Personal data

Name:
§  Thomas S. Bubendorf
Profession:
§  LEAN Initiatives Manager
(previously: Supply Chain Manager, Agricultural Economist)
Coordinates:
§  Internet: http://www.bubendorf.ch
email: thomas@bubendorf.ch
Birth Date:
§  17.03.1965
Marital Status:
§  married, 2 children (born 1995 and 1997)
Nationality:
§  Swiss


 

 

 

Writing/Reading

Speaking/Understanding

German: 

mother tongue

mother tongue

English:

fluent

fluent 

French:

fluent

fluent

 

1986-1993
§  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich
Studies of agriculture (Dipl. Ing.-Agr. ETH).
Diploma as an engineer (equivalent to a Master of Science). Major in agricultural economics.
1986-
§  Different courses in rhetoric, group leading and managing, languages (Russian in St. Petersburg, English in Bournemouth/England), computer applications etc.
1971-1985
§  High school (gymnasium) in Basel finishing with the leaving certificate; Secondary school in Allschwil; Primary education in Schönenbuch
2011-
§  Nestlé South-East European Region, Athens
LEAN Initiatives Manager for the South-East European Region
2008-2011
§  Nestlé Romania srl., Bucharest
Supply Chain Director of Nestlé Romania
2005-2008
§  Nestlé Iran P.J.S.Co., Tehran
Supply Chain Manager of Nestlé Iran
2004
§  Nestlé Romania, Bucharest
Mission to set up the Purchasing Department of Nestlé in the Romanian Market
1998-2003
§  Nestlé Suisse SA, Vevey, Switzerland.
Collaborator in the Department of European and Agricultural Affairs, responsible for milk supply and agricultural policy developments, European, trade and export policy issues. Then Raw Material Buyer in the Purchasing Department; and then Head of Raw Material Purchasing for the 7 factories of Nestlé in Switzerland
1994-1998
§  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics (Prof. Dr. P. Rieder), Zürich
Research Fellow and Assistant (project on Czech agriculture)
1995
§  Swiss Office for Collaboration with Eastern Europe, (DEZA-AZO), Bern.
Evaluation of an agricultural project in Poland
1993
§  Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), Zürich and Ameropa AG, Binningen
Six-month consulting assignment for two kolkhozes (collective farms) in Samara and Angarsk (Russia)
1991-1995
§  Freelance journalist for different agricultural newspapers and journals
1991-1992
§  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics (Prof. Dr. B. Lehmann), Zürich
Assistant
1990-1991
§  Australia (farms, research stations, departments of agriculture)
Work experience (six months), a.o. at ABARE, Canberra and Dept of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture of Western Australia, South Perth
1990
§  Dept of Grassland Science, Agricultural University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Work experience (five months)
1989-1993
§  Responsible editor of the faculty journal "Agrobulletin" and member of the Editorial Board of the "Agricultural International Magazine" (AIM) of IAAS (International Association of Agricultural Students)
1988-
§  Active participation in numerous events (seminars, study tours) of IAAS and EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists) in various countries
1985-1992
§  Four months work on the parental farm (after having grown up on the farm); several temporary jobs in different industrial sectors; six months of practical work as part of the studies on a typical Swiss farm in the French speaking part of Switzerland
1995
§  "Possible Agricultural Policies of the Czech Republic subject to Different Environmental Programs". Paper presented at the 41th EAAE Seminar, Budapest/Gödöllö
"Agricultural Economic Implications of a Swiss Accession to EU". Paper presented at the Conference "Agricultural Prospects", Agricultural University, Prague
1994
§  "Implications of Environmental Programmes on Czech agriculture". Paper presented at the Conference "Agricultural Prospects", Agricultural University, Prague (available in PDF format)
1993
§  Thesis on "Agri-Tourism in Slovakia", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Agricultural Economics, Zürich
1990
§  Research report "The growth of Lolium perenne under varying conditions", Dept of Grassland Science, Agricultural University of Wageningen (NL), supervised by Prof. Dr. J. Nösberger of ETH Zürich
§  Available on request

    Thomas S. Bubendorf     ---   e-mail: thomas@bubendorf.ch