More about the interim manager
As COO, plant manager and project manager, the interim manager takes on strategic and operational management tasks in restructuring (carve-out and company relocation). He is a specialist in increasing efficiency - with overall responsibility for the internal supply chain from order placement to receipt of payment.
After 20 years as an employee, the interim manager works as a temporary executive and project manager. Since then, he has taken on mandates as Head of Supply Chain in the consumer goods industry (FMCG) and the construction supply industry, among others. He relocated companies to other European countries (carve-out) for a private equity company. This was followed by further mandates to increase efficiency and a crisis management mandate for a company that had got into difficulties due to an ambitious restructuring. Basically, these were strategic and operational mandates in the laser technology, chemicals, lighting technology and energy technology sectors, primarily in medium-sized companies.
After graduating in mechanical engineering, the interim manager gained his first management and results experience as a personnel planning technician in an international temporary employment company. This also laid the foundation for his interest in temporary project work. His first career path - and at the same time one of his most important professional stations - was as P&L plant manager and managing director responsible for two locations.
The recession phase in the construction supply industry at the end of the 1990s and his curiosity to gain new cultural experiences abroad led the interim manager to China. As a pioneer, he built up the China activities for a German Fortune 500 company in the form of majority joint ventures. During his four-year stay, he set up two joint ventures in two provinces.
The interim manager's cross-industry approach is based on the idea that interest groups such as sales, production, quality, purchasing and product management require an overarching organizational form - all with a common focus on customer requirements and business results. The interim manager attaches particular importance to consistently taking into account the necessary new products and the fulfillment of additional customer requests as mandatory tasks in the maintenance of ERP master data and parts lists in order to ensure orderly processes.
The interim manager's communication and leadership behavior are always appreciative and focus on the skills of the employees. At the same time, he challenges and motivates in order to sustainably increase efficiency, successfully implement restructurings and maintain the long-term performance of companies - and, if necessary, professionally maneuver through crises.
