Interim Manager/Lecturer/Logistics Manager/Freelancer

Employed as manager with power of attorney in fruit trade. Parent company: €1 billion revenue, 950 employees, 16 branches in Germany. Group: €3.4 billion revenue, 3,200 employees in 2010. Local unit under my responsibility: €154 million revenue, 55 to 170 internal/external employees depending on season and requirements. Reporting line: direct to CEO in Bremen / dotted line to CFO in Belgium.

• Disciplinary responsibility for 170 employees, functional responsibility for 5 more.
• Monthly reporting to headquarters in Bremen and Belgium.
• Managing and consolidating the DC region Hesse on actual and planned basis.
• Preparing and monitoring budget and forecast.
• Training employees in commercial and operational areas.
• Leading and overseeing administrative departments.
• Customizing and training in inventory management and coordinating the European rollout of SAP ERP and Microsoft Dynamics AX in the project committee.
• Scheduling in-house staffing.
• Controlling operational workflows in the facility.
• Managing and directing logistics processes – warehouse, fleet, packing station.
• Supervising and ensuring workplace safety.
• Internal fleet management.
• Recruiting and hiring staff.
• Staff development and further training.
• Reduced costs from €6.5 million to approx. €5.9 million per year by optimizing operational logistics processes in warehouse and fleet management.
• Introduced master-vendor staffing program in onsite management.
• Reduced turnover in the operational workforce from 8% to 3% monthly average.
• Established technical department including training the first certified mechatronics technician.
• Led best-practice system project in southwest Germany.
• Increased revenue by €5 million per year.
• Introduced process optimization for warehouse logistics and order picking.
• Improved profitability and utilization of packing station.
• Modernized machinery and material handling equipment without raising costs.

Employed in medical technology. Development, production and sales of medical devices and sensor technology. 35 employees.

• Supported management.
• Led commercial administration.
• Optimized all organizational processes.
• Assisted project management and coordinated workflows.
• Supported the introduction of PPS software and MS Office 2000.
• Prepared for quality management certification DIN ISO EN 9000-9004 Version 2000.
• Developed concept for introducing a controlling tool.
• Aligned forecast and budget with management.
• Participated in product management decisions.
• Reduced development and sales costs.
• Optimized the product portfolio.
• Increased cost-to-output transparency.
• Improved trade show follow-up and success tracking.
• Enhanced communication with doctors and hospitals.
• Consolidated purchasing of parts and supplies.

Employed in fruit trade, 22 employees. €1.5 million revenue, regional supplier, importer from nearby EU, owner-managed sole proprietorship, own fleet, in-house production of canned vegetables (pickles, sauerkraut), own vegetable cultivation.

• Customer acquisition and master data maintenance.
• Bookkeeping using DATEV system (payment transactions, invoicing, inventory).
• Field customer support.
• Trained apprentices (wholesale and foreign trade clerks) from 1982 onward.
• Staff scheduling for shift work.