Strategic purchasing in the pan-European spare parts business
Goal: Establishment of a Europe-wide uniform purchasing strategy for the spare parts business (22 locations)
- Supply Chain Management
- Cost reduction by 15% in 3 years
- Increase in availability
- Development of further potential for the service business
Project
Duration: 22 months
Role in the project: Team Leader / Commodity Manager
Operational area, geographical:
- Germany
- UK
- Europe
Company
Type: Rail vehicle manufacturer
Turnover: 4.5 Bn. EUR
Number of employees: 22,000
Description
Commodity Manager Services responsible for:
- EUR 50 million pPurchasing volume
- Product groups Interiors, Seats and Glass (front and side windows)
- Management of the product group network (15 MA Europe-wide)
Measures
- Establishment / consolidation of a network for the product group
- Definition and implementation of the product group strategy
- Definition of levers in the spare parts business for early identification of customer needs
- Supplier selection / auditing / management
- Regular reporting in the team and to the management
Team
- 15 Indirect employees Purchasing at various locations in Europe
- 2 Commodity Engineers
- 2 Supplier Quality Engineers
Reporting
- Monthly status update to business unit management
Interfaces
- Purchasing at the locations
- Engineering
- Disposition
- Controlling
- Suppliers
- Quality assurance
Success
- Establishment of a strong commodity network
- Material cost reduction over 32%
- Development of a further business area, which represented a potential annual turnover of EUR 15 million
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