Christian Rebo

• • Situation: Need to build an efficient procurement structure for the European division of an emerging EV manufacturer. Task: Disciplinary and technical management of the purchasing department in Europe and strategic realignment of the sourcing portfolio. Action: Development and implementation of a customized ERP system for procurement, finance, and PMO within an ambitious timeframe of only 16 weeks; conducting comprehensive competitive analyses to identify new market opportunities. Result: Successful establishment of a scalable digital infrastructure and strengthening of competitiveness through strategic alliances in the logistics cluster.

Situation: Lack of harmonized governance structures and digitalization strategies for European purchasing activities. Task: Building EU purchasing governance and leading the Business Partner Team to ensure operational excellence. • • Action: Development and rollout of standardized purchasing guidelines (governance) and optimization of interfaces with Finance, Sales, and SCM; implementation of a KPI-based reporting system directly to the VP and Director level. • •

• • Situation: High cost pressure and time constraints in an extremely fast-paced R&D environment for electric aviation technology. • • Task: Technical leadership of the purchasing team with a focus on cost reduction, spend control, and process optimization. • • Action: Introduction of best practice methods in operational purchasing and negotiation of strategic SLAs with key suppliers; acting as an ERP super-user in shaping the R&D purchasing requirements for the new system rollout. • • Result: Realization Ensuring,