Dorothee Blankenhorn

Responsibilities:

• Deputy Head of Logistics
• Member of the Dr. Risch Management Board
• Strategic Procurement, Procurement Operations and Master Data Management (all areas)
• Integrate Procurement Organization across Sonic Suisse
• Build Procurement and Supply Chain Strategies with the Team and establish best practices across the group
• Total Spend: 200M CHF (Sonic Suisse)/ 50M Dr. Risch

Achievements:

• Defined process for new businesses (E2E Supply Chain) with the stakeholders
• Built Organization for a centralized Sonic Suisse Procurement Department
• Improved Invoice Matching Rate from 20 to 60%
• Built and implemented Master Data Management Process for produced goods
• Prepared SOP's and Procurement processes to pass ISO 13485 Inspection with no deviation
• Achieved substantial cost savings with the implementation of a centralized procurement system for better spend visibility and control.

• Member of the Operations- and Supply Chain Leadership Team
• Enhanced supplier relationships through regular communication, collaboration, and mutual goal-setting for long-term partnerships.
• Built Supplier Quality Team to enhance supplier management and drive compliance across vendor-related processes
• Devised and implemented strategies to optimize purchasing processes and reduce costs.
• Scrutinized purchasing data to identify areas for improvement and cost savings.
• Lead the Procurement Teams (Procurement Operations, Strategic Procurment and Supplier Quality) through cultural transformation
• Spend: 90M CHF

• Member of the Procurement Leadership Team
• Team Leadership to Site Procurement Team Villars sur Glarne (4 FTE, 1 apprentice)
• Design and build new strategic Procurement Organization together with the PLT in designated categories
• Lead transition activities in designated areas
• Spend: Approx. 500M CHF

• Achieved 5 Mio in hard savings in 2021 (approx. 20% of spend involvement) in CAPEX Procurement
• Set up Employee Capability Framework in designated areas (obtained HR approval)
• Designed and presented sustainable procurement governance and roadmap, activities to start in 2022
• Drafted Strategy Framework for CMO and Direct Procurement with key stakeholders

• Member of the extended Site Leadership Team
• Achieved over 3% savings in 2019 and 2020
• Built Category Strategies for Instruments and Implants
• Improved relationships between Site and US team
• Built up and lead a team for the European Orthopedics Procurement across 3 countries (4FTE)
• Lead team through organizational change
• Spend: 75M CHF

• Procurement Sub-Team-Lead for the Supply Chain Excellence Program
• Team-Member of the Import/ Export improvement Project
• Subject Matter Expert for Procurement Contracts, coaching the team for best contract negotiation outcomes
• Co-Lead for the Make-or-buy project to implement an external warehouse to improve the logistics set-up.
• Achieved year-over-year savings for assigend categories