Prof. Elmar Bräkling, PhD
Professor for General Business Administration, specializing in procurement and logistics, at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences
Specialist fields
- Procurement
- Procurement strategies
- Supplier management
- Management of tendering
procedures
- Negotiation management
- Organizational development in purchasing
Languages
Professional development
- Studied security engineering at the University of Wuppertal, doctorate in 1999
- Haftpflichtverband der Deutschen Industrie VVaG (Liability Insurance Association for German Industry), risk manager, Hanover (1995–1997)
- Berufsgenossenschaft für Fahrzeughaltungen (BGF, statutory accident insurance body for transport), speaker on prevention management, Hamburg (1997–1999)
- Daimler AG, Quality Engineer and Project Manager for Process Models at the Sindelfingen plant, Sindelfingen
(2000–2002)
- Daimler AG, Head of Communication for Vice-President of Research,
Electronics and Mechatronics (REM) and Corporate Quality Management (CQM), IPU, Stuttgart (2002–2004)
- Daimler AG, Head of International Procurement Services at the Hamburg plant, Hamburg (2004–2006)
- Daimler AG, Head of International Procurement Services in Consulting and Engineering, Stuttgart (2006–2008)
- professorship, Managing Partner of PIP Power in Procurement GmbH, Koblenz Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, 2008
Mitgliedschaften in Berufsverbänden
- Member of the Management Board for the German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME e.V.), BME region Koblenz
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Member of the Global Supply Chain Network (BVL e.V.)
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Member of the advisory board for MSc. in Process Management, Nürtingen-Geislingen
University of Applied Science
Other relevant information
- Logistikmanagement, SpringerGabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2014, 314 pp., ISBN: 978-3-658-03494-8
- Power in Procurement, Springer Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 432 pp., 2012, ISBN: 978-3-8349-2698-2
- Einsatz der Portfoliotechnik im Beschaffungsmanagement, expert Verlag, 75 pp., Renningen, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-8169-3069-9
- Kundenorientiertes Prozessmanagement, expert Verlag, 207 pp., Renningen, 2006, ISBN: 3-8169-2528-6