Christopher H. Spahn

Background

About Christopher H. Spahn

August1st, 2023 'til February 2024 - carried successfully the additional 2nd assignment as Head of SSC Poland a.i. heading 300+ employees' team for EMEA & Latam region. Handing over my StP Source-to-Pay GPO role with a clear built transformational digital attempt. To step forward as lead Global Process Owner (GPO) for our Clariant GBS core OtC Order-to-Cash and MDM domains. Seeking to drive the transformational path for "Customer Excellence" embedded in a renewed Digital - Process - executing eco-system. Added on Hire-to-Retire (HtR) as the end-to-end HR process adming for employees during their tenure at Clariant. This spans from their first contact in their career until departure. Became GPO Source-to-Pay (StP) to further develop and build on the transformation journey for operations, process performance and Lean transformation in both Accounts Payable and Procurement. Completed Head of Shared Service Center Leadership role as Head of Shared Service Center - across all process domains in size of 200+ employees - set up in multiple end-2-end process execution teams. Global Transition Lead for GBS @ Clariant conducted the transition execution to two SSCs in Poland and India. Building upon Clariant Excellence Lean Service Operations. Significant exposure and contribution to Service Unit and Business Unit's optimization and improvement. Including entire strategy revision and target setting. Supply Chain & Procurement Best Practice design and implementation in global organizations. Transforming supply chain & procurement organizations towards elevated customer focus Establishing value network relationships. Expanding to BPO models and transactional process landscape end-to-end value chain. Managing Director & functional shared services lead for logistics, controlling and M&A in the Energy sector of a larger regional agricultural cooperative. Experience built up from operational Customer Service/Supply Chain execution to leading a Supply Chain departments on global scale. Order Fulfillment implementation and optimization. Specialties: Operational Leadership & transformation for Shared Services operations end-2-end from Asia/India servicing APAC and NORAM region (night-shift) successfully Transition Leadership for Global Business Services end-to-end design and implementation. Lean Service Operations to improve global SCM & Procurement operations in focused high performance specialty chemicals operations Corporate SCM Excellence Program execution Managing Director in the Energy distribution sector, P&L responsibility M&A due & done diligence