Sascha Lorenz

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About Sascha Lorenz

Responsibility of procurement process and the central purchasing organization. Consistent further development of the procurement strategy, responsible planning and control of operational and strategic procurement processes. Supplier selection and development including evaluation and support and conducting price and contract negotiations. The four dimensions of action in purchasing: 1. Strategy 2. Processes 3. Technology 4. Employees These 4 dimensions are massively influenced by the development of the industry and, in parallel, by digitization. Consistent action within these 4 dimensions is therefore the order of the day. 1st dimension strategy-> Consistent reduction of diversity and avoidance of maverick buying by optimizing the supplier portfolio -> strategic supplier management based on data from digitized systems 2nd dimension processes-> Consistent reduction of procurement costs and achieve savings while at the same time reducing process costs through faster information flow and processing 3rd dimension technology-> Consistent automation of procurement processes through digitization in order to free processes from manual activities, to accelerate them and to make them error-free -> Establish systemic catalog connection and cross-departmental interoperability by creating end-to-end business processes between purchasing and finance, thus enabling faster data access and case clarification 4th dimension employees-> consistently taking employees into the digitalized world it is not enough just to introduce new "tools" and to say "now do it" Employees must be given the background, benefits and given time to get used to changing working methods and above all: to show that it can also be fun to work with new systems