Michel P., Germany

As participant in the master program “Business Economics” at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg from 2013-2016 I earned a vast amount of experiences with profiling focus on Logistics and Operations Management. After finishing my studies, I started in the head quarter of Continental AG in Hannover as Global Supply Chain Analyst. Because of attended study courses like “Supply Chain Management” and “Inventory Management”, “Simulation” or “Service Logistics” I am well-prepared for my career in the logistics industry. As Global Supply Chain Planner, my responsibilities are in detail to ensure tire availability under consideration of capacity and production restrictions. For that our department is in contact with plants, warehouses and markets to optimize the supply chain interaction and fulfill the customer queries. Every day we as central had also new challenges to manage our whole tire portfolio during the supply chain. Besides we are confronted with big data problems as well. Therefore, my study experiences with EXCEL, Access and SAP are very helpful to deal with our daily challenges and show me the importance of handling with logistics and IT at the same time. For the future, there will be many job possibilities in the automotive and technology sector relating to interaction of both disciplines. In times of increasing complexity in Supply Chains there will be also a focus on networking topics between customers, logistics, IT and production regarding Industry 4.0.