Sven Blawatt

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Sr. Transformation Architect ProcurementWorks Product at Tonkean

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Overview

Sven Blawatt is a procurement and digital transformation executive with over 20 years of experience at firms like Tonkean, Citrix, and DHL. He specializes in leveraging emerging technologies like AI to optimize source-to-pay processes and drive operational excellence. Sven holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Hochschule Furtwangen.



Sven co-authored the publication, "The Growth Potential in Managing Supplier Risk. "

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Value Driven

Assertive

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Topics They Care About

AI in Procurement
He recently hosted a roundtable on AI-driven procurement and spoke in a webinar about AI-native contract management, focusing on the "agentic era. "
Digital Transformation
His career has focused on driving digital transformation and operational excellence within global procurement functions at companies like Citrix and Cloud Software Group.
Source-to-Pay Process
He has extensive hands-on experience optimizing the end-to-end Source-to-Pay process, including implementing and improving systems like SAP Ariba.

Media Appearances

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Work History

9-2025
Sr. Transformation Architect ProcurementWorks Product at Tonkean
11-2022 - 4-2024
Director Global Procurement at Cloud Software Group
3-2021 - 10-2022
Director Source to Pay Procurement Operations, Systems, Optimization at Citrix
5-2017 - 2-2021
Sr. Manager Source to Pay Optimization at Citrix
7-2015 - 4-2017
Sr. Manager Procurement Solutions & Processes at Citrix

Education

Master of Computer Science from Hochschule Furtwangen
Graduate Degree Computer Science (Diplom Informatiker FH) from Hochschule Furtwangen

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Insights For Selling To Sven

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sven is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sven

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sven move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Sven take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Sven

Personality Compatibility


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