Florian Eineder
clearly than in bigger companies , leaving little room for error .
Now , Eineder is driving a cultural and digital transformation across Erdinger ’ s procurement department centred around the integrations of two pieces of enterprise software : SAP Ariba and SAP S / 4HANA .
“ We ’ re going to get rid of as many operational activities as possible ,” he explains . “ There are technical challenges , of course , when it comes to implementing the software , the catalogues , etc , but there ’ s also a huge mindset change within the whole company that needs to be accomplished .” Digital transformation without a reimagining of culture and business process can never be successful ; George Westerman , a principal research scientist at MIT Sloan notes that , “ when digital transformation is done right , it ’ s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly , but when done wrong , all you have is a really fast caterpillar .” For Eineder
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Florian Eineder
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Enthusiastic , professional and with a huge amount of experience , Florian Eineder is leading the procurement function at Erdinger Weissbräu and driving important change across the organization . His specialties include using procurement as an enabler and developing teams into business partners to stakeholders in order to drive corporate strategies and promote business goals . He is driving the digitalisation of Erdinger along with a strong focus on ROI with the necessary caution .
Florian has 15 years ’ experience in procurement divisions of the world ’ s most important companies , in leading global teams and driving transformation at speed and scale .
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