KWS
Peter Hagenow , Head of Strategic Procurement at KWS , discusses the digital transformation of the procurement function at his organisation
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WS is one of the world ’ s most renowned plant breeding companies . Founded over 160 years ago , KWS focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn , sugarbeet , cereals , rapeseed , sunflowers and vegetables .
Peter Hagenow is the Head of Strategic Procurement at KWS . Having joined the organisation in November 2018 , Hagenow possesses over 15 years of international experience in large and medium sized industries and has held positions in sales , procurement , manufacturing and general management . Upon joining KWS , Hagenow set a roadmap and began to transform the procurement function . “ When I joined the company , I was on my own in the global procurement department and it took some weeks before anyone else joined ,” he explains . “ At the same time , we were starting to develop the global transaction centre which my equal , Maik Mueller , headed up as the team lead . Both of us then began to create our teams and to set up the process landscape . My primary role was to search for category managers both internally
DECEMBER 2020