 billion and EBIT above € 600 million. [2020] (K+S Website)
4 Years: CPO
Chief Procurement Officer
Morton Salt, Inc., headquartered in Chicago (U.S.) with a total purchasing volume of US $ 500 million. Leadership of Purchasing, Materials Management and Inbound Logistics included responsibility for over 20 production facilities in the USA, Canada and the Bahamas with full budget responsibility managing a team of 35 employees.
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Projects and Impressions
KOMATSU Construction Project,
Hannover Site, Germany
(2024)
Main Stage Moderation,
eSolution Days, Düsseldorf,
Germany (2023)
KOMATSU Construction Project, Hannover Site, Germany
(2022)
Salt Tailings Visit,
Werra Site, Germany
(2020)
Drone Inspection, 550m underground, Zielitz Mine, Germany (2020)
Holy Barbara Prayer, 535m underground, Neuhof Mine, Germany (2019)
Grand Saline Mine, Texas, U.S. (2017)
Mines Saline, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada (2016)
Procurement Leadership "Happy Holiday Season", Chicago, U.S.(2015)
Harbour Project, Inagua Island,
Morton Ltd. Bahamas (2016)
Fairport Mine, 512m underground, New York State, U.S. (2016)
