Stefan Bauer
Director of Supply Chain | Global Procurement & Supply Chain Leader | Strategic Sourcing, Value Creation & Risk Resilience | Ambassador, POLIMI Graduate School of Management
- Role
- Director of Supply Chain at Georg Fischer
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Stefan Bauer
Senior procurement and supply chain leader with 15+ years of international experience across Europe and North America, leading global category strategies, strategic sourcing programs, and cross-functional supply chain transformations. Proven track record in driving value creation, margin improvement, and supply chain resilience through supplier development and planning optimization, including delivering nearly 50% gross inventory reduction and significant working capital improvement.I am passionate about building high-performing, multicultural teams and partnering closely with executive leadership to align procurement and supply chain strategy with business growth and risk mitigation objectives.
Experience
Director of Supply Chain
May 2025 — Present
Driving supply chain and procurement performance across upstream and downstream networks, with focus on service reliability, inventory integrity, and process automation and data-driven decision-making.Shaping supplier segmentation, contract governance, and inventory and service strategy design, while driving customer on time delivery improvements, execution reliability, and planning maturity across supply chain operations.
Education
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Administration / Supply Chain Management & Corporate Finance
2010
The Open University
Bachelor of Arts - BA (hons.), Business Administration / Supply Chain Management & Corporate Finance
2010
POLIMI Graduate School of Management
Master's degree, Global Executive Master in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Politecnico di Milano
Master's degree, Global Executive Master in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Skills
- Unternehmensstrategie
- Lieferkette
- Kontinuierliche Verbesserung
- Supply-Chain-Management
- Einkauf
- Prozessverbesserung
- Strategische Planung
- Projektmanagement
- Automobilindustrie
- Bosch Project Management Fundamentals
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