// SMI 17 | Actively drive Sustainable Procurement
As well as driving growth at our new locations, we’re also maintaining a focus on ongoing development in our existing markets. With this in mind, we welcomed a new member to the team over the past year: Jürgen Wetzstein in Munich. He has 20 years of experience in consulting and industry under his belt and we sat down with him to talk about what is currently at the top of his list of priorities …
“Team on a Mission”
Jürgen Wetzstein
Managing Director
Inverto, Munich
Could you give us a brief description of your current responsibilities?
My teams and I support customers from the automotive industry and the industrial goods sector to implement performance improvement and transformation projects. I’m also responsible for the Indirect Spend Center of Excellence at Inverto.
Thinking about everyday life in consulting, what drives you personally and what fascinates you in particular?
Jürgen: I’m intrigued above all by the intelligent and highly motivated colleagues with whom I get to work and from whom I learn new things every day. The complex issues are what fascinate me and what help us grow as a company. Life is never boring at Inverto because every project is different on so many levels – the business problem, the client’s situation, the client’s project teams and stakeholders and, above all, the solutions that we come up with together.
You have worked previously for other consulting companies. What do you think is special about Inverto?
Inverto has a distinctly unique culture. It’s open and friendly, there is no hierarchy, and it definitely has the feel of a “team on a mission”. The focus on procurement is a distinctive feature compared to the consulting companies I worked for previously. This focus gives us an extraordinary depth of expertise and, in conjunction with BCG, we are leading the way with regard to the future of business and society.
And where are we heading? As Managing Director, what are your priorities for the coming years?
We also want to keep driving growth in Germany, and to support INVERTO’s internationalization from here. We’ve just moved to a new and larger office in Munich, so we can create a working environment for our teams that is as attractive as possible.
If we are to offer good opportunities for highly talented employees, I believe our priorities need to include continuing to position ourselves as thought leaders and developing solutions for the significant challenges the world is currently facing. Sustainability is an issue that is particularly close to my heart; we want to come up with innovative ideas to help our customers achieve their sustainability goals.
Sustainability is definitely a key issue for customers right now. What are the other main challenges that you are currently working on?
We are living in difficult times and our clients are facing a multitude of challenges. Inflation, rising energy prices, and material shortages – semiconductors, for example – are definitely the most urgent issues, while helping to develop supply chains that are both resilient and competitive is currently a priority for most projects.
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