Torsten S.
Managing Director
Experience
Oct 2023 - May 2025
1 year 8 monthsLeverkusen, Germany
Managing Director
mac + you GmbH
- CFO of the company
- Consulting in processes and process management
- Consulting in information security ISO 27001
- Consulting Scrum / agile management
- Project management for IT projects, especially medical practices
- Digitization projects
- Data protection/data security training
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
10 monthsHealth break and preparation for founding mac+you GmbH
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 4 monthsHüttlingen, Germany
Managing Director
Standard Textile Deutschland GmbH
- Implementing MDR requirements in the company
- Establishing risk management
- Successfully introduced a new ERP system
- Reorganized the organization
- Refocused the sales division
- Refocused quality management
- Successfully introduced telesales
- Introduced product management
- Successfully moved accounting from external to internal
Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
1 year 10 monthsLeverkusen, Germany
Owner / Consultant / Interim Manager
Torsten Schneider Consult.
- Cooperative of SMEs: sourcing deals for members
- Cooperative of SMEs: advising the board on purchasing activities
- Company in elderly/disability/child care: head of central purchasing
- Company in elderly/disability/child care: project support for SAP S4/HANA implementation
- Recreational vehicles company: introduced a material group management for indirect materials
- Recreational vehicles company: introduced an ordering process and replaced the paper-based approval process
- Recreational vehicles company: logistics project Milkrun for A-suppliers
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
4 monthsOpen for interim or permanent offers
Jul 2013 - Jul 2018
5 years 1 monthRatingen, Germany
Head of Purchasing
DI Deutsche Ingenico Holding GmbH
- Responsible for purchasing and planning all products and services DACH, NL, BE (purchasing volume approx. €120M)
- Focus: IT, IT outsourcing, service procurement, transport, trading goods, vehicle fleet procurement, etc.
- Outsourced 1st/2nd level helpdesk
- Outsourced logistics services including warehousing, repair, transport
- Purchased external production capacities
- Built a P2P system
- Developed a planning strategy based on SAP
- Project manager "Move" relocation of 500 employees to a new headquarters
- Purchased debt collection services for the DI Ingenico Holding's debt collection subsidiary in Germany / BENELUX
- Outsourced software development to India/Eastern Europe
- Sub-project leader for GDPR project in purchasing
- Conducted change management projects
- Built the purchasing department within the first 6 months
- Significant increase in Opex and Capex savings in the first year
- Established supplier risk management per BaFin requirements (MA-Risk 5)
- Member of the local risk committee
- Member of the Ingenico Health Care management team
- Member of the Germany finance management team
- Member of the "Agile Transformation" project team
- Led global tenders for the parent company Ingenico SA in Paris, France
- Lead buyer for Ingenico SA IT (hardware/software)
- Direct report to the CFO of DI Ingenico Holding
Sep 2006 - May 2013
6 years 9 monthsEssen, Germany
Global Commodity Director
Elster Group SE
- Responsible for global procurement of all non-production materials for Elster Group (volume approx. USD 250M)
- Strategic and tactical responsibility for global projects (year-over-year savings, spend management, cost avoidance)
- Implemented e-sourcing/e-auction software
- Built the procurement team for this material group with 8 staff in 6 countries
- Led negotiations on global projects
- Conducted negotiations
- Direct report to the CPO of Elster Group
- Elster’s eSourcing specialist
- Conducted change management projects
- Proven improvement in procurement performance over 6 years for the material group
Jul 2002 - Aug 2006
4 years 2 monthsParis, France
Senior Consultant
SynerDeal
- Carried out procurement projects (eSourcing, eAuction, change management)
- Lead consultant for clients in DACH region and Eastern Europe
- Projects ranging from €1M to €100M
- Identified savings and implemented them
- Sourcing in low-wage countries
Mar 2000 - Apr 2002
2 years 2 monthsCologne, Germany
Sourcing Manager
Econia AG
- Carried out procurement projects (eSourcing, eAuction, change management)
- Trained buyers and sellers in negotiation
- Product development and sales
Sep 1999 - Feb 2000
6 monthsFreelance project manager for procurement projects
Jul 1995 - Jun 1999
4 yearsCologne, Germany
Material Planning Specialist
Reynolds Tobacco GmbH
- Led a material group in purchasing and planning
- Quality management for printed materials
- Cross-regional procurement projects
- Supported the head of European production planning
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryEducation
Jun 1998 - Sep 1999
DAA Köln
Business Economist IHK · Cologne, Germany
Oct 1993 - Jun 1995
Wirtschaftsschule Küster
Industrial Clerk · Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Oct 1989 - Jun 1992
Dynamit Nobel AG Leverkusen
Chemical Technician · Leverkusen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Data Protection Officer
Lutop GmbH Essen
IT Security Officer (TÜV)
TÜV Rheinland
Whistleblower System Officer per Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG)
TÜV Rheinland
Medical Device Consultant § 31 MPG
Forum Institute for Management
Scrum Master / Product Owner
Scrum.org
C.P.M. Certified Purchasing Manager (IMS)
SMI Supply Management Institute of EBS
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