Gerd Haas
Interim manager of the municipal utility company
since October 1st, 2022 to March 31st, 2023 – extended to September 30th, 2023
Main activities:
- Audit and redesign of procurement strategies for the energy market
- Organizational development 2023 ff. (structures + processes)
- People management/development
- Audit and improvement of the business plan of « Stadtwerke Horb »
- Final calculation / target pricing of all local heating networks of Stadtwerke Horb
- Audit of contracts and parts of contracts | Introducing of contract management
Interim Manager ″Supply Chain″ + Project Manager at G. Staehle GmbH & Co. KG
since 11-2021 to date.
Main activities:
- Optimization of the internal supply chain and sourcing – with a focus on Europe (strategic goal – reduction of dependence on global value chains + benchmarking)
- Benchmarking – Identification of savings potential and renegotiation of existing contracts, payment/delivery terms and other relevant aspects.
- Temporary management of sub-areas according to defined goals with simultaneous development of key employees into the corresponding management positions/coaching.
- Project management / controlling with the aim of optimizing structures and business processes.
→The basis is the tong-strategy®, developed in-house and proven in operational practice, presented in “Best Practice Procurement Management” published by Deutscher Betriebswirte-Verlag in 2006.
Project manager “Introduction of a new machine series” at Engineering AG from February 2011 to December 2013 (sale of the company to +GF+ Machining Solutions AG)
Main activities:
- Identification, selection and final negotiation (benchmarking) of suitable, existing and new suppliers for the machine series TM_II
- Renegotiation of strategic suppliers for the existing machine series TM_I
- Identification and qualification of new procurement sources in Europe for all machine series
- Employee development in purchasing (seminar with workshop character and final exam)
Results/Achievements :
- Project completion TM_II “just in time” after about 1 ½ years
- Realization of the project goal “Reduction of the manufacturing costs by 50% compared to the existing machine series”
- Cost savings of > €1 million / year for the existing machine series
- Responsibility for an interdisciplinary and cross-company project team (Engineering AG, Berner Engineering and Haas & Co. GmbH)
Interim Manager “Purchasing and Service” at Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
from 06-2003 to 06-2013
Purchasing manager:
- Strategic and operational negotiations
- People management and development
- Identification and qualification of new procurement sources / market research
- Project: “premium products at benchmark prices”
- Project: “second source for essential components and items”
- procurement controlling
- Structural and process optimization in the entire supply chain
- Projects / investments
Interim manager in service (04-2008 to 12-2010)
- People management and development
- Article, customer, market analysis and development of suitable B2B strategies
- Controlling / development of a sustainable key figure structure
- Several projects
Results/successes in purchasing department:
- Reduction of the material cost ratio from around 47 to 40.5%
- Concrete and sustainable savings of around €0.85 million / year
- Reduction of personnel costs by around €0.15 million / year
- Various not specifically quantifiable structural and process improvements of around EUR 0.25 million / year (outsourcing “warehouse” / contract service provider…)
- Coaching and development of an employee to the position of head of purchasing
Personnel responsibility: 4 employees | Budget responsibility: €6.0 million
Results/successes in service department:
- Sales increase of around 8%
- Reduction of personnel costs by around €0.1 million / year
- Improvement in EBIT by around €0.25 million / year
- Coaching and development of an employee to the position of head of service
Personnel responsibility: 12 employees | Budget responsibility: €4.0 million (company turnover: €15 million / 85 employees).