More about the interim manager
The interim manager is a proven procurement expert whose focus extends far beyond procurement alone. Purchasing processes, purchasing organization and purchasing strategy are only the basic elements in his mandates and projects for cost reduction or cost optimization. Whether setting up, reorganizing or increasing the maturity level of existing purchasing departments: The interim manager always works across departments and creates sustainable value for his clients.
The interim manager has mastered the full range of purchasing optimization and has the best references. In more than 20 years, he has reliably reduced costs in large medium-sized companies and global corporations across all industries. His mandates and projects have ranged from classic management consulting to temporary purchasing management and far-reaching transformations with a strong change character.
Whether in the role of purchasing manager, expert for cost reduction programs or consultant to top management, the interim manager's greatest strengths include his communication and leadership skills. He is a people mover. He knows how to inspire those around him and take them along on the new path. When it comes to leadership, the recognition and successes of his colleagues are more important to him than his own. After all, he wants those around him to master the challenges independently once the mandate has ended.
With this goal in mind, the interim manager establishes purchasing as a cross-divisional sparring partner for all managers and teams in the company. For him, working together on cost optimization is one of the key success factors for permanently optimizing costs along the entire value chain. "Cost reduction is not a sprint, but an endurance run". He applies this credo just as reliably to managers as he does to teams at operational level.
Based on his experience from a large number of interim mandates and consulting projects, he moves confidently through all specialist areas right up to top management level. His clients value his proven negotiation expertise, his keen sense of cost efficiency and the fact that he also takes an entrepreneurial view and perspective beyond the purchasing roles. This is precisely why the interim manager is repeatedly appointed to steering committees and steering committees of major cost-cutting programs as an advisor.
