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Our consulting experts in purchasing, logistics & supply chain reduce your costs holistically, sustainably and with a high degree of implementation on a 100% success basis, in line with the motto "No savings, no fee".
EXPERTISE
Our consulting experts have 17 years of cross-industry project experience with the specialized know-how gained from over 2,000 tailored optimization projects.
ABOUT US
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - specialized, strong in implementation and at eye level. We work in a pragmatic and results-oriented manner with fast and measurable results at all times in line with our motto: "WE DON'T TALK. WE IMPLEMENT".
THE MAKER'S PLACE
KLOEPFEL by EPSA is the place for doers. Our career platform "#THEMAKER'SPLACE" supports its movers and shakers as much as possible in passionately living the corporate culture: pragmatic, agile, results-oriented and collegial.


Marc Kloepfel
Welcome to KLOEPFEL by EPSA
Your award-winning partner for holistic optimization of purchasing, supply chain & logistics.
Together with the EPSA GROUP, KLOEPFEL by EPSA is the largest pan-European purchasing specialist for medium-sized and large companies. With a turnover of 600 million euros, 16,000 customers worldwide and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, the KLOEPFEL by EPSA brand stands for practice-oriented purchasing optimization and relies on a success-based model.
"We don't talk. We implement." - This guiding principle has characterized the company since it was founded in 2007. KLOEPFEL by EPSA guarantees 100% return on investment on a success basis with the benchmark motto "No savings. No fee". More than 2,000 successfully implemented projects show how we have been able to convince customers with our partnership model.


Consulting Firms
Our services
The service portfolio of KLOEPFEL by EPSA covers all relevant areas of purchasing and supply chain. From cost optimization, structure and process optimization, personnel and logistics solutions to outsourcing, we support you in increasing efficiency, streamlining processes and optimally positioning your team. We also optimize product and production costs. We always place particular emphasis on practical implementation and measurable results.
Cost optimization
We reduce your purchasing costs sustainably by analyzing processes and suppliers, identifying potential savings and implementing practical solutions.
Structure & process optimization
We optimize your purchasing structures and processes in a practical and measurable way in order to streamline workflows, eliminate weaknesses and make your organization more transparent and future-proof.
Personnel benefits
We strengthen your purchasing organization sustainably with executive search, interim management, buyer training and our academy and attract qualified specialists and managers for your company through our international network.
Logistics optimization
We offer holistic and sustainable logistics optimization with individual best-in-class solutions that give you maximum flexibility without fixed personnel costs.
Product & production cost optimization
We offer holistic and modular solutions for production optimization that create cost transparency, reduce waste and make your production processes more efficient.
EXPERTISE
Our diverse and long-standing purchasing expertise combined with the cross-industry know-how of our specialists has been impressing customers throughout Europe since 2007.

Our industry expertise
Whether construction, trade, industry or services - every sector has its own challenges. With in-depth expertise and industry-specific solutions, we help you to identify purchasing potential and exploit it profitably.
Automotive
In the automotive industry, purchasing is under constant pressure to innovate and cut costs, with high demands on quality, delivery capability and global supply chains.
Building trade
Purchasing in the construction industry faces challenges such as volatile material prices and tight timeframes, which is why flexibility, planning reliability and efficient processes are crucial.
Services
Service companies are faced with the challenge of precisely managing intangible services, controlling costs and efficiently integrating external partners.
Trade
In retail, speed, securing margins and product range diversity are key purchasing issues, while at the same time optimizing delivery and warehouse processes.
Pharma & Health Care
The pharma & health care industry places high demands on regulatory security, traceability and stable supply chains for sensitive products.
Consumer goods industry
The consumer goods industry demands maximum responsiveness in purchasing, short product life cycles and precise supplier management for competitive results.
Machine and plant construction
In mechanical and plant engineering, technical complexity, long project durations and globally distributed supply chains are typical challenges in purchasing.
Private equity
Private equity companies expect purchasing to provide quick leverage to increase value through targeted efficiency gains, transparency and scalable processes.
Special vehicle construction
In special vehicle construction, individuality, technical demands and close coordination with suppliers are key requirements for efficient purchasing.
Tried and tested strategies
With a turnover of € 600 million, 16,000 customers worldwide and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, KLOEPFEL by EPSA stands for practice-oriented purchasing optimization that is 100% success-based. Over the past 17 years, we have successfully achieved savings of € 400 million. We implement sustainable cost reduction strategies, which is also reflected in our numerous case studies. Download the case studies free of charge.
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Selection of satisfied customers
CLAAS
The European market leader in combine harvesters and world market leader in self-propelled forage harvesters also produces tractors, grassland harvesting machines, agricultural balers and innovative agricultural information technologies. Founded in 1913, the family-owned company has locations in Europe as well as branches in America and Asia. The company's focus is on efficiency and responsibility for future generations.

