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Interim manager optimizes transport and warehouse logistics
on request

Interim manager optimizes transport and warehouse logistics

  • Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in transport logistics
  • Restructuring and/or management of warehouse units of all sizes
  • Tendering and negotiating large transportation networks

"As an interim manager, I optimize transport and warehouse logistics"

Qualifications

Diploma in Business Administration (FH) - Forwarding Agent - Transport Manager (EU Regulation 1071/2009) - Foreign language: English

Stations

Schwarz Produktion - ZF TRW - Praktiker DIY stores - Ewals Cargo Care - Trans-o-flex (system partner)

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is an expert in transport and warehouse logistics. The business economist and certified transport manager takes on cross-industry mandates with medium-sized companies and corporations in the manufacturing industry and with logistics service providers. His focus is on the optimization of logistics units, the development and expansion of transport networks and warehouse optimization.

In one of his projects as Supply Chain Improvement Manager for a large automotive supplier, the current interim manager (since 2022) developed a new warehouse organization for an automotive company and was able to reduce the order backlog by 90 percent within a short period of time. At a large food company, he was tasked with retendering the transport logistics with around 150 external partners. He succeeded in reducing freight costs by more than five percent.

The interim manager has many years of specialist and management experience. This puts him in a position to quickly get to the bottom of a wide range of transport and warehouse logistics issues, develop solutions and implement them quickly. He also considers himself well equipped in operational areas. His accreditation as a transport manager in accordance with EU Regulation 1071/2009 allows him to manage and monitor fleets, among other things. The interim manager is particularly experienced in tenders, negotiations and intralogistical problems. He can also provide his clients with comprehensive advice and support in the implementation of related and difficult disciplines such as the implementation and management of works contracts.

Clients appreciate his open, clear and concise communication. His calm, goal-oriented and highly focused manner is also much in demand in negotiations with clients' business partners.

The interim manager's leadership skills are paired with a high level of social intelligence and expertise. He takes teams with him on his journey because he lives appreciation.

His clients also benefit from the expert's intercultural experience, which he was able to acquire and deepen during various assignments abroad.

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Additional skills

Verhandlungsmanagement / 26 Jahre 3 Monate
Prozessanalyse / 24 Jahre 7 Monate
Budgetierung / 23 Jahre 7 Monate
Distributionslogistik / 21 Jahre 10 Monate
Führungsverantwortung / 20 Jahre 7 Monate
Lageroptimierung / 19 Jahre 2 Monate
Projektmanagement / 18 Jahre 10 Monate
Straßentransport / 18 Jahre 3 Monate
Service Delivery / 11 Jahre 10 Monate
Aufbauorganisation / 8 Jahre 6 Monate
Kostenoptimierung / 8 Jahre 5 Monate
Vertragsmanagement / 8 Jahre 3 Monate

Industry knowledge

Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeherstellung / 4 Jahre 5 Monate
Transport / 3 Jahre 7 Monate
Logistik / 3 Jahre 7 Monate
Chemische Produktion / 3 Monate

Work and professional experience

Leitung Logistik / 5 Jahre 7 Monate
Supply Chain Management / 3 Jahre 10 Monate
Geschäftsführung / 2 Jahre 11 Monate

Project-stages

from - to
duration
main job role
complimentary job role
primary industry
complementary industry
country
10/2024 - 12/2024
2 months

Chemische Produktion
Deutschland
05/2024 - 06/2024
1 month


Deutschland
03/2023 - 04/2024
1 year 1 month
Leitung Logistik

Deutschland
05/2018 - 09/2022
4 years 4 months
Leitung Logistik
Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeherstellung
Deutschland
06/2014 - 03/2018
3 years 9 months
Supply Chain Management

Deutschland
02/2012 - 03/2014
2 years 1 month


Deutschland
01/2011 - 01/2012
1 year


Deutschland
11/2007 - 12/2010
3 years 1 month


Deutschland
12/2004 - 10/2007
2 years 10 months
Geschäftsführung

Deutschland
12/2004 - 10/2007
2 years 10 months
Geschäftsführung

Deutschland
12/2004 - 10/2007
2 years 10 months
Geschäftsführung

Deutschland
04/2005 - 07/2007
2 years 3 months
Geschäftsführung

Deutschland
05/2001 - 11/2004
3 years 6 months

Transport
Logistik
Deutschland
04/1998 - 04/2001
3 years


Deutschland
02/1994 - 03/1998
4 years 1 month


Deutschland
04/1989 - 08/1990
1 year 4 months


Deutschland
05/1988 - 03/1989
10 months


Deutschland

Education and training

from - to duration Description Degree
10/1990 - 02/1994 3 years 4 months Fachhochschule Heilbronn / Abschluss: Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) Studium
08/1985 - 06/1986 10 months Fachoberschule Wirtschaft, Osnabrück Weiterbildung
08/1982 - 07/1985 2 years 11 months Heinrich Koch GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück / Speditionskaufmann Ausbildung
01/1982 - 12/1982 11 months Realschule Belm, Kreis Osnabrück Schulbildung
Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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