More about the interim manager
The interim manager is an expert in end-to-end supply chain management in the manufacturing industry. He optimizes value chains and processes from procurement, production, warehouse and disposal logistics to customer service and distribution. The interim manager seeks mandates as interim COO or senior supply chain manager as well as purchasing manager or logistics manager.
In his most recent mandates, for example, the expert significantly increased delivery reliability (OTIF) within six months as supply chain director at a medium-sized company in the pharmaceutical industry by optimizing the supply chain end-to-end. The previous mandate at a food company that processes short-lived agricultural products had the same focus and results. Here, the interim manager also managed the conversion to SAP S4/HANA. As purchasing manager of a specialist company for disinfectant products, the interim manager supported the transformation of local purchasing into the global corporate structure of the parent company in addition to capex purchasing projects.
More than a dozen mandates in supply chain management, purchasing and logistics
The expert and lecturer has been working as a freelance interim manager and consultant for more than ten years. During this time, he has successfully completed more than a dozen mandates in the areas of supply chain management, purchasing and logistics. Before becoming self-employed, he was Managing Director of an SCM consulting company and head of purchasing and logistics divisions, among other things.
The interim manager offers above-average expertise in the field of digital SCM solutions: from Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Procure to Pay (P2P), Source to Contract (S2C) and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to Network Collaboration and e-procurement.
From the numerous mandates and his work as a lecturer in a Master's course in Supply Chain Management, the interim manager is methodically and technically up to date at all times. Clients, teams and students attest to his proactive and engaging communication. His leadership style is designed to turn employees into drivers of transformation projects. The expert also attaches great importance to ensuring that the teams can successfully develop the changes initiated in the mandates.
From numerous stays abroad and training courses, including in China, Russia, Turkey, the USA, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Romania, Poland, Sweden and the UK, the interim manager has a wide range of intercultural experience and is always open to worldwide interim assignments.
