Dandy Franz

Designing, automating and scaling inventory quality ratio application 4 months ahead of schedule.

Led team of 6 Project Buyers. Managed global supplier base with an annual spend of ~ US$1.2Bbn. Categories: Vacuum Cleaners / Air Purifiers. Achievements: - Created and improved procurement processes, increasing the number of projects the team completed annually by ~ 60%. - Created / executed data driven sourcing strategy, resulting in ~ half of Bissell's spend transferred out of China within two years. - Managed suppliers performance as well as contract negotiations, yielding 5-6% YonY cost reductions.

Led sourcing team of 15 Buyers globally. Managed vendors with an annual spend of EUR 40Mil. Categories: Beauty Tools. Achievements: - Created operating model, team’s role descriptions and launched bi-annual performance reviews, resulting in increased productivity. - Led negotiations / make-buy decisions yielding 5.8% annualized cost reductions. - Defined several multi-disciplinary processes and KPIs with internal stakeholders, leading to shortened product launches.

Led global Supply Chain - University Program. Set up and scaled program in Asia / Europe. Achievements: - Partnered with Supply Chain Leadership Team and Talent Acquisition in recruiting, onboarding and enabling ~150+ hires annually. - Developed and implemented KPIs to increase talent acquisition effectiveness and improved 2 years retention. - Streamlined budget of US$5.3Mil whilst improving effectiveness. Revamped forecasting of early in career workforce needs, optimized expenses.

Managed global mechanical and PCBA vendor relationships with an annual spend of ~ US$250Mil. Achievements: - Delivered an average of US$14Mil in annual savings via value engineering, cost negotiations and should-costing. - Increase alignment of vendor base: Developed and executed commodity strategies. - Proposed / executed site transfer project, shifting business worth US$120Mil to shorten lead times. - Transformed quoting process, resulting in cost reductions of 3.7% through increased visibility.

Managed global PCBs, batteries and power supplies vendors with an annual spend of US$40Mil. Provided sourcing support of new product launches. Achievements: - Delivered an average of US$3-4Mil in annual savings via cost negotiations and value engineering. - Drove projects to cost-optimize component specs., yielding US$1.8Mil savings and lead time optimization. - Steered risk assessment and mitigation efforts to secure supply.

Provided customer support by phone, chat and e-mail, improving customer service experience.

Managed purchase orders and shortage escalations for about 2000 components. Lowering stock-outs and optimizing inventories.