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Interim Logistics Manager
Experience
Interim Logistics Manager
Centroplan GmbH
- Leading, managing and developing logistics (national and international)
- Implementing the company strategy regarding availability, inventory and transparency
- Commercial and operational management of the logistics department (warehouse and order management)
- Analyzing, improving and defining existing processes in the QMS
- Ensuring full utilization of the ERP system
- Ensuring the logistical requirements for successful project execution in terms of cost, schedule and quality
- Forecasting material procurement and inventory
- Reviewing logistics costs and options for cost savings
- Opportunities for outsourcing and insourcing
- Selecting and negotiating with external logistics service providers
- Integrating suppliers into the logistics concept
- Close collaboration with specialist departments and implementation of group-wide processes and systems
- Compliance with and ensuring all technical and occupational safety-related guidelines and standards, especially in workplace safety, health protection and quality assurance
- Ensuring a modern logistics organization, developing innovative technical solutions and digitalization
- Defining and introducing a logistics concept nationally and internationally
- Coaching of executives and employees
M&A Project Lead
Brandenburger Spedition
- Conducting the M&A process
- Approaching potential investors
M&A Consultant
Bremer Schwerlastspedition
- Conducting the M&A process
- Approaching potential investors
M&A Project Lead
Unternehmensgruppe Industrieverpackungen
- Conducting the M&A process
- Supporting the self-administered insolvency application
- Acquisition by a strategic investor as part of an asset deal
Successor Coach for the Managing Director
Hinzsch GmbH & Co. KG
- Coaching the new Managing Director (son of the shareholder)
Interim Managing Director/Sole Managing Director
Hinzsch Schaumstofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- Interim management
- Corporate restructuring
- Process optimizations, especially in warehouse and production logistics
- Goods receipt
- Production supply
- Interim storage of semi-finished products
- Packaging and shipping of finished products
- Optimization of raw material and finished goods warehouse
- Implementation of change management measures (strategy development, corporate culture, hiring)
- As top management responsible for quality management, occupational safety, and fire protection compliance
- Implementation of 5S and shop floor management
- Coaching the leadership structure
- Responsible for commercial management including financial accounting, budget planning, controlling, and cash flow statements
- Negotiations with banks, financing partners, and insurers
- Point of contact for owners and advisory board
- Responsible for personnel decisions and development
- Responsible for sales and marketing
- Successful handover to the company founder's successor
Interim Managing Director/Emergency Managing Director
Wellness Center
- Feasibility check for business continuation
- Conducting negotiations with banks
- Overall consulting with tax advisors and lawyers
- Transfer of key assets to an investor
- Company liquidation
Freelance business consulting, startup consulting and career coaching
Preparation of business plans
Development of business idea / positioning
Business Model Canvas / Value Proposition Canvas
SWOT analysis
Financing and grants
Marketing / Online marketing / Social media
Sales
Human resources
Strategic management
Accounting and financial reporting
Experience with individual coaching via AVGS
Implementation and support of CIP – continuous improvement process in an electronics company
Analysis and improvement of processes as well as training of managers and staff
Logistics consulting and material flow optimization at a manufacturer of window shutters
Optimization of raw material supply and implementation of a Kanban system
Production supply using a tow train system
Analysis and process optimization of the packaging and shipping area, as well as training employees in logistics processes
Logistics consulting and material flow optimization at a sheet metal processing company
Analysis and optimization of warehouse and interim storage conditions, as well as material flow between production steps
Analysis and optimization of logistics processes for a flooring wholesale company
Improvement of warehouse organization as well as goods receipt, picking, and shipping processes
Partner of a logistics service provider in preparing a bid to take over a logistics center for a German car manufacturer
Analysis and optimization of logistics processes for the branch of a commercial vehicle spare parts dealer
Improvement of goods receipt, deconsolidation and picking as well as preparation of spare parts for shipment
Managing Partner
Fritz Fross GmbH & Co. KG
- Establishment and development of the warehouse logistics division
- Process optimization in forwarding and logistics
- Key account management and new client acquisition
- Planning and implementation of logistics projects for trading and industrial companies in procurement, production, and distribution logistics
- Development of supply chain management concepts, just-in-sequence and just-in-time systems
- Conceptual design and implementation of order picking systems
- Execution of project operations in warehouse logistics
- Conceptual design and implementation of CRM software
- Employee training
- Implementation of a quality management system with certification, as well as continuous improvement processes
- Compliance with major clients' occupational safety regulations
- Planning a logistics center, including racking systems, high-bay forklifts, optimized processes, and fire suppression systems (sprinklers)
Corporate Credit Advisor
Volksbank Breisgau-Nord eG Emmendingen
- Startup consulting and financing
- Financing consulting and implementation of corporate financing solutions involving grants (KfW, MBG), leasing, factoring, and sale-and-lease-back
- Business analyses
Languages
Education
University of Mannheim
Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Mannheim, Germany
Volksbank Breisgau-Nord eG Emmendingen
Vocational training as a Bank Clerk · Banking · Emmendingen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Master Management With AI
academy4.ai in collaboration with SGO Business School
Authorized INQA Coach 2025 – 2026 – Agile into the Future
Alchimedus Master Course – Systematic Organizational Development – Process-Oriented Business Consulting
Strategy Consultant (IHK)
IHK
Corporate Coach (Business Coach)
DCV
Certified Coach (Personal Coach)
Steinbeis University Berlin
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