For corporates and SMEs globally, particularly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stabilise procurement. Deliver change.
When a procurement leadership role is vacant, costs are under pressure or a transformation is ahead, EIGHTY4 Solutions can support you. Bjoern Frese takes on interim responsibility and helps implement your initiatives. Procurement cannot wait, especially when the aim is to combine measurable value creation with sustainable transformation.
Get support for day-to-day operations and the changes ahead, shaped around the task in your organisation.
Bjoern FreseEIGHTY4 Solutions
Experience in leadership and delivery
18 or more years of procurement experience
1818+
Years of procurement experience
Over 300 million euros in procurement spend directly managed
>300300 M€
Procurement spend directly managed
Over 70 employees led
>7070
Employees led
Procurement and supply chain
Through a range of leadership and interim assignments, Bjoern supports strategic and operational procurement teams in collaboration with Finance and Operations.
Transformation and digitalisation
Successfully develop, refine and implement processes, data, methods and tools. Shape digitalisation and introduce it effectively and efficiently so that it delivers real value.
Professional background
At Siemens and dormakaba, Bjoern Frese held various leadership and specialist positions, took on responsibility in interim roles and delivered transformation projects in procurement and supply chain.
A vacant leadership role, changing processes, cost pressure or a demanding project: EIGHTY4 Solutions provides support across four service areas. The scope and priorities are always tailored to your individual starting point and objectives.
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Interim responsibility in procurement
A leadership gap needs to be filled while day-to-day operations continue. Bjoern Frese takes on interim leadership responsibilities in procurement and supply chain management, establishes priorities and prepares the handover to a successor.
Bridge temporary leadership and functional vacancies.
Coordinate teams, ongoing procurement and operational priorities.
New structures and tools need to work in everyday practice. EIGHTY4 Solutions helps you consider procurement organisation, processes and data together and put the required changes into practice.
Develop roles, responsibilities and procurement governance.
Improve processes from supplier selection through ordering and payment.
Define requirements for procurement software and analytics, select solutions and support their introduction.
Involve employees and relevant functions in changed processes.
Where are the opportunities for more economical procurement? EIGHTY4 Solutions supports analysis of direct and indirect procurement, development of measures and follow-up of their implementation.
Examine spending and savings opportunities.
Prioritise suitable measures and move them into implementation.
Changes in procurement often involve several functions at once. EIGHTY4 Solutions supports project organisation and coordination, aligns tasks with those involved and helps deliver the work.
Set up project organisation and governance.
Coordinate work packages, responsibilities and progress.
Support transformation and integration initiatives.
Align change activities and training with the people involved.
Whether the task is straightforward or the challenge complex, combining interim procurement with a transformation or project initiative often makes sense. Together, we analyse your starting point and requirements and define an assignment focused on your objectives.
Business Value
Supplier Collaboration
Strategic Sourcing
Cost Optimisation
Risk Management
Spend Transparency
Working Capital
Supply Resilience
Innovation
Operational Excellence
Sustainability
Cash Flow
Supplier Performance
Compliance
Bjoern FreseEIGHTY4 Solutions
About Bjoern
Leadership experience with a focus on implementation
Your point of contact: Bjoern Frese
Bjoern Frese combines experience in leading procurement and supply chain organisations with transformation and project work. His professional background includes roles at Siemens and dormakaba. At EIGHTY4 Solutions, he supports companies with temporary leadership responsibilities and changes in procurement.
Responsibility in day-to-day operations
Interim management means contributing to decisions and priorities within an existing organisation. Bjoern’s experience includes leading teams, stabilising ongoing activities and handing over to succeeding leaders.
Connecting organisation, processes and data
Changing responsibilities, new software and better data are closely linked. His documented transformation work connects these topics with the practical introduction of new ways of working.
Involving people in implementation
Project organisation, coordination with business functions and training are part of Bjoern’s documented project work. This treats change as a task for the people who will work with the new processes.
Tell us what your procurement function needs: the current situation, your preferred start date and the support required. Use the form, email or telephone.
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Clarify the need and scope
We discuss objectives, the scope of responsibility and the intended way of working. This also includes location and timing.
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Agree the approach and proposal
Based on this, we agree the services, approach and commercial terms. The engagement starts once the relevant agreement is in place.
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Implement and hand over
Tasks, priorities and progress are coordinated throughout the engagement. At the end, we clarify the handover and next steps for your organisation.
Supporting companies worldwide, particularly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Based in the greater Düsseldorf area, EIGHTY4 Solutions supports corporates and small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide. There is a particular focus on companies in the DACH region, while collaboration with companies in other European countries, the United States and Asia is also highly valued. Collaboration can be on-site, hybrid or remote.
We discuss the appropriate level of on-site involvement based on the location, requirements and your objectives for the project.
Describe your starting point and the support you need. Bjoern Frese is your point of contact for interim management, transformation, cost optimisation and project management in procurement.
