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Torsten Schneider
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 ISO 27001 information security
- Consulting in Scrum / Agile management
- Project management for IT projects, especially medical practices
- Digitalization projects
- Training on data protection/data security
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 4 monthsHüttlingen, Germany
Managing Director
Standard Textile Deutschland GmbH
- Implementation of the MDR requirements in the company
- Establishment of a risk management system
- Successful introduction of a new ERP software
- Reorganization of the organization
- Realignment of the sales department
- Realignment of quality management
- Successful introduction of telesales
- Introduction of product management
- Successful transfer of accounting from external to internal
Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
1 year 10 monthsLeverkusen, Germany
Owner / Consultant / Interim Manager
Torsten Schneider Consult
- Procurement of deals for the members (SME cooperative)
- Consulting for the board on procurement activities (SME cooperative)
- Head of central purchasing (elderly/disabled/child care)
- Project support in the implementation of SAP S4/HANA (elderly/disabled/child care)
- Introduction of material group management for indirect materials (recreational vehicles)
- Introduction of an ordering process and replacement of the paper-based approval process (recreational vehicles)
- Logistics project Milkrun for A-suppliers (recreational vehicles)
Jul 2013 - Jul 2018
5 years 1 monthRatingen, Germany
Head of Purchasing
DI Deutsche Ingenico Holding GmbH
- Responsible for purchasing and planning of all products and services in DACH, NL, BE (purchase volume approx. 120 million euros)
- Focus areas: IT, IT outsourcing, service procurement, transport, trading goods, vehicle fleet procurement
- Outsourcing of 1st/2nd level helpdesk
- Outsourcing of logistics services including warehousing, repair, transport
- Procurement of external production capacities
- Establishment of a P2P system
- Development of a planning strategy based on SAP
- Project lead "Move": relocation of 500 employees to a new company site
- Procurement of debt collection services for the debt collection subsidiary of DI Ingenico Holding for Germany/BENELUX
- Outsourcing of software development to India/Eastern Europe
- Subproject lead in the "GDPR" project for procurement
- Implementation of change management projects
- Establishment of procurement within the first 6 months
- Significant increase of savings in Opex and Capex in the first year
- Establishment of supplier risk management according to BaFin requirements (MA-Risk 5)
- Member of the local risk committee
- Member of the management team of Ingenico Health Care
- Member of the finance management team Germany
- Member of the "Agile Transformation" project team
- Leadership of global tenders for the parent company Ingenico SA in Paris, France
- Lead Buyer of 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
- Responsibility for global procurement of all non-production materials for the Elster Group (purchase volume approx. 250 million USD)
- Strategic and tactical responsibility for global projects in year-over-year savings, spend management, cost avoidance
- Introduction of an e-sourcing/e-auction software
- Establishment of the purchasing team for this material group with 8 employees in 6 countries
- Lead negotiator in global projects
- Conduct of negotiations
- Direct report to the CPO of the Elster Group
- eSourcing specialist
- Conduct of change management projects
- Proven improvement of procurement performance over 6 years in the material group
Jul 2002 - Aug 2006
4 years 2 monthsParis, France
Senior Consultant
SynerDeal
- Conducting procurement projects (eSourcing and eAuction, change management)
- Lead consultant for clients in the DACH region and Eastern Europe
- Projects in the range between 1 and 100 million Euros
- Identifying savings and implementing cost reductions
- Sourcing in low-wage countries
Mar 2000 - Apr 2002
2 years 2 monthsCologne, Germany
Sourcing Manager
Econia AG
- Conducting procurement projects (eSourcing and eAuction, change management)
- Training buyers and sellers in negotiations
- 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
- Head of a material group in procurement and planning
- Quality management for printed materials
- Cross-regional procurement projects
- Support to the head of European production planning
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryEducation
Jun 1998 - Sep 1999
DAA Köln
Business Administrator IHK · Cologne, Germany
Oct 1993 - Jun 1995
Wirtschaftsschule Küster
Industrial Clerk IHK · Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Oct 1989 - Jun 1992
Dynamit Nobel AG Leverkusen
Chemical Technician IHK · Leverkusen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Data Protection Officer
Lutop GmbH Essen
IT Security Officer
TÜV Rheinland
Officer for whistleblower system according to the 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
SMI Supply Management Institute of the EBS
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