Vodafone top manager makes the switch to Barkawi
June 3, 2009
Karl Heinz Mueller, formerly responsible Supply Chain Director for mobile phones at Vodafone started at Barkawi Management Consultants on June 1st, 2009.
Barkawi Management Consultants, a management consulting firm specializing in supply chain management and aftermarket services, expanded their team with the addition of Karl Heinz Mueller on June 1st to the purchasing/procurement department.
In his prior position as Director of Terminals Supplier Management, Karl-Heinz Mueller directed worldwide purchasing and logistics in the telephone segment for UK-based mobile phone service provider Vodafone. Before, Mueller directed global sales for Siemens Mobile. From 1991 to 1995, he was based in Singapore, where he headed the Siemens International Procurement Office for the South East Asia region, including China. At Barkawi, the purchasing and mobile telecommunications expert will assume the position of Senior Advisor for Global Procurement.
“With this strategic position we are driving our international expansion further ahead while increasing our market share in the Procurement Consulting segment,” said company founder and managing director Karim Barkawi. “With Karl-Heinz Mueller, we have been able to bring an outstanding manager on board, who brings sustained improvement to our position in the area of global purchasing and logistics projects, thanks to his experience in the extensive Asian procurement markets,” Barkawi continued.
“For years now, Barkawi Management Consultants has ranged among the leading consulting firms in the supply chain management segment with a special affinity towards the mobile communications industry. Barkawi’s international orientation, supplemented by their exceptionally positive company development have made my decision for making the switch to Munich an easy one,” said Karl-Heinz Mueller.
About Barkawi Management Consultants:
Barkawi is an international management consultancy with proven expertise in Supply Chain Management and After Market Services. Barkawi supports global aftermarket organizations in developing service strategies and achieving operational excellence. Barkawi focuses on technology-driven industries such as Industrial Machinery, High-Tech, Telecommunications, Railway Technology, Aerospace as well as Automotive and Medical Technology. Customers include large multi-nationals with capital intensive and logistically complex business models, such as Agfa, Daimler, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Telekom, Electrolux, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Lufthansa, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Philips, Porsche, Siemens, Vestas and Volkswagen.
Barkawi has offices in Munich (Germany), Shanghai (China), New Delhi (India) and Moscow (Russia)
For more information, please visit: www.barkawi.com
