Key results:

• Introduced a strategic product group management process, introduced cross-functional teams consisting of buyers and relevant users and experts from the specialist areas
• Established a Corporate Sourcing Board ("procurement forum") with the aim of steering and strengthening cross-functional cooperation
• Sustainable strengthening of competence – 150 buyers and network partners in a modular program were trained
  100 buyers were trained in modern strategic purchasing and the TCO philosophy
• 20 buyers were able to build up their expertise in in-depth training courses on strategic optimization levers in commodity group management and the leadership of cross-functional teams
• 50 consumers were sensitized to purchasing topics in seminars and internal networking was strengthened
• The Purchasing Academy initiated the transformation to a networked ÖBB Purchasing and led to the sustainable anchoring of best practice knowledge