Transforming The Internal Procurement Business Units Into A Seperate Profit Center

Strategic Purchasing & Procurement Forum, Stockholm, August 26, 2008.
Boost competitiveness with cost effective procurement strategies
August 26 - 27, 2008 · Berns Conference, Stockholm, Sweden

Presentation given on the topic of
how can an internal business unit almost only serving internal production units serve as a profit centre with own profit responsibility?

MBA: A good investment from an employer point of view


Though it costs a couple hundred thousand Danish Kroner and several hundred hours of work for a company to send an employee to the EMBA program, it has, in Martin Berg’s case, proved to be profitable for NCC. Read the full article at:



CBS MBA project was easy to put into practice


Martin Berg needed a broader management perspective, which he found at CBS.Every two weeks Martin Berg spent part of his weekend at Copenhagen Business School where he learned to develop a business plan, which, on the following Monday, he would implement at his workplace, NCC Construction Denmark, located in Hellerup north of Copenhagen. Read the full article at http://uk.cbs.dk/continuing_education/master_programmes/mba_uddannelser/flexible_executive_mba/cbs_project_was_easy_to_put_into_practice

Den nye markedssituation skaber muligheder for indkøb


Den nye markedssituation skaber muligheder for indkøb
For NCC er leverandørmarkedet vendt på en tallerken. Fra at være sælgers marked med materialeknaphed, flaskehalse, kvoteordninger og mangel på underentreprenører, er markedet vendt 180 grader i forrige kvartal. Nu er det købers marked, og derfor arbejder NCC’s indkøbsfunktion på at øge konkurrenceevnen gennem omkostningsreduktioner.

I sit indlæg vil Martin Berg gennemgå de konkrete initiativer og handlinger, som NCC lige nu gennemfører for at tage maksimal fordel af situationen
  • Hvordan sikrer NCC, at indkøbspriserne følger med markedet ned?
  • Hvordan arbejder NCC strategisk med sine leverandører om at sætte dagsordenen i klimadebatten?
  • Hvordan anvender NCC indkøbsfunktionen som et strategisk våben til at vinde ordrer i markedet?