Christian Widmann

Director, Indirect Commodities
Manitowoc Cranes

Christian Widmann is currently the Director of Indirect Commodities at Manitowoc Cranes where he is responsible for all crane locations in North America along with some global responsibilities. Christian's experience expands over 20 plus years covering both direct and indirect procurement. Christian's career includes working in a variety of industries which include higher education, luxury food and beverage, heavy construction equipment, manufacturing, government, consumer goods, and business process outsourcing. In recent years, Christian's main focus has been on indirect procurement, implementation of SAP, and assisting with manufacturing operations. Christian's indirect experience includes facilities, operations, marketing, CAPEX, MRO, utilities, human resources, corporate services, professional services, travel, transportation, 3PL, outsourcing services, consultants, telecommunications, BPO, P2P and IT. Christian holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management for the University of Phoenix.

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Day 2: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

09:05 Panel: Mitigating Disruption By Implementing A Comprehensive Supplier Risk Management Program

Increasing regulatory requirements are forcing companies to monitor their suppliers in much more depth than ever before. Further, you must have a comprehensive program in place to mitigate supply disruption. Are you equipped to identify potential disruptions, monitor suppliers and adapt quickly to minimize the impact? This panel will help you:
• Identify risks that could impact your supply chain, their probability and potential impact: natural disaster, geopolitical, export/import trade, regulatory, and more
• Design a comprehensive program to mitigate future supply risks and limit nasty surprises
• Measure, monitor and mitigate risks through a comprehensive risk management process
• Determine whether excess inventory, time, or resources is most important in mitigating risk, and how your suppliers optimize this buffer
• Implementing the technology and tools needed to monitor suppliers for red flags and alert you when something is amiss