Procurement professionals in Industrial automation
Germany-based buyers for Siemens factory and smart infrastructure units, ABB and Tesla Automation make up four of this industrial automation procurement group; the other six, based in India, the US and France, are at Schneider Electric, IMI, Omron, FANUC, Invio Automation and Exotec. Their titles and summaries cover electronics commodities, capital equipment and custom machine builds, useful when sorting out component supply or second sources.
Professionals to explore
Anupreet Singh
LinkedInExperience: Strategic Sourcing Head - Industrial Automation & RAIL Operations India · IMI Industrial Automation
Strategic Sourcing Head - Industrial Automation & RAIL Operations India at IMI Industrial Automation (since 2024), Anupreet Singh held Principal Lead at Lightstorm (2023-2024), Senior Manager at Nxtra by Airtel (2022-2023) and Strategic Sourcing Manager at Indus Towers Limited (2016-2018). Anupreet names MRO procurement, contract governance, supplier due diligence and zero base costing, which suits questions on supplier risk checks and cost modeling.
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Christian Lettl
LinkedInExperience: Head of Procurement Digital Industries Factory Automation Amberg · Siemens
Contract electronics manufacturing for automation products is the fit for Christian Lettl, Head of Procurement Digital Industries Factory Automation Amberg at Siemens since 2024, after Senior Director Procurement Purchasing Council Electronic Manufacturing Services (2020-2024). Christian's other Siemens titles include Head Of Procurement, Siemens Canada Ltd., Siemens Ruggedom (2017-2020) and Commodity Manager Electronics, Process Automation (2015-2017).
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Daniela Ahrendt
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director Commodity Management for Process Automation · Siemens
All of Daniela Ahrendt's titles are at Siemens, the current one being Head of Factory Procurement at Smart Infrastructure, Electrical Products (since 2023). Daniela was Senior Director Commodity Management for Process Automation (2020-2023), Head of Strategic Procurement for Business Segment Digital Communication and Power (2018-2023), Head of Strategic Procurement Concord (2014-2018) and Director Purchasing Council Inductors (2010-2014). Commodity strategy for inductors and other electrical products is a fitting topic.
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Dinesh Gurushanthappa
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement for Industrial Automation Secure Power Digital Energy · Schneider Electric
Dinesh Gurushanthappa's Schneider Electric titles are Sr.Manager OCP Purchasing and Edison Group Expert (2013-2015), Director of Purchasing & Edison Expert (2015-2022) and Vice President Procurement for Industrial Automation Secure Power Digital Energy since 2022. Earlier, at APC by Schneider Electric, Dinesh was Sr Manager Supplier Innovation (2009-2012) and Manager - Commodity (2012-2013). The supplier innovation and commodity roles fit questions on bringing suppliers into product development.
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Jeremy Spencer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Purchasing · Invio Automation
Director of Purchasing at Invio Automation since 2024, Jeremy Spencer works for a company that designs, builds and integrates custom automation solutions. Jeremy was Supply Chain Manager (2019-2021) and Director Supply Chain Management (2021-2024) at TRIUMPH, Commodity Buyer at Faurecia (2016-2019) and Senior Subcontract Administrator at General Dynamics Land Systems (2013-2016). Purchasing for one-off custom builds is the natural topic.
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Leonard Krohmer
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Manager Procurement · Tesla Automation GmbH
Since 2025, Leonard Krohmer has been Senior Manager Procurement at Tesla Automation GmbH, after Director Strategic Purchasing at Manz Asia (2022-2025) and a Supplier Management role there (2021-2022). Leonard was also Branch Manager (2019-2020) and Authorized Officer Branch Manager (2020-2021) at SCHOLPP - Worldwide Industrial Installation, and cites developing Manz's global purchasing organization and negotiating with global strategic suppliers, a fit for questions on building a purchasing organization.
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Mailys Delaoutre
LinkedInExperience: Head of Purchasing & Industrialization · Exotec
Mailys Delaoutre is Head of Purchasing & Industrialization at Exotec (since 2024), which provides warehouse automation solutions. At Valeo, Mailys held Project Purchasing Director - Valeo Climate Control (2022-2024), Purchasing Group Segment Director (2018-2022), ASEAN Region Indirects & Investment Purchasing Manager (2015-2018) and ASEAN Sourcing Manager (2014-2018). With purchasing and industrialization in one title, Mailys fits questions on moving a new robot design into supplier production.
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Mihaela Roman
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Procurement (Americas) · Omron Automation
Semiconductors, robotics, sensing systems and electronics run through Mihaela Roman's experience, a fit for questions on sourcing for complex hardware. Mihaela has been Director, Global Procurement (Americas) at Omron Automation since 2021, after Supply Chain Director at Omron Robotics and Scientific Technologies (2019-2021), Director of Operations at Omron Scientific Technologies (2016-2019) and Supply Chain Manager at OSTI (2006-2016).
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Ray VanWasshnova
LinkedInExperience: Director of Purchasing · FANUC America Corporation
Capital equipment and tooling buying is the clearest fit for Ray VanWasshnova, Director of Purchasing at FANUC America Corporation since 2022. At Rivian, Ray was Group Purchasing Manager - Capital Equipment (2020-2022) and Senior Manager, Global Supply Management, CapEx - Body Structures (2021-2022); Ray also held Director - Capital, Tooling, & Indirect Procurement at ABC Technologies (2020) and Purchasing Manager - Capital & MRO at Tower International (2015-2020).
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Tobias Ohlenholz
LinkedInExperience: Leiter Einkauf · ABB
Tobias Ohlenholz holds the title Leiter Einkauf at ABB (since 2020), describes the position as Head of Procurement & Logistics – ABB AG, Energy Industries Division, and was Senior Project Buyer at ABB (2012-2019). Tobias describes a global mandate across ABB Process Automation's procurement and work on digital transformation in strategic sourcing, category and supplier development. Project buying and digital sourcing tools are the natural topics.
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Choose the right perspective
For electronics and component commodities, Christian Lettl and Daniela Ahrendt hold Siemens commodity and purchasing council titles, and Mihaela Roman names semiconductors, sensing systems and robotics. Ray VanWasshnova and Jeremy Spencer hold Director of Purchasing titles at FANUC America and Invio Automation, the closer match for capital equipment and custom machine builds, while Anupreet Singh covers sourcing for IMI's automation and rail operations in India and Dinesh Gurushanthappa holds a vice president procurement title across Schneider Electric's industrial automation business.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you qualify a second source for a critical electronic component in a drive or controller?
- 02How should a custom machine builder buy parts when each project's bill of materials is different?
- 03How do you write supplier contracts that hold up when component prices or currencies swing during a long project?
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