Oliver Mühlbauer

Education

University education

  • Communication studies, qualification Dipl.-Kommunikationswirt (graduate in communication studies), Bayerische Akademie für Werbung und Marketing (Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing)
  • Business management, qualification Dipl.-Kfm. (graduate in business management), Augsburg University

Other qualifications and activities

  • MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) licence
  • Systemic Business Coach (in training)
  • Project management
  • Influencing skills
  • Feedback
  • Several benchmarking presentations (for example, at Stuttgart University, European School of Management and Technology)

Foreign language skills

  • English, French

Professional experience (sample)

1998-2006 h&z Unternehmensberatung AG, Consultant and Project Manager, Head of Benchmarking Practice

Project experience in procurement (sample)
  • Design and Europe-wide introduction of a comprehensive supplier management system
  • Design and support for the global implementation of a group-wide procurement programme
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of the procurement methods used at various group companies in Europe, North America and Latin America
  • Hosting of cross-functional material cost reduction workshops in Europe and America
  • Training in various procurement methods and tools in Asia, America and Europe (e.g. design to cost, total cost of ownership, global sourcing, supplier management)
07/2006 to present h&z Business Academy GmbH, delivering specialist training and methodology seminars focusing on the supply chain

Training experience (sample)

  • Strategic procurement
  • Procurement for project business
  • Commodity Management
  • Negotiation training and coaching
  • Strategic procurement methods and tools, incl.
    - Reverse engineering/design to cost
    - Supplier management
    - Total cost of ownership
    - Global sourcing
    - Risk management for procurement
    - Supplier visits and checks
  • Cross-cultural skills
  • Project management
  • Time management
  • Communication
  • Presentation