Marc Roth

Barry Callebaut is the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality chocolate and cocoa products, serving the food sector end to end. • Lead European sourcing for non-cocoa ingredients to secure supply, quality, and competitive cost • Drive category strategies, P&L impact levers, and risk governance together with business leaders • Develop the sourcing team, run SRM with strategic suppliers, enable innovation with R&D and Operations, and align sustainability and traceability with commercial needs

BearingPoint is a leading management consultancy that bridges the gap between business and technology, offering comprehensive and innovative solutions to enhance performance and drive digital transformation. I am leading the Sourcing & Procurement team in Switzerland.

- Interim Manager for procurement leadership and transformation. - Consultant for procurement strategy, excellence in category management and strategic sourcing - External Advisor for procurement on consulting projects of Bain. ... visit marcroth.ch

Exploring the world with my family, adventure, volunteering projects, covid-19 resilience Staying in Tanzania, Oman, Colombia, Europe

Hero is an international food company with focus on infant and fruit categories, revenues of 1.2bn CHF, 4000 employees in 19 countries, privately owned. Responsible for 750M CHF spend and the global procurement team of 70 employees. - Drove 100M CHF savings by managing lead-buying organization with focus on strategic sourcing - Unlocked consumer added value by establishing global spend category management - Implemented procurement tools (e.g. Sievo) - Jump-started Hero's sustainability program.

Formed SC organization for Chinese infant formula plant (100M+ EUR green-field investment) Led packaging team: slashed 6M CHF off 60M packaging spend by driving savings projects

Aibix is offering product sourcing and supply chain services in Mainland China. Marc founded the company, has been successfully managing it on the ground in China for 5 years, and till today acts as chairman to the Board of Directors. Managed purchasing spend of more than 12M USD pa in durable consumer goods, packaging, and light industrial products. Cost-saving of up to 45% from best-value sourcing.

Interim assignment: Turnaround project for Phonak's retail chain in China. Led 76 people, full budget and P&L responsibility, leveraged EBIT of company by 41% on average over 10 month.

Supply chain integration, ERP implementation, processes design, IT infrastructure

Worked on consulting projects for multinationals in consumer goods, power and automation, and semiconductors. Thereby, I've collected experiences on projects in growth strategy, strategic supply chain management, production migration, low-cost country sourcing, and BU strategy. In addition, I've developed team leading and project management skills.

Retailer performance monitoring system & KPI implementation (Aftersales)

Supply Chain Management Chinese Economy

Global Logistics, Management in Asia Soft-Skill seminars with Procter & Gamble, Reuters, Sulzer Infra, UBS, Hilti, Reuters

Masters in International Management (MIM), 2001-2003 Bachelor, 1998-2000