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Holger Wagner
Project Manager - Commercial
Experience
Apr 2025 - Aug 2025
5 monthsMemmingen, Germany
Project Manager - Commercial
Pfeifer Structures GmbH
- Large roofing projects worldwide – stadium roof of CF Valencia/Spain
- Preparing purchasing materials according to engineers’ specifications
- Contract negotiations with stakeholders and suppliers (both external and internal)
- Ensuring on-time delivery in optimal quantity
- Coordinating all peripheral areas on site in Valencia
- Ensuring supplier performance and compliance with high standards
- Overview and control of global logistics
- Developing and coordinating safety plans for on-site employee training
- Saving nearly €1 million by preventing steel anti-dumping duties
Dec 2023 - Aug 2024
9 monthsBarcelona, Spain
Interim Head of Procurement
Getinge AG
- Ensuring compliance with local processes, ISO 13485, and company standards
- Managing material availability and ensuring on-time delivery in optimal quantity
- Monitoring and evaluating supplier performance and adherence to high standards
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
10 monthsMunich, Germany
Interim Manager Supply Chain & Logistics / Site Manager
MKS Instruments GmbH
- Restructuring the warehouse as well as optimizing and installing partial automation of order picking operations
- Managing the Munich site after change of ownership
- Providing direct support to the CEO
- Leading 8–60 employees
- Modernizing department equipment
- Leading the project to restore site operations to normal in less than two months after a worldwide ransomware attack
- Working in the global crisis resolution team
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
2 years 6 monthsMedellín, Colombia
Lead Manager Supply Chain Management
CultivateCo Pty
- Organizing and purchasing natural base products for production in Auckland, New Zealand
- Coordinating logistics from German and Brazilian suppliers to New Zealand
- Sourcing and contract negotiations with new suppliers for global operations
- Coordinating packaging materials for two production lines (women and men)
- Successfully set up the entire operation in three months for distribution and sales in week 47/2020 entirely from home office
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year 6 monthsLima, Peru
Director of Supply Chain Management
SyCo Ingenieros SA
- Purchasing and organizing logistics for renovations of multiple shopping centers (Open Plaza Atocongo, Angamos, Pucallpa, Piura, Huancayo)
- Shortening the logistical distribution of materials to construction sites
- Managing multiple construction sites simultaneously despite long distances and different communication standards
- Integrating new suppliers in a short time
- Achieving around 10% budget savings in procurement within a short time
- Designing processes for each department to boost efficiency during company growth
Nov 2017 - May 2018
7 monthsMunich, Germany
Consultant Procurement & Logistics - Supply Chain Management
Intel Germany (Ascending Technology)
- Analysis of processes, data maintenance and warehouse coordination locally and in Miami, USA
- Coordination of procurement, logistics and production planning as well as reorganization of the procurement and logistics department
- Member of a global task force to resolve product defects
Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
9 monthsLima, Peru
Consultant for Training Government Officials
Ministry of the Interior of Peru - Department of National Security
- Advising on training government officials in flood disaster management and their supply chain
Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
1 year 2 monthsLima, Peru
Supply Chain Manager
Swissmin SAC
- Development of a new surface mining site on the Peruvian coast south of Arequipa
- Responsible for procurement and rental of machinery, vehicles and tools
- Planning all imports and logistics operations
- Coordination of the exploration phase
Oct 2012 - Oct 2014
2 years 1 monthLima, Peru
Logistics & Procurement Manager
Laconia South America SAC
- Setting up a dormant mining project in the Andes (5,000 m) under the COO
- Responsible for procurement and logistics activities as well as planning and handling imports
Nov 2011 - May 2012
7 monthsLima, Peru
Superintendent of Logistics & Procurement
Terra Nova Natural Resources Peru SAC
- Operational execution of logistics and procurement tasks in coordination with management during company setup
- Procurement of all materials for mine operations, including food
- Logistics for machinery, vehicles, equipment and employee provisions
Oct 2010 - Jun 2011
9 monthsLima, Peru
Central Logistics Manager
FAMESA Explosivos SAC
- Purchasing all products for the production of industrial explosives and maintenance materials
- Managing a budget of around 55 million USD and leading 60 employees
- Planning logistics for delivering to customers worldwide and locally (sea, air, road)
- Reducing costs by about 5% by finding new suppliers and changing processes
- Saving around 6 million USD through strategic commodity purchasing
Jul 2010 - Oct 2011
1 year 4 monthsMedellín, Colombia
Procurement/Logistics Consultant
Nueva Granada
- Operational procurement and logistics tasks under management's direction
Jul 2007 - Aug 2009
2 years 2 monthsLima, Peru
Logistics Manager / Office Manager
STRACON SAC
- Organizing procurement of materials for mining
- Assisting the CEO and Executive Director
Mar 2006 - Dec 2010
4 years 10 monthsLima, Peru
Lecturer
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
- Teaching international trade, negotiation techniques, traditions, and cultures
Summary
Foreign trade specialist with more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, business development, business expansion and management in the field of international trade (purchase/sales) as well as logistics and transport handling.
Specialist in supply chain management, logistics, purchasing, warehousing, customs, and freight (air, water, road, and rail). Possesses the ability to make strategically relevant decisions and possesses expertise in current political situations and practices in modern foreign trade.
Leadership, strategic planning, process design, design thinking, project execution and monitoring, project management, at an international level, contribute to the company's added value.
Skills
- Mining Service
- Business Development
- Civil Drone Manufacturing
- Communication
- Electronic Industry
- International Business
- Leadership
- Logistics
- Medical Technology
- Mining Industry
- Ms Navi
- Ms Project
- Ms Vision
- Oracle
- Personal Care Industry
- Problem Solving
- Hands-on Manager
- Procurement
- Project Management
- Sap Mm
- Strategic Planning
- Supply Chain Management
- Team Management
- Telekommunikation
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
NativeSpanish
NativeFrench
ElementaryEducation
AfW, Frankfurt
Diploma in Foreign Trade · International Business · Frankfurt, Germany
Isabel I University
Master · Artificial Intelligence · Barcelona, Spain
Certifications & licenses
Trained Firefighter at FFW Dietzenbach from 1992 to 2000
Munich
Big Data
Interamerican Bank Of Development
Big Data - Data Visualization & Storytelling
Tec De Monterrey
Design Thinking
University Of Sydney, AUS
Design Thinking And Creativity For Innovation
University Of Queensland
Design Thinking For Business Strategy
University Of Sydney
Financial Markets
University Of Yale, USA
Humanitarian Logistics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA
Justice
University Of Harvard, USA
Leadership And Change Management For Sustainability Success
University of Leeds/UK
Operation Management
Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore
Organizational Analysis
University Of Stanford, USA
Supply Chain And Logistics Design Of Supply Chain Systems Supply Chain Strategy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA
Supply Chain Management
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
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