Christian Widmann is currently the Director of Indirect Commodities at Manitowoc Cranes where he is responsible for all crane locations in North America along with some global responsibilities. Christian's experience expands over 20 plus years covering both direct and indirect procurement. Christian's career includes working in a variety of industries which include higher education, luxury food and beverage, heavy construction equipment, manufacturing, government, consumer goods, and business process outsourcing. In recent years, Christian's main focus has been on indirect procurement, implementation of SAP, and assisting with manufacturing operations.  Christian's indirect experience includes facilities, operations, marketing, CAPEX,  MRO, utilities, human resources, corporate services, professional services, travel, transportation, 3PL, outsourcing services, consultants, telecommunications, BPO, P2P and IT. Christian holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management for the University of Phoenix.