Andreas Schmidtke
Interim Manager
Experience
Oct 2022 - Feb 2023
5 months Bremervörde, Germany
Interim Manager
- Packaging purchasing for a food industry company
- Optimization and relocation projects
- Coaching the purchasing team
Mar 2022 - Aug 2023
1 year 6 months Wismar, Germany
Mentor
InnovationPort
- Start-up consulting
- Business consulting
Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
1 year 8 months Kassel, Germany
Coach
Pluskompetenzcoaching
- Start-up coaching
- Career coaching
Jan 2016 - Present
8 years 7 months Bremen, Germany
Purchasing Manager
EUPAS
- Purchasing expert and purchasing manager
- Purchasing optimization
- Purchasing consulting
- Interim management
- As part of the achievements:
- Reduced gas costs by 19.4% and electricity costs by 33.7% (2017)
- Reduced folding carton costs by 8.6% and film costs by 48.2% (2018)
- Reduced label costs by 67.1% (2019)
- Reduced corrugated board costs by 25.2% (2020)
- Reduced blister costs by 14.5% (2021)
- Reduced licensing costs by 11.0% (2022)
- Reduced corrugated board costs by 55.5% and licensing costs by 24.8% (2023)
May 2016 - Dec 2016
8 months Bremen, Germany
Career Reorientation
- Qualified as SAP user in materials management in September 2016 with distinction
- Building and maintaining a network, regular attendance at events of the BME (Federal Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics)
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
6 months Bremen, Germany
Head of Purchasing
Gebr. Westhoff
- Department head, 3 employees
- Responsible for purchasing packaging, trading goods, energy and services
- Professionalization of purchasing
- Optimization of processes and internal communication
Mar 2004 - Oct 2015
11 years 8 months Bremen, Germany
Head of Purchasing
Bremer HACHEZ Chocolade
- Department head, 4 employees
- Responsible for purchasing raw materials, packaging, trading goods, energy and other materials
- Restructuring and development of the purchasing department
- Establishing and managing compliance work for packaging as part of IFS Food certification
- Building and maintaining purchasing cooperations
- Ongoing development of purchasing software
- Development of purchasing controlling
- Energy officer (EnB)
Aug 1986 - Aug 1998
12 years 1 month Bremen, Germany
Apprenticeship as Wholesale and Foreign Trade Merchant
Gebrüder Westhoff GmbH & Co. KG
Summary
As a manager, I have a strong hands-on mentality, which I like to bring into exciting projects together with my clients. I face challenges proactively, in a structured, solution-oriented way and with an analytical eye. In my projects, I always sit on my clients' side and act independently from suppliers and service providers. My main focus is always on my clients' goals and success.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Mar 1993 - Sep 1998
AKAD
Diploma in Business Administration with focus on Business Informatics · Rendsburg, Germany
Aug 1986 - Aug 1998
Gebrüder Westhoff GmbH & Co. KG
Apprenticeship as Wholesale and Foreign Trade Merchant · Wholesale and Foreign Trade Merchant · Bremen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
BAFA consultant accreditation
SME consultant of BVMW
SAP user materials management qualification
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