Interim Manager und Problemdieb
Logistik & Supply Chain Management
In SCM, the process as a whole must be put in the center of the analysis. It needs to be seen, understood and evaluated from the very beginning until the very end.
2025-2026
Stabilize, then optimize manufacturing process
Stabilize, then optimize bottleneck process, Introduce lean logistics processes like market places and combine with KANBAN. Reduce capital committment, and at the same time increase availability.
2025
Re-structuring of the repair-processes
Analyze, document and improve all physical and administrative processes of the repair-process in the circular supply chain.
Create an RFQ for repairs for various product-categories.
2025
Analysis of potentials
Analysis of the SC-organization. Work-out waste and weak points in the value stream and elaborate improvement steps. Interim-Project, OEM-Automobile plant.
2024
Warehouse logistics
Merged 4 internal storage areas physically and systemically. Cables/wires-plant.
2023-2024
S&OP-Process Lead
Ran and advanced the S&OP process. Cables/wires-plant.
2023
Re-insourcing
Previously outsourced processes re-integrated. Cables/wires-plant.
2023
RFQ-Fracht
RFQ and tender for european landfreight created, issued and executed. Tier 1 supplier, railway industry.
2023
Charge-back Process
Created and introduced a supplier-charge-back-process. Tier 1 supplier, railway industry.
2018-2022
3PL-Management
3PL-Management incl. Service Level Agreements for 2 service-providers. Railway-OEM.
2018-2022
Lieferanten-Management
OTIF from 72% to >88%. Railway-OEM.
2020
3PL-change
Forced, negotiated and executed the exit of a dysfunctional 3PL. Moderated and supervised the transition. Railway-OEM.
2010-2011
Greenfield-Project
Set up the Supply Chain-department incl. staff, equipment and process-landscape for a new plant. Chinese heavy machinery OEM.
2007-2010
Bottleneck-Management
Bottleneck- and escalation-Management for customers and suppliers; Single point of contact. Automotive Tier1.
2008
RFQ-Freight
RFQ and tender for european landfreight created, issued and executed. Automotive Tier1.
2007
2007 SAP-introduction
14 mainframe-systems merged into one SAP-system. Lead for Supply Chain (moduls MM und PP). Automotive Tier1.
Flexible solution
I support you wherever you need it, whenever you need it and as long as you need it.
Bridging a vacancy
I take care of business and you gain the needed time, to find the right leader for your Supply Chain.
SC-Projectlead
I drive the project(s) and you concentrate on the daily business, the bottlenecks and priorities and secure customer satisfaction.
Functional focuses
- Operative and strategic Supply Chain Management
- Process-development and -restructuring
- Contract-Logistics, Service Level Agreements / Service Level Management
- Supplier development
- Bottleneck- and Escalation-Management
Branch focuses
- Automobile
- Machine construction
- Railway
Managementstyle / Way of working
- Target-oriented
- Direct and open
- Values: respect, trust and clarity
- Hands-on, as learned from scratch
Availability
Open for project-offers
Daily rate
Gladly given upon request. Depending upon content, needed level of expertise and duration of the project.
Mobility
Open for exiting challenges nationally as well as internationally.
Projects / Interim mandates
Whether process-improvements via consulting, stabilization of the department or stepping into the line-organization and assuming direct responsibility: My mission will serve your organizations' needs.
Consulting
Supply Chain Processes
Consumer goods
Milan, ITA
ongoing
Details to follow after the project is closed.
Interim Project-Manager Supply Chain
Consumer eletronics
Online B2B/C rentals
Berlin, GER
8 months
- Check/verify, document and trimming of all physical and administrative processes relating to the repair of returned products.
- Compile a decision-tree and a formula to automize and optimize the decision-making regarding repairs.
Consulting
Supply Chain Processes
Automotive
OEM
Greater Cairo, EGY
5 weeks
- Analyze the current Supply Chain processes in the plant.
- Sketch the value stream; determine waste and weaknesses.
- Elaborate an action plan for a potential follow-up improvement-project.
Interim Project-Manager Supply Chain
Energysector
Cable plant
Mönchengladbach, GER
10 months
- Responsible for the Sales & Operations Planning.
- Physical merging of 4 internal storage areas and setting up the needed processes.
- Insourcing of packaging processes.
- Creation of an Excel-based inventory-analysis-tool
Interim Manager SC
Railway
Forging + mech. treatment
Bochum, GER
9 months
- Leading a team of 8 direct reports
- S&OP for the 3 German plants
- Bottleneck-Management for suppliers and contract manufacturers
- Prepare and initiate a quotation for the European road-freight
- Prepare and initiate a quotation for the world-wide Container-Transports.
Consulting
Tier1 automotive
Electronics
Szekesfehervar, HUN
5 months
- Project in Hungary
- Reporting to the customer
- Task-force Management
- Work out and implement process improvements in the areas of
- Procurement
- Inventory-reporting, inventory-analyses (abc/xyz) and inventory reduction (esp. obsolete and slow/no moving inventory)
Interim Manager SC
Tier 1 automotive
Adhesives
Remscheid, GER
5 months
- Leading of 2 teams
- Order Processing/Sales
- Production Planning
- Restructuring: Merge the two depts. to an effective unit.
Professional milestones ...
... of more than 16 years of leadership experience:
Director Supply Chain
Railway
4+ years
- Leading a team of 5 managers as direct reports + approx. 150 staff in the areas
- procurement,
- shipping/receiving and storage
- production planning
- logistics processes
- Managing two service-providers with approx. 120 staff.
- Initiated, negotiated and executed a 3PL-change.
- Implemented cycle counting
- Supplier- and bottleneck-management
- Improved the OTIF (On Time In Full) from 72% to >88%.
Head of Logistics
Construction machinery
4 years
- Greenfield-Projekt:
- Plan and set up the department:
- Put the team together
- Analyze, lay out and procure all storage systems.
- Define and procure all needed floor-borne vehicles.
- Develop and implement the logistical process landscape.
- Definition and implementation of the SAP-Processes. Key-User for the PP- und MM-modules.
- Definition, Request for Quotation and renting of two external storage areas for the import from China.
Global Projecteader
Automotive
2.5 yerars
- Leading an interdisciplinary European team (Application, Launch, Purchasing and Sales staff) within a Matrix-Organisation.
- Global point of contact for the customer BMW. Close cooperation with the regional Project Leaders and the plants in Poland, China and Mexico.
- Directly responsible for all European Programs and customer plants.
- Definition of goals and milestones in regard to timing and technical and economic feasibility of new launches and technical changes.
Academic activities
Having completed a Diploma in Economics (Tübingen, Germany) and a Master of Arts in Political Science (Lawrence, Kansas) I share my knowledge with great pleasure:
Lecturer 2014/15
Masterstudies
Logistics Management
Title of the lecture: "Outsourcing and contract logistics"
Lecturer 2015/16
Masterstudies
Logistics Management
Title of the lecture: "Outsourcing and contract logistics"
Lecturer 2025
Bachelorstudies
General Management
Title of the lecture: "European Economic Policy"
Contact
Phone: +49 170 217 6403
E-mail: info@gedeik-consulting.de
Address: Zehntstraße 8, 50374 Erftstadt, Germany
Diplom-Volkswirt
University Bayreuth / University Tübingen
Master of Arts in Political Science
University of Kansas, Lawrence (USA)