Procurement Magazine March W1 2026 | Page 130

NIKOLAUS KIRNER
ANDREW SCHAFER
DANIELLE WEINBLATT
FINANCE & SPEND

MEET THE EXPERTS

NIKOLAUS KIRNER

TITLE: CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER COMPANY: SAP INDUSTRY: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LOCATION: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Nikolaus oversees global procurement for one of the world’ s leading enterprise software companies. Known for advancing digital procurement maturity, he focuses on automation, sustainability and resilient supplier ecosystems.

ANDREW SCHAFER

TITLE: VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY, ENGINEERING
COMPANY: SAP TAULIA INDUSTRY: FINANCIAL SERVICES LOCATION: NEW YORK, USA
A growth‐minded technology leader with 20 + years of experience scaling 75 + person global engineering organisations.

DANIELLE WEINBLATT

TITLE: CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER COMPANY: SAP TAULIA INDUSTRY: FINANCIAL SERVICES LOCATION: MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA
Danielle oversees Taulia’ s product organisation and executes its ambitious product vision, strategy and development roadmap.

“ Over time, you get a virtuous cycle: better data, better models, better decisions on cash and supplier risk”

Andrew Schafer, Vice President of Technology
and Security, Engineering, SAP Taulia
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