More about the interim manager
The interim manager is an expert in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. He knows how to fully and sustainably exploit the potential of value chains (end-to-end) by optimizing inventory planning and resource utilization, reducing bottlenecks and overstocks and thus increasing customer satisfaction and delivery readiness.
In addition, the multilingual engineer and business economist is an expert in managing complex international and global IT and transformation projects. The expert primarily seeks mandates as a C-level executive or project manager in supply chain management, purchasing or procurement as well as COO.
The S&OP expert has repeatedly made a significant contribution to reducing costs by between ten and 50 percent and improving collaboration and communication. In one project for Geistlich Pharma, he was able to increase delivery readiness to almost 100 percent while reducing inventories by 25 percent and destruction costs by more than 50 percent. For another large pharmaceutical company, he managed the development and introduction of a new global IT application. He harmonized the global processes, standardized the templates and simplified collaboration for 80 markets in five regions with twelve factories. The planning alignment included the forecast of all sales products, including all product launches and products under development (R&D), as well as the capacities of all factories.
International executive expertise in supply chain and procurement
The expert has been working as a freelance interim manager and consultant since 2021, specializing in sales & operations planning, supply chain management (SCM), project management, purchasing and procurement. Previous roles include Global Strategic Forecast Director and Head of Customer Management Integration for the integration of an acquired company (M&A) as well as Head of Supply Chain Management at several pharmaceutical and medical device companies. In total, the interim manager has more than 20 years of professional experience.
The interim manager is equally at home in corporate groups as he is in owner-managed companies and start-ups. With his open communication and leadership at eye level, he makes a significant contribution to motivating stakeholders from top management to the shop floor to find the best solutions. The interim manager attaches particular importance to supporting employees so that they grow beyond themselves and efficiently develop the changes initiated in the mandate for the benefit of the company
