Managing Director & Partner
Stuttgart
Wolfgang Schnellbächer is a member of the regional procurement leadership team at Boston Consulting Group. He is an expert in procurement, transformation, digital procurement, supply chain management, and production.
Wolfgang’s client work at BCG focuses on large-scale transformations, direct and indirect category management, digital procurement solutions, procure-to-pay, and operating models of procurement departments.
Before joining the firm, Wolfgang worked for six years at McKinsey & Company as a member of the procurement global leadership team, where he concentrated on indirect optimizations and built the procure-to-pay service line.
To optimize their cost-cutting efforts, smart companies are turning to their suppliers.
Digital can help procurement teams gain a much deeper understanding of their purchases—and cut costs significantly.
Deploying technology solutions along with conventional best practices can greatly mitigate the risk of future failures.
Conventional approaches alone can’t do it. New digital solutions must also play a role.
Contrary to popular belief, the most successful digitization efforts do not begin with technology decisions. Focus instead on business and procurement objectives.