Unlocking New Opportunities by Global Responsibility

At CLAAS, our global organization plays a central role in driving innovation, quality and competitiveness across all products. With a unified structure and a clear commodity-focused approach, we ensure seamless collaboration with our suppliers and early integration into product development.

Our global team is committed to building strong partnerships, simplifying processes and delivering sustainable value through strategic sourcing, supply chain management and supplier quality management. Together with our suppliers, we shape the future of agricultural technology.

Creating Value Together: What Our Global Organization Means for Suppliers

Dedicate cross-functional team per commodity for faster, simpler and more transparent collaboration.
Have global responsibilities for clear, streamlined and improved communication.
Involve supplier early on. "Your expertise shapes our products".
Give access to projects worldwide, scaling opportunities and growth across markets.
Commit to a strategic, long-term collaboration, built on trust, open dialogue and mutual success.

Let’s shape the future of agriculture—together.

On the picture: Frank Sommer, Laura Vollmer, Ulrich Jauert and Christoph Molitor (respectively Senior Vice President Global Purchasing, Vice President Material Management, Vice President Quality Management and Vice President Technology Management @CLAAS Group)

Product Related Material Porfolio

Our global procurement structure is organized into specialized portfolios focused on product-related materials. Each key function is supported by a dedicated point of contact:

Purchasing
Material Management
Supplier Quality Management
Global Engineering

What this means for our suppliers:

Simplified communication
Faster response times
Access to all RFQs across the CLAAS Group
Stronger collaboration from development to delivery

Our aim is to create a transparent, streamlined procurement process that enables mutual growth and innovation.

Indirect Spend Portfolio

In addition to our procurement functions for product-related materials, CLAAS also manages indirect spend purchasing. This includes all purchasing aspects related to:

Engineering & Consulting
Sales & HR
Logistics
IT
Site Services & Materials
Investments

Our dedicated team ensures that all indirect purchasing activities are handled efficiently and effectively, supporting the overall operational excellence of CLAAS.

Additional Purchasing Functions

At CLAAS, we continuously enhance our purchasing processes and accelerate digitalization through our Product Cost Optimization team who works to reduce product costs — strengthening CLAAS and suppliers competitiveness and delivering value for both.

Purchasing Performance focuses on boosting supplier performance through evaluations, risk management and integration of ESG principles. Our Global Sourcing team ensures consistent, efficient sourcing across the organization.

Product Unit (PU) Purchasing integrates purchasing early in product development, aligning closely with CLAAS Product Units.

Finally, Purchasing Excellence team sets standards and leads digital initiatives.