Engineering expertise. Commercial leadership.

Bernhard Oberbauer, former Chief Procurement Officer at Borealis, advises on industrial projects: due diligence, procurement and contracts, operations and strategy.

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Industrial Projects
& Due Diligence
Procurement
& Contracting
Operational
Excellence
Business Strategy
& Development
Engineering
expertise
Commercial
leadership

From start-up plant to US$3.5 bn project.

Technical and commercial due diligence in polyolefins, biobased polymers and mechanical recycling.

Licences, EPC, frameworks: negotiated.

Procurement strategy, tenders and contract negotiation through to close-out, from a former Chief Procurement Officer.

Maintenance, HSE/Q and turnarounds.

Operational experience that raises productivity and compliance where it counts: on site.

Technically feasible, commercially viable.

Industrial opportunities assessed and turned into a business direction that holds on both counts.

Engineering and contracts, seen together.

Engineering expertise and commercial leadership in one person, engaged directly.

Both sides of every industrial project: the plant site, the polymer business and the negotiating table.

Four fields. One judgement.

Independent support for industrial companies, investors and engineering firms, from the first assessment to the decision that commits the capital.

A large petrochemical plant under construction, cranes above the columns

Industrial Projects & Due Diligence

Polyolefins, biobased polymers and mechanical recycling, from start-ups to major capital projects.

  • Industrial project assessment and development
  • Technical and commercial due diligence
  • On-site assessment and decision support
  • Business development in industrial recycling
Archival aerial view of a petrochemical complex with its roads and process units

Procurement & Contracting

The commercial architecture of a project: strategy, contracts and the terms that govern risk.

  • Procurement and contracting strategies
  • Tenders, structuring and negotiation
  • Technology licensing and EPC contracts
  • Framework agreements, contract management and close-out
  • Dispute resolution and arbitration support
Chimneys of a chemical plant reflected in water at dusk

Operational Excellence

Operational experience joined to management priorities: productivity, compliance, resources.

  • Maintenance and operational improvement
  • Health, safety, environment and quality
  • Productivity and resource effectiveness
  • Compliance and turnarounds
White polypropylene pellets poured into a heap

Business Strategy & Development

Industrial opportunities assessed; technical feasibility joined to a strategy that holds.

  • Assessing industrial opportunities
  • Supporting business development
  • Linking feasibility with commercial strategy

Two lines of experience. One partner.

Technical understanding

  1. Engineering
  2. Project development
  3. Execution
  4. Steering committee

Commercial responsibility

  1. Business strategy
  2. Procurement
  3. Tendering & contracting
  4. Contract management
  5. Closing
  6. Dispute resolution
Bernhard Oberbauer

Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Oberbauer

Founder of HEXAGON · former Chief Procurement Officer, Borealis

“If there is a way – we will find it. And if not – we will make one.”

Engineering foundation

His career began with his own engineering office and led through maintenance, departmental leadership and management into major industrial projects and the role of Chief Procurement Officer.

Executive perspective

Through HEXAGON he brings this directly to industrial companies and investors, from the engineering detail to the commercial negotiation and the steering committee.

From plant floor to steering committee.

  1. Own engineering office
  2. Maintenance
  3. Management
  4. Major projects
  5. Chief Procurement Officer, Borealis
  6. Independent advisor, HEXAGON

The scale behind the judgement.

Figures provided for this draft. Scope and reporting period are being confirmed before publication.

US$3.5 bn

Major industrial projects, up to this investment volume

US$1.5 bn

Procurement volume at Borealis

~100

People in teams under his responsibility

One dot per person.

Experience grounded in industry.

BorealisCorporate career · Polyolefins
Storage tanks and pipe runs at an industrial site

Chief Procurement Officer

Role
Senior leadership and Chief Procurement Officer, combining procurement responsibility with major industrial projects.
Situation
Case summary to be written with Bernhard.
Outcome
To be confirmed.
ROK GreenHEXAGON mandate · Mechanical recycling
Stacked bales of plastic waste ready for recycling

Business development in recycling

Role
Business development in mechanical recycling, focused on LDPE film plastics.
Situation
Case summary to be written with Bernhard.
Outcome
To be confirmed.
International mandatesHEXAGON mandates · Negotiation and coordination

Shanghai and beyond

Role
Regular negotiations and project coordination in Shanghai, as part of international mandates.
Situation
Case summary to be written with Bernhard.
Outcome
To be confirmed.

Selected experience. Engagement descriptions and permission to publish client names are being confirmed; photographs are illustrative and do not show the named companies' sites.

Built across four regions.

Experience across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and China. Available for international mandates and on-site assessments.

Europe

Americas

Middle East

China

Choose a place, or drag to turn the globe.

Let's look at the whole picture.

Write to Bernhard directly, with the project stage and the decision ahead.

Write to Bernhard

Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Oberbauer

Founder, HEXAGON · Independent industrial advisory

Email
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Phone
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LinkedIn
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Based in
Austria, working internationally
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