With nearly two decades in procurement and supply-chain leadership, spanning line-management roles in the chemicals industry and consulting leadership at an operations boutique and a Big Four firm, Wolf Göhler joined AlixPartners to help global corporations run performance improvement and savings programs and build procurement organizations that deliver lasting value.
Wolf is an entrepreneurial, hands-on operator who pairs C-level experience with the operational depth of someone who has worked at procurement's supplier-facing front line. He leads procurement-driven performance programs across all major industries including chemicals, manufacturing, energy, retail and pharma / life sciences, delivering commercial savings on direct and indirect spend as well as structural savings from redesigned operating models.
Clients engage Wolf in moments that matter: corporate transformations, post-merger integrations, carve-outs, and other special situations. Across these engagements in EMEA, Asia, and North America, he has designed new target operating models, established shared service centers, and driven synergy and savings programs that consistently exceeded targets.
Wolf holds an MBA from the University of Louisville as well as a Diplom-Kaufmann degree, earned during his studies in Germany and Hong Kong.
Selected engagements and experiences:
- Led the global procurement redesign after the carve-out of a >€12bn chemicals division over 24 months, designing a new target operating model with two Shared Service Centers, transitioning >300 FTEs, and managing works-council negotiations — delivering 18% SG&A savings.
- Directed a procurement-led synergy program for a post-merger integration in the life sciences industry, exceeding a $150m synergy target within 18 months of closing.
- Drove the procurement SSC/GBS transformation for a >€100bn energy provider, delivering >€6m in labor arbitrage and >€30m in savings on tail spend and selected categories.
- Generated >$22m in savings for a global food ingredients manufacturer through demand consolidation and increased spend under procurement management.
- EMEA logistics and warehousing procurement at a leading global chemicals company (line role), managing €450m in annual spend with a team of >20 sourcing managers, delivering >7% recurring annual savings.