Global organization

Schindler's global purchasing organization is managed by a network of category and country teams, which work closely together to achieve maximum results.

Five strategic sourcing offices serve Schindler's global operations whilst the management of global categories and suppliers is consolidated into the European and Chinese teams:

The Global Strategic Sourcing Organization focuses on the following 3 areas:

Lead the management of the Spend categories , driving multi-functional teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies as well as manage the supply base
Identify potential savings opportunities across zones, as well as playing a stronger role in providing expertise, qualified & hands on support and personnel development, hiring, and competency assessment
Provide what is needed to fulfil the basic and essential requirements of Sourcing: practical tools and processes, checklists and the respective support as routines, manuals etc. for level a (max contributions within one location)