About Martin
- Interim Executive with over 25 years of experience - Focus on Procurement & SCM, Operations - in global corporations (SAP, ABB) and leading management consultancies (Accenture, Kerkhoff). Projects and consulting in corporations and medium-sized companies.
- Many years of experience in developing future-proof organizational structures, operational, digital excellence, and in implementing complex efficiency and growth programs.
- Profound knowledge in planning and realizing sustainable cost optimizations as well as in digitizing corporate processes, primarily in procurement, SCM (Source-to-Pay).
- Confident leadership of international teams as well as close collaboration with C-level decision-makers to ensure strategic goal achievement. Strong leadership, analytical, and implementation-oriented.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Experience
- MK ConsultingExecutive Consultant I Interim ManagerMay 2025 - Today (1 year and 1 month)Conception and implementation of cost reduction and restructuring programs in complex corporate structures. Management of risk and crisis projects in international supply chains with a focus on stability and resilience. Introduction and scaling of digital innovations as well as AI-supported solutions for process optimization. Strategic consulting and operational support for SAP transformation projects with a focus on efficiency improvement. Development of measures for operational excellence and sustainable value creation.
- SAPGlobal Vice President, Partner Lead, Strategy ConsultingJanuary 2023 - April 2025 (2 years and 3 months)Strategic responsibility for a central partner segment within the consulting ecosystem. Focus on revenue growth, pipeline growth, and co-innovation. Development of go-to-market plans with C-level stakeholders, leadership of cross-functional teams, and steering of investment decisions. Introduction of KPI-based performance structures and promotion of sustainable growth strategies.
- SAPThought Leadership & Value Content / Head of Value AdvisoryJune 2020 - December 2022 (2 years and 6 months)Management of the global Value Advisory strategy and governance for spend management solutions within the Vision-to-Value model. Steering an international management team and coordinating 70 employees in direct and matrix responsibility. Development and scaling of global benchmarks, frameworks, and value use cases. Building partner solutions for data-driven business models and insights. Strategic management of go-to-market initiatives and global demand generation. Optimization of processes and tools for the worldwide implementation of the Value Advisory methodology. Key successes:• Global transformation of the global organization with the implementation of a country structure.• Standardization of value content methods for global consistency and software application.• Development of market-relevant partner innovations in business insights.• Integration of Value Advisory into the global sales and marketing strategy.
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Education
- Executive DBAAston University2013Executive DBA
- MBATiasNimbas NL / University Bradford2006MBA