Stefan Schoettl

Global management of traded and labelled products and contract manufacturing for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Controls Division. Includes EMS and full turnkey services for electronic and mechanical products. Drive global supplier footprint development in line with the business strategy and make-or-buy decisions. Secure continuous improvement in quality, delivery, and cost competitiveness. Ensure conformance to TS16949 requirements.

Establish and develop global organization for strategic sourcing, planning/logistics and management of outsourced electronics manufacturing partners (EMS) Develop and deploy global supplier footprint strategy in line with the business and supply chain strategy. Secure continuous improvement in quality, delivery, and cost with respective processes and KPI reporting. Ensure conformance to TS16949 requirements Responsible for the supply chain project management to secure on-time introduction of new products

Manage global Project Lead organization within the supply chain. Represent the interface between all business units and the supply chain to identify, track and close the business unit requests towards supply chain within the complete product lifecycle process. Secure coordination of product innovation and synergy projects between multiple business units and/or supply chain groups. Active involvement in continued improvement of Supply Chain processes (SCOR Model).

Manage world wide Procurement team for Direct Materials and Logistics. Responsible to steer all procurement activities for the world wide Siemens Enterprise factories and EMS / ODM business

Manage world wide Strategic Procurement team for Production Material. Responsible to steer all procurement activities for the world wide Siemens Enterprise factories and EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) and ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) business

Global strategic procurement responsibility for Electronics. Coordinate virtual team of local and regional procurement managers in all production locations world wide. Develop, implement and execute a future oriented Material and Supplier strategy, with the goal to establish a limited and focused supplier portfolio. Conduct market analysis and scout suppliers globally to optimize the available sourcing options

Global Strategic Procurement for communications ICs - largest material group within Siemens Communicatons / Electronics. Develop and deploy material and supplier strategy to ensure yearly cost reduction targets. Perform individual price and contract negotiations. Conduct market analysis and scout suppliers to optimize available sourcing options.

Manage Product Line Operations for Telecom IC Products - world wide team in marketing, applications and operations. Manage production build plans (wafer starts, assembly and test). Responsible for product line P&L including asset management. On a world-wide basis, promote products and customer relationships at key customers. Analyze competition and create appropriate positioning strategies. Manage introduction of new products.

Responsible for Product Marketing for Memory ICs for the European market. Direct European sales to meet or exceed the product line’s budget plans. Promote products, customer relationships and sales via customer visits at Tier1 telecommunication equipment providers in Europe. Analyze competition and create appropriate positioning strategies. Train Sales Organization, including authorized Distributors, on product line-up, new products, positioning strategies, and market trends.

Part of the internal quoting team for the Central European Distribution Market. Independently negotiate prices with customers for memory (volatile/non-volatile) and digital signal processors (DSP). Discuss current market prices and set competitive strategies with sales team. Junior Field Sales Engineer. Provided factory assistance for daily sales activities. Pursued design opportunities with the distributor sales team. Conducted product trainings for Distribution Line Managers.