Sven Markert , CSCO of Smart Infrastructure at Siemens , has seen a great deal in his long career , yet has never stopped learning

Sven Markert has served Siemens with distinction for almost a quarter of a century . Siemens is a German multinational conglomerate and is the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe .

The company specialises in intelligent infrastructure for buildings and decentralised energy systems , on automation and digitalisation in the process and manufacturing industries , and on smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport .

Markert ’ s first role with the company was as a consultant , when he was a lead on various projects for internal Siemens divisions .

He worked his way up to Senior VP Supply Chain Logistics , a position he held for a decade . Based in Switzerland and Germany , he was responsible for supply chain

– planning , sourcing , delivering , returning and enabling processes – in the Solution , Service & Product areas of the business .

He was direct lead for more than 1,500 employees in Switzerland , Germany and Asia , and had responsibility for a budget of € 400mn ( US $ 440m ).

Various success stories building resilient supply chains In his current role , he is responsible for the supply chain management of logistics , heading up more than 4,000 employees across multiple business units . He also manages and develops shared-service operations for customer services and logistics , as well as overseeing the digitalisation of SCM , including benchmark oriented processes .

16 August 2023