CLAAS
Dalli
The Dalli Group combines the tradition and values of more than 160 years of company history with the demands of an innovative, high-performance and future-oriented group of companies. The internationally active group specializes in the private label business and has established itself as the second largest manufacturer in this sector within eight years. The products are manufactured at five locations in Germany and the Netherlands. The product portfolio includes detergents, cleaning agents and cleaning products as well as cosmetics and sun protection products.

Dalli
Ice man
Eissmann Automotive is a leading global partner to the automotive industry for high-quality interior components. The company stands for excellent leather and surface processing, innovative control modules and complete solutions for vehicle interiors. With state-of-the-art technology, design expertise and an international presence, Eissmann develops customized solutions that perfectly combine functionality, comfort and aesthetics.

Ice man
Grim
"Over the entire duration of the project, they achieved a minimization of procurement costs of around € 2.5 million." - Klemens Kalverkamp (Managing Director). Founded in 1861, Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG is a world market-leading manufacturer of potato technology based in Damme (Lower Saxony). Since 2003, the company has also been manufacturing machines for sugar beet harvesting and vegetable cultivation and employs over 1,450 people worldwide.

Grim
Kamps
The Kamps family business operates a chain of bakeries and is represented at over 500 locations. Every day, they produce and sell baked goods in over 65 Kamps bakeries. The chain attaches particular importance to strict adherence to Kamps recipes and the many years of expertise and experience of the master bakers in the bakery trade. With almost 540 employees, they achieve a turnover of 85 million euros.

Kamps
Box penny
With around 430 employees at 34 locations and sales offices in Germany, Romania, Poland and Luxembourg, Kistenpfennig AG is a widespread technical wholesaler. The family-owned company is headquartered in Mainz and supplies its customers, most of whom come from industry, with 500,000 items from over 18 product areas, including plastics, power tools, lubrication and hose technology and lifting equipment. Kistenpfennig AG offers optimum supply and reduced storage costs as well as a user-friendly online store. The customer-oriented service also includes a free store app and an in-house packaging and customization service.

Box penny
Kuka
Kuka AG is an international company with a turnover of around 3 billion euros. With around 12300 employees, it is the world's leading provider of intelligent automation solutions - at its headquarters in Augsburg and around the world. Kuka AG's customer base comprises the automotive industry on the one hand and general industry on the other.

Kuka
Leifheit
For over 50 years, Leifheit has been one of the leading suppliers of household goods in Europe. True to the motto "Always one idea better". The Leifheit brand is characterized by its innovative products of the highest quality and pioneering design to make life at home easier and more beautiful for its customers.

Leifheit
LUEHR Filter GmbH & Co. KG
LÜHR Filter GmbH & Co. KG is a developer and manufacturer of air pollution control systems. The family-owned company was founded in 1938 and now operates worldwide. LÜHR Filter also offers its customers engineering, service and maintenance services as well as a delivery program including gas transfer.

