Joern Foerster
Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Procurement
Diebold Nixdorf
Joern Foerster
Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Procurement
Diebold Nixdorf
ABOUT THE WINNER
Many leaders can improve performance during a recovery. Few can improve performance when external conditions worsen and pressure mounts, and Joern Foerster has mastered the latter: record shipments, shortened lead times, and stronger financial results all bear it out.
With over 27 years of experience, his performance in 2025 as Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Procurement at Diebold Nixdorf sets the standard for modern global supply chain leadership.
Congratulations, Joern Foerster!
Case Study Highlights
Joern Foerster sums up the past year at Diebold Nixdorf as a major challenge and, above all, a great success: a challenge because external conditions worsened, and a success because his supply chain and procurement organization mastered that pressure.
The team delivered a 25% lead-time reduction on core products, record shipment months, and strong margin performance, achieved by holding the organization to a consistent way of operating: regionalized manufacturing and sourcing, logistics flexibility, and tight planning discipline.
Joern points to a people-centric execution system as the other key choice, one where teams acted within clear guardrails, and leaders focused on removing obstacles rather than making every decision themselves.