Christian Kramer

Project Capital Goods Procurement / CapEx Procurement

Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
Experience
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
9 months
Veitsbronn, Germany

Project Capital Goods Procurement / CapEx Procurement

Magna Power Modules GmbH

  • Point of contact for technical departments for supplier selection and supplier management
  • Co-creation of requirement specifications / specifications
  • Researching alternative suppliers
  • Supplier visits for evaluation and negotiation
  • Contract drafting in German and English
  • Contract, specification and purchasing negotiations in German and English
  • Order processing in MS Dynamics NAV
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
10 months
Eschenbach, Germany

Capital Goods Procurement / CapEx Procurement

Rogers Germany GmbH

  • Point of contact for technical departments for supplier selection and supplier management
  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Purchasing negotiations in German and English
  • Negotiations during commissioning/acceptance/warranty cases
  • Order processing in SAP
Jan 2023 - Present
2 years 7 months
Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany

Self-employed – Freelancer

Kramer Interim Management & Consulting

Jul 2013 - Dec 2022
9 years 6 months
Rechberghausen, Germany

Self-employed – Managing Director and Shareholder

Schiller-Plastic GmbH & Co. KG

  • Plastics processing company

  • EUR 1.5 million revenue p.a., approx. 50% worldwide export

  • Disciplinary and technical supervisor of 20 employees

  • Company acquisition in 2013, sale at the end of 2022

  • Financial management, accounting, controlling, HR, IT, technical and capital goods procurement

  • Project management in sales

  • Turnaround, restructuring and realignment

  • Revaluation of fixed assets for costing and to uncover hidden reserves

  • Qualification as an automotive supplier

  • Establishment and implementation of DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certification

Technologies used:

  • Sage
  • Datev
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint)
Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
10 months

Self-employed – New orientation after company sale

  • Search for a company to take over
  • Screening of suitable takeover candidates
  • Due diligence in all business areas
  • Valuation of fixed assets
  • Financing discussions with banks and funding agencies
Jan 2001 - Aug 2012
11 years 8 months
Rudersberg, Germany

Self-employed – Managing Director and Shareholder

Baier GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik

  • Mechanical engineering company

  • EUR 7 million revenue p.a. – approx. 50% worldwide export

  • Disciplinary and technical supervisor of 70 employees

  • Acquisition of the company in 2001, sale in 2012

  • Financial management, accounting, controlling, HR, IT, technical and capital goods procurement

  • Project management in the sales of standard and special machines

  • Turnaround, restructuring and realignment

  • Revaluation of fixed assets for costing and to uncover hidden reserves

  • Digitalization in engineering, production and sales

Technologies used:

  • Pro Alpha
  • Datev
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Jul 1998 - Dec 2000
2 years 6 months
Erkenbrechtsweiler, Germany

Employed – Commercial Director Central Europe

Datalogic Optik Elektronik GmbH

  • Subsidiary of Datalogic S.p.A. Bologna

  • EUR 50 million revenue p.a. in area of responsibility

  • Disciplinary supervisor of 20 employees

  • Accounting with annual financial statements and audits by auditors

  • Controlling, reporting and special analyses

  • Budgeting of revenue and costs

  • Responsible for inside sales

  • Restructuring of international subsidiaries and sales offices within area of responsibility

  • Outsourcing of the service department

Technologies used:

  • MFG/Pro
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Jul 1993 - Jun 1998
5 years
Offenburg, Germany

Employed – Head of Finance/Procurement/Warehousing

tesa Werke Offenburg GmbH

  • Subsidiary of Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg

  • Largest production plant for tesa products

  • Disciplinary and technical supervisor of 22 employees

  • Accounting, quarterly and annual financial statements, inventories, audits by auditors and tax authorities

  • Technical procurement and capital goods procurement

  • Member of the crisis management team

  • Member of the group for designated future leaders in the Beiersdorf Group

  • Part of the leadership team for restructuring the site, reorganizing and merging the warehouses, relocating capital goods procurement from the corporate head office

Technologies used:

  • SAP R/2
  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Summary
  • Overall responsibility as Managing Director / CEO – Owner
  • Restructuring
  • Reorganization / Realignment
  • Turnaround
  • Certification
  • Company acquisition / sale
  • Accounting as Finance Director / Managing Director
  • Reorganization of accounting / bookkeeping
  • Corporate financing
  • Reporting / Special analyses
  • Monthly / quarterly / annual financial statements
  • Purchasing as Head of Procurement / Managing Director
  • Direct and indirect procurement nationally and internationally
  • Strategic and operational procurement
  • Capital goods procurement / CapEx projects nationally and internationally
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Feb 1989 - Jun 1993

Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

Diploma in Business Administration (FH), Technical Business Administration · Offenburg, Germany

Sep 1985 - Jun 1987

Lahr Integrated Vocational High School

High school diploma (Abitur) · Lahr, Germany

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