News

Jan 21

2020 and the Pandemic has underlined which important role #Procurement plays for companies’ success: stabilizing supply chains, reducing costs, freeing up cash, enabling new business models as old ones became obsolete.

For doing all of this, buying smart instead of just buying cheap is key - if you drive down prices too harsh, you can’t expect suppliers to support you in crisis times or to be willing to share risks.

🤔So what does buying smart mean?

💡Providing value add to your company that goes beyond cheap prices

If you have 5 minutes to spare and are curious to learn more about how to get there, tune in to Sourcing Solved “Procurement in 5 minutes Podcast” 

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jjIUGrLzT8fAoFV5gKrOS?si=4K5HetubSJKAXIgZj7o2JQ Sourcing Solved: https://sourcingsolved.com/podcasts/procurement-in-5-minutes-how-do-you-go-from-buying-cheap-to-buying-smart/ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/procurement-in-5-minutes/id1511045984?i=1000505289955

05Aug 20

Join me discussing with John Meads from the Procuretech Podcast on how companies can drive Digital Transformation in Procurement and drive innovation by collaborating with startups. I provide insights based on more than 10 years in Procurement and how to address pragmatically challenges which arise when collaborating with startups-

23Jul 20

Together with Barbara Florschuetz, Partner ISG (Information Services Group),  Prof. Dr. Ricarda Merkwitz and Raul Remitz, CEO Omnicom Media Group, I had the pleasure to discuss the effects of the COVID19 Pandamic on Leadership and what kind of leadership styles are likely to prevail in the future. 

13Jun 19

Women Automotive Summit is an event about women in the automotive industry; but not just for women. Listen to leading industry experts share their success stories; learn from their expertise; gain advice and insight of how you can improve yourself, network with your peers and discuss with other male and female attendees what needs to be done for future success..

28Mar 19

Have you asked yourself ...

• How to organize yourself more efficiently, e.g. not searching documents off- or online? 
• How to support your teams to structure their way of working and  meetings more efficiently ?
• IHow to support your manager to gain a better overview on their broad set of topics to cover? 

The presentation and discussion offers hands-on insights into the application of Lean Methods for Executive Assistants.

22 Feb 19

Dr. Gisela Linge, Director Corporate Strategy & Development at Webasto, provides an overview on the collaboration with start-ups in the course of the StartUp Autobahn initiative of PlugAndPlay.

22 Feb 19

Panel Diskussion: Collaboration with Startups - Hype or Necessity? The Corporate Perspective

Dr. Gisela Linge: Director Corporate Strategy, Webasto SE

Wolfgang Herbst: Regional CTO for North and Central Europe, DXC Technology

Charles Vaillant: CTO, MANN + HUMMEL

Jürgen Winterholler: CDO, Rolls Royce Power Systems

Zheng Guo (Sam): CEO of Lab1886 China, Daimler

12 Jun 18

Wachstumsperspektive Autozulieferer: Akku geladen -Ziel eingegeben? (Growth potentials for automotive suppliers: Batteries charged and navigation set?)

Henning Rennert, Principal, PwCStrategy& und Dr. Gisela Linge, Director Corporate Strategy & Development, Webasto SE