Heiko Faulhaber
About Heiko Faulhaber
Heiko Faulhaber is the Customer Value Director EMEA at Coupa Deutschland GmbH, with extensive experience in procurement and business development across various industries.
Title and Current Role
Heiko Faulhaber serves as the Customer Value Director EMEA at Coupa Deutschland GmbH. He has held this position since 2022 and is based in Zürich, Schweiz. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring customer value across the EMEA region.
Previous Experience at Axpo Group
Heiko Faulhaber has extensive experience at Axpo Group, where he held multiple roles over six years. From 2020 to 2022, he was the Head of the Competence Center IT & Indirect Spend Categories. Prior to that, he served as the Head of Procurement for the Trading & Sales Division from 2018 to 2020 and as a Senior Procurement Manager IT from 2016 to 2018. His work at Axpo was centered around procurement and spend category management.
Career in Procurement and Business Development
Heiko Faulhaber's career spans several companies and roles. He was a Commodity Manager at Sonova Group from 2011 to 2016, and prior to that, he worked at RM Group (Switzerland) in various roles including Head of Perm Business and Account Manager SAP. He also gained experience as a Consultant at Huxley Engineering and as Business Development Executive at both HOERBIGER and Extentia Information Technology.
Educational Background
Heiko Faulhaber is well-educated in his field. He holds a Master of Engineering (Diplom Ingenieur) in Mechanical Engineering and Supply Chain Management from Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt. Additionally, he earned an Einkaufsleiter mit eidg. Diplom from procure.ch – Fachverband für Einkauf und Supply Management. This educational foundation underpins his expertise in procurement and supply management.
Expertise and Industry Experience
Heiko Faulhaber has a proven track record in mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, purchase, post-merger integration, and carve-out processes. He has managed cumulative spend values exceeding 2 billion CHF and has strong expertise in organizational and process optimization projects. His industry experience spans Medical Devices, Energy & Utilities, Trading, Automotive, Consulting, Outsourcing, Nearshoring, and Offshoring.