Sébastien Kühn

Sourcing Manager Switzerland  Sourcing team leader for Local Accounts Switzerland  Definition and driving the local Sourcing Strategy  Lead in strategy development, departmental design to support the clients and key decision maker in initiating hard savings initiatives - $4.5M saved in FY12 and 13  Deep involvement as leading Team Member during the client recovery plan action  Initiating and implementation of innovation projects with consideration of Best Business Practice; e.g. DOA implementati

Responsibly for the suppliers turnover of the Local accounts Responsibly for the apprentice and trainee in the Supply Chain Mgt. team Active market research Lead and Organisation of all relevant team members during the different tender phases Project management beyond the Supply Chain Mgt. Contract negotiations and completion with saving achievements Contract Management Sourcing marketing within the organisation Self Benchmarking Cascading EMEA Sourcing targets into local business

Responsibly for the suppliers turnover Raw material price negotiations with completion of the contract Active market research Raw material stock management and optimisation (Supply Chain Mgt) Scrap metal sales to the market price (LME Reuters Real Time) Substitution of the production planning manager

New customer research Support the customer during the technical test phase Lead of customer projects Full translation oft he sales IT program „Ventepart“ (French to German)

Law, Economics, Management, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management, LEAN

Sales, Marketing, Export

Literature, Languages, History, Philosophy, etc.