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10 Siemens procurement leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher procurement and supply chain roles at Siemens and its named business units. A reader can learn how a large industrial technology company organizes sourcing, sets category strategies and works with its supply base.
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01—10Basavraj Biradar
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Head, DCM AP & MEA Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) & SCM Head-DI, India · Siemens
Vice President & Head, DCM AP & MEA Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) & SCM Head-DI, India at Siemens since 2025, and Head Procurement & Supply Chain CPO Digital Industries, Head of CVE & Pooling Direct India at Siemens since 2019. He was General Manager and Head - Supply Chain Management (PD & DF) at Siemens from 2016 to 2019.
Donna Seminara
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Global Strategic Procurement · Siemens
Senior Director of Global Strategic Procurement at Siemens since 2010. She was Senior Director of Planning and Procurement at Siemens (2007–2010) and Director of Logistics at Siemens (2005–2007). Her profile lists global strategic procurement, contract management, negotiations and operations purchasing as specialties.
Dr. Pankaj S Aher
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Head of SCM CPO -Siemens India Region · Siemens
Vice President & Head of SCM CPO -Siemens India Region at Siemens since 2022. His profile says he manages procurement governance for spend above 1,500 M€ across direct and indirect material. He was previously Director Procurement - Global ETO & Solutions - India & Pacific at Schneider Electric (2021–2022).
Drake Paben
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer · Siemens Digital Industries Software
Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer at Siemens Digital Industries Software since 2026, after serving as its Chief Procurement Officer from 2019 to 2026. At Siemens he was Sr. Director IT Procurement (2016–2019) and Director IT Procurement (2011–2016). His profile lists IT procurement, cloud environments, IT hardware and telecommunications among his areas.
Kerstin Laabs
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement Transportation and Warehouse at Digital Industries · Siemens Digital Industries
Vice President Procurement Transportation and Warehouse at Digital Industries at Siemens Digital Industries since 2020, with global responsibility for procurement of all transport and warehouse services within Siemens DI, per the profile. She was Head of Procurement DI Warehouse Project DC Europe' at Siemens (2019–2020) and Global Director SCM Business Development & Global Demand at Siemens (2008–2012).
Markus Annen
LinkedInExperience: VP Procurement - SI Building Tech Unit Products · Siemens
VP Procurement - SI Building Tech Unit Products at Siemens since 2024, heading procurement for Smart Infrastructure Building Products with global responsibility for direct and indirect material, per the profile. He was Vice President Procurement - Business Unit Building Products at Siemens (2015–2024) and Sr. Director Procurement at Siemens (2011–2015).
Matt Rumbold
LinkedInExperience: VP SCM · Siemens
VP SCM at Siemens since 2021, a role the profile describes as head of strategic procurement, order management, warehouse and distribution, logistics, and material and forecast inventory management. He was Head of Strategic & Operational Procurement at Siemens (2017–2021) and Strategic Procurement Category Manager at Siemens (2012–2016).
Robert Suchy
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Vice President Procurement · Siemens
Corporate Vice President Procurement at Siemens since 2013, with global responsibility for corporate commodities (indirects and directs) and membership of the Global Siemens Procurement Council, per the profile. His other Siemens roles include Corporate Vice President Indirect Material (2012–2013), Vice President Procurement Sector (2008–2012) and President Procurement Division (2005–2008).
Shornda Cadore
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Siemens
Chief Procurement Officer at Siemens since July 2026, after serving as Vice President of Procurement at Siemens from 2025 to 2026. She was Vice President of Procurement, Americas at Alstom (2022–2025), where her profile says she led a $2B portfolio and implemented digital procurement with SAP Ariba.
Walter Beck
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Project Procurement Excellence · Siemens
Vice President Project Procurement Excellence at Siemens since 2014. His earlier listed Siemens roles are Division Head Supply Chain Management (Division CPO) (2011–2014), Sector Procurement Manager (Division CPO) (2009–2011) and Business Unit Procurement Manager (BU CPO) (2003–2009). His profile cites experience building and leading procurement and supply chain management functions.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does Siemens look for when qualifying a new supplier, and how long does that process usually take?
- 02How is procurement split between corporate category teams and the individual business units?
- 03How does Siemens structure negotiations and long-term agreements with strategic suppliers?
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