Vice President Procurement - Marketing and Business Services @ I am responsible for procurement of Marketing and Business services in Unilever. My team and I continuously strive to connect the business with the best suppliers providing Marketing Materials and Services as well as Services used by Enterprise and Technology Solutions and other Corporate Functions such as Tax, Legal, Finance, R&D etc. We provide our external insights to key internal stakeholders and collaborate closely to leverage our sourcing and commercial expertise to achieve innovative and sustainable solutions for Unilever. From August 2013 to Present (2 years 5 months) Zürich Area, SwitzerlandVice President - Indirect Procurement @ From June 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 2 months) Strategic Programme Director @ Unilever Supply Chain Company, Schaffhausen/Switzerland From July 2010 to June 2012 (2 years) Global Procurement Director - Paper & Board @ Unilever Supply Chain Company, Schaffhausen/Switzerland From October 2006 to June 2010 (3 years 9 months) Procurement Director - Unilever Asia @ Paper & Board/Indirect Procurement Based in Bangkok/Thailand From October 2002 to September 2006 (4 years) Procurement Operations Director - Unilever Vietnam @ Based in Hoh Chi Minh City, Vietnam From April 2000 to September 2002 (2 years 6 months) Commercial Manager - Home & Personal Care @ Based in Hoh Chi Minh City, Vietnam From May 1998 to March 2000 (1 year 11 months) Senior Auditor - Unilever Corporate Audit @ Based in Hamburg/Germany and Singapore From November 1995 to April 1998 (2 years 6 months) Management Accountant @ Union Deutsche Lebensmittelwerke, Hamburg/Germany From August 1993 to October 1995 (2 years 3 months)

Dipl. Kauffrau, Business Administration @ University of Augsburg From 1987 to 1993 M.A., Economics @ Wayne State University From 1989 to 1990 Karin Hagen-Gierer is skilled in: Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Management, Strategy, Supply Chain Management, FMCG, Supply Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Global Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Supply Chain Optimization, Demand Planning, Change Management, Sourcing, Virtual Teams