VP of Procurement & Supply Management

Martin B Guthardt

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VP OF PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Vice President of Procurement with over 20-year record of success negotiating and leading all phases of multimillion-dollar EPC turn-key projects for utilities, private-sector clients, Solar Energy Investors and the Oil & Gas industry. Experience includes managing a team of professional supply chain staff (Buyer, Commodity Manager, Inspectors, Expediter, Subcontract Manager and Logistics Manager & Coordinators) in the challenging and dynamic turn-key business with included manufacturing location. Experienced in defining and setting of strategic goals in regards to customers for high Volume / fast track EPC projects in various industries. Backed by strong credentials and a proven history of supply chain methods, cost saving initiatives and innovative and creative thinking and leading.

Key Skills

— EPC Projects — International Negotiations — Budgeting & Cost Controls

— Bidding/Estimating/Proposals — Subcontractor Selection / Award — Employee Development

— Change Management — Change Order Management — Mentoring / Coaching — Supply Chain Models — Commodity Management — Leadership

Employer Summary

THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS (DENVER<CO) – VP Procurement & Supply Mgmt, 6/17 to current

Heading the Procurement & Supply Management organization for Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions for North America (USA, Canada and Mexico). EPC activities consist in all three business areas (Mining, Cement, Chemicals) for global projects up to $2 Billion.

Heading the Organization for 9 locations and totaling 50 employees in all areas of Supply Chain (Procurement, Project Procurement Management, Logistics, Inspection & Expediting, Subcontracting and Materials Management)

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO) – Head of Procurement, 9/16 to 5/17

Heading the Procurement organization for the Seating business of UTC for all applications including commercial airliners as well as military aircraft (ejection seats, seating for AWACS).

KBR, INC. (HOUSTON, TX) – Director of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, 8/15 to 7/16

Responsibility for the full Strategic Sourcing from cradle (Tender phase) to grave (after sales) of multi-billion dollar EPC Contracts. Heading the Commodity groups consisting out of the 5 major commodities for KBR globally with 5 Manager and 15 employees.

Heading the Project Procurement buyer organization assigned to major projects throughout the Americas consisting of 30 employees with Manager, Supervisors and buyers.

LINDE PROCESS PLANTS (Tulsa, OK) — Director of Procurement, 6/13 to 7/15

Responsibility for the full Supply Chain from cradle (Tender phase) to grave (after sales) of multi-million dollar EPC Contracts with a yearly budget of $ 500M +. Leading a team of 5 Manager and 20 employees in 5 different groups. Leading the subcontracting organization for LPP with full responsibility of the third party execution.

M+W GROUP, INC (Phoenix, AZ) — Director Procurement – Western Regions, 2/13 to 6/13

Heading the procurement organization of the M+W Group for all states west of the Mississippi including Canada and Mexico. EPC activities where mainly in the High-tech Industries for the build-up or growth of Manufacturing locations of TOP 100 Fortune companies. Heading the subcontracting activities for high-tech industry projects such as Global Foundries.

FIRST SOLAR, INC (Tempe, AZ) — Sr. Manager Subcontracting, 11/11 to 2/13

Responsibility for the subcontracting portion of full turn-key EPC projects up to $ 2 Billion with a subcontracting portion of over $400 Million

SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. Power Transmission(Wendell, NC) — Director of Procurement, 2/08 to 11/11

Pre-negotiation of major High Voltage Substation projects in the tender phase and full Supply Chain responsibility for the execution of awarded multi-million dollar EPC Contracts with a yearly budget of $ 300M +. Execution of the subcontracting in the field for the Trans-Bay Cable project in San Francisco / City of Pittsburg

SIEMENS ENERGY&AUTOMATION (Alpharetta, GA) — Sr. Manager Supplier Relation & Controlling, 1/04 to 2/08

Leader of the Implementation of the mandatory Procurement Processes, Methods & Tools and adjusted them for the country-specific requirement. The SE&A Procurement Organization was rated ‘World-Class’ at the end of 2007. Lead the Controlling unit for the low-voltage product business segment.

SIEMENS AG CORP. PROCUREMENT Munich, Germany) — Sr. Manager e-Procurement, 5/01 to 12/03

PM for the development and roll out of the worldwide binding Supplier Platform ‘click4suppliers’ (now IBM SCM).

Procurement & Consulting Highlights

EPC turn-key Projects (2008 to Present) Budgets: $5M to $3B+

Execution responsibility for Mining, Cement and Chemical business of tk IS North America.

Sourcing and Procurement responsibility for mega projects such as Gorgon (AUS), Ichthys (AUS), DYNO (US), Koch Urea (US),

Full responsibility for all Supply Chain activities of a worldwide operating natural gas EPC provider. Successful execution of multiple greenfield NGL and LNG plants in the ballpark of $300MM / each.

Procurement responsibility for EPC turn-key portion of the largest Semi-conductor Manufacturing plant in the US

(Global Foundries). Selection of the subcontractors, claim management and execution of the subcontracts.

Successful completion of the largest Photovoltaic Solar project (Topaz, Desert Sunlight) in the world (550 MW). Responsibility for the full selection, execution and claim management for the subcontracting portion.

Full Supply Chain responsibility for the TransBay HVDC Project in San Francisco ($ 200M+). 2 years experience in the field as a project member from grien field to energization.

Managed two $100M+ EPC projects in NJ / NY as well as the negotiations in regards to CapeWind.

Yearly savings (EBIT relevant) above 10% / year in average over the years.

Supplier Relation Manager (2004 to 2007) Budgets: $500k to $120M

Led the NAFTA wide roll-out of the Siemens’ wide mandatory methods, tools and processes. Implementation leader of the Source & Logistics framework which resulted in lower lead times and lower inventory. Team leader of a controlling unit for the low-voltage product business of SE&A

Development of click4suppliers (2001 to 2003) Budgets: $2M / year

Led all phases of the development of the supplier platform (now sold to IBM under the title SRM). Functioned as a chairman of the User Council e-information of Siemens as well as being a member of the user councils e-ordering and e-sourcing.

Commodity Management (1998 to 2001) Budgets: $70M

Worldwide negotiation responsibility for IT Hardware and Testing equipment for Automation & Drives with a yearly cost reduction in Printer of 25%.

Education & Certifications

GERHARD-MERCARTOR UNIVERSITY (Duisburg, Germany) — BS in Economics, 1996

CPM – Procurement Manager Certification

Certified Project Manager (PM@Siemens, adequate with PMI)

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