Strategically reducing costs, sustainably increasing efficiency, and strengthening competitiveness, while preparing people and organizations for current and future challenges: This is my role as an interim manager in international procurement and materials management. Whether as a crisis manager, taking temporary leadership of procurement organizations, or shaping international procurement strategies and – digital – transformations: I deliver measurable results with lasting impact beyond the assignment itself.
Achieving procurement goals, solving supply chain challenges, optimizing materials management, and driving transformation - this is my daily business. Since 2013, I have worked with more than half a dozen internationally operating companies — from large corporations to SMEs, in industries ranging from automotive to mechanical engineering to heavy industry. As an interim manager I have successfully guided these companies out of crises or significantly improved their competitiveness.
If price negotiation is the only remaining option at the end of a procurement process, something went wrong from the very start. I help companies strategically structure and develop their international procurement, creating the foundation for long-term success and sustainably improving outcomes.
With nearly 20 years of experience as a finance, supply chain, and procurement manager for globally operating industrial companies in China and Asia, I maintain an extensive network in the region, which I am happy to leverage for companies with ambitions in Asia.
My personal motivation is firstly characterized by supporting my clients quickly and effectively - and significantly improving the results. Secondly, I do everything I can to sustainably strengthen competitiveness, for example by promoting transformation, innovation, and strategic partnerships. Thirdly, I support employees in their personal development through motivating and appreciative leadership - thus ensuring the sustainability of the optimizations achieved.
About myself: I am a native Dane and have lived in North Rhine-Westphalia for over 10 years. My life is particularly shaped by international projects in China, Denmark, Germany, India, the UK, and the USA. After spending 17 years in Beijing and Shanghai (1996 to 2013) I am very familiar with Chinese and Asian business cultures, enabling me to pave the way to success for my clients in those regions.
I would like to thank you very much for your outstanding work. You made a significant contribution to ensuring that we achieved sustainable stability in the supply chain and purchasing last year and thus secured our earnings targets. At the same time, you have made a very good structural contribution, so that topics such as dispo parameters, neutral parts and sales & operation planning have been anchored in the company.
Jörg Brunke, Schenck-Rotec
(Chairman of the Executive Board)
Are you looking to reduce costs with a strategy? To sustainably increase efficiency in procurement and materials management? To drive transformation? To be successful in China or Asia? Then we should talk. Give me a call or drop me a line and I will get back to you promptly.
