Jan Gregor Meyer-Sande

Procurement non-production material, HQ-function, head of procurement of demands up to 500.000 Euro, head of Small Buy Center (SBC) Germany Major challenges/achievements: > span of control: initial 100 employees assigned to 6 teams in 3 locations > responsible for 90% of all German purchase orders of Mercede-Benz > set-up of a new department > head count reduction -70% efficiency by standardization and implementation digitalization

Procurement non-production material, HQ-function, head of procurement for market performance centers across Europe Major challenges/achievements: > span of control: 75 employees assigned to 7 teams in 8 countries > responsible for local implementation of systems/processes/guidelines > increase in operational excellence by implementing tools such as awarding tracking, price plausibility, negotiation skills and tools, set-up a network between the satellite locations and towards headquarters to foster best pra

Procurement non-production material, HQ-function, head of procurement for energy automotive lubricants, tools, packaging, outsourced labor, facility Management for all German locations Major challenges/achievements: > span of control: 55 employees assigned to 5 teams in 2 locations > worldwide procurement lead for automotive lubricants and tools > introduction of risk management in energy procurement > elimination of all single source situations for automotive lubricants > introduction of Mercedes-Benz Oil

Procurement non-production material for the plants demands, head of procurement for the sites in Bremen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Berlin and Ludwigsfelde Major challenges/achievements: > span of control: 55 employees assigned to 7 teams in 5 locations > concept/implementation of the centralization of plant procurement function in Stuttgart incl. 50% head count reduction and sundown of 4 locations

Factory planning department, passender cars devision, strategic factory planning for all Daimler powertrain plants of the passender cars devision Major challenges/achievements: > span of control: 3 direct members > creation of rough concepts for new factory projects > general planning for all German passenger car powertrain plants incl. BOM approval

Factory planning department, passender cars devision, procject lead construction of new engine plant MDC power @Kölleda, Thuringia, Germany Major challenges/achievements: > project lead for construction > span of control: 6 project members > budget 65 mil Euro (undercut by 3 mil Euro) > record construction costs of 605 Euro/m² > record construction time 9 months from land laying until start of machinery installation > coordination of all construction contractors and interface to overall project lead

Procurement non-production material, HQ-function, coordinator of bundling activities among German plants, market performance centers Europe, EADS Major challenges/achievements: >span of control: 3 direct reports > initiation and implementation coordination of 15 bundling projects within the procurement department of worldwide group subsidiaries and German Mercedes-Benz plants with additional 10% in savings

Procurement non-production material, HQ-function, buyer for paint shops, coordinator bundling among German plants Major challenges/achievements: > awarding of new paint shop for the Sindelfingen plant (tripple-digit mil Euro project)

International trainee program Mercrdes-Benz

Parallel studies in business administration and IT, 2 international internships