Samuel Zbinden

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About Samuel Zbinden

Outstanding international experience in procurement, sourcing & project management. Strategic and holistic thinker and hands-on leader.Highly skilled and talented in leveraging people, processes and technologies in innovative and optimally aligned ways. This enables me to make a real difference in business areas such as disruptive profitability improvement | organizational and process optimization | evaluation of business spend management solutions | digital transformation | team development | optimization and digitalization of (procurement) departments.Excellent international supplier and customer network and deep market knowledge in Life Sciences, IT, FM and other business areas in EMEA and NA. Experience- 25+ years of international procurement, sourcing & project management in multinational companies- 15+ years in leading European and Global procurement positions (indirect and direct)- 7 years in leading international business- and organization development positions in the IT field- 2 years in the innovation and startup fieldTop skills- Entrepreneurial, holistic and solution-oriented leader driven to create sustainable value- 360° stakeholder management, focusing on strategic (interdisciplinary) collaboration and innovation - Digitalization and digital business innovation- Supplier/Stakeholder relationship development- Organization & process optimization including re-organization and outsourcing projects - Proven leadership and networking skills- Hands-on and not afraid to get my hands dirty- Skills-based team building and people development