LUEHR Filter GmbH & Co. KG
LUXHAUS
The Bavarian energy-saving house manufacturer Luxhaus has been around since 1924. The family-run company attaches great importance to quality assurance and proves its expertise in building experience to its customers with various awards. Every year, Luxhaus fulfills the dream of owning a home for around 250 customers. From the search for a plot of land to the architecture and fittings to the guarantee: Luxhaus offers an all-round package as well as state-of-the-art technologies to ensure energy efficiency and sustainability.

LUXHAUS
Metz
Metz Aerials GmbH & Co. KG is the leading company in the field of aerial rescue and sees itself as a competence center for aerial rescue equipment. Metz is part of the Rosenbauer Group, the world's leading manufacturer of fire fighting vehicles. Around 240 employees at the Karlsruhe site produce turntable ladders and aerial rescue platforms for fire departments around the world. Founded in 1998, the company's turntable ladders are among the most reliable emergency vehicles today. For decades, turntable ladder technology from Karlsruhe has saved the lives of many thousands of people.

Metz
Schmitz Cargobull
Schmitz Cargobull is Europe's leading manufacturer of semi-trailers, trailers and bodies. With innovative transport solutions, state-of-the-art technology and a dense service and spare parts network, the company ensures reliable and efficient logistics worldwide. Whether refrigerated vehicles, flatbed trailers or box trailers - Schmitz Cargobull stands for quality, durability and partnership in the transport industry.

Schmitz Cargobull
Silk embroidery
Seidensticker is one of the best-known shirt and blouse manufacturers in Europe and has stood for quality, style and innovation for over 100 years. The family-owned company combines classic craftsmanship with modern design and creates timeless fashion that combines elegance and comfort. With an international focus and sustainable standards, Seidensticker remains true to its credo: fashion with character for every occasion.

Silk embroidery
SITA Airport IT GmbH
"Your communication and appearance towards our suppliers was always in the interests of SITA Airport IT GmbH and characterized by a professional and structured approach." - Dr. Christian Jahncke (Managing Director). SITA Airport IT was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between SITA and Düsseldorf Airport. SITA Airport IT is an outsourced IT department that focuses on IT and communication solutions such as the installation of WLAN and hotspots as well as automatic pay stations and video surveillance in parking lots for airport operators, airlines and airport-related areas. Since September 2013, SITA Airport IT GmbH has expanded its repertoire of parking solutions by operating the Parkvogel parking garage (undefinedwww.parkvogel.de). The subsidiary employs over 100 people.

SITA Airport IT GmbH
Swisslog
With more than six locations around the world, Swisslog's Healtcare Solutions ensure the automation of hospital pharmacies, the care sector, material handling and process optimization. They improve the storage systems of pharmacies, improve transport and optimize workflows in the warehouse and laboratory. The Warehouse & Distribution Solutions can be found in more than 20 countries around the world. Warehouse & Distribution Solutions from Swisslog improve processes in warehouses. The mechanical "carriers" significantly simplify and speed up the transportation of goods.

Swisslog
Vaillant
Headquartered in Remscheid, the Vaillant Group is dedicated to its specialist areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology. The internationally active family-owned company produces and develops customized products, systems and services for the home. These include, for example, heating appliances based on conventional energy sources or system solutions for the use of renewable energies. The Vaillant Group is committed to acting responsibly towards the environment, its employees and society and attaches great importance to sustainability.

Vaillant
Valensina
"Despite the sometimes high complexity of the procurement issues due to our product diversity and multiple locations, the first savings were realized after a short time." - Tino Mocken (Managing Director). Valensina GmbH, headquartered in Mönchengladbach, produces and distributes a wide range of non-alcoholic beverages covering all segments of this market. Valensina GmbH includes sportfit Fruchtsaft GmbH & Co. KG in Mönchengladbach, Wolfra Kelterei GmbH in Erding, Dr. Siemer Getränke GmbH in Vechta and FSP Frischsaft FRISCHE Produktions-GmbH in Mönchengladbach. The main brands of sportfit GmbH are the well-known premium fruit juice brands "Valensina" and "Hitchcock", the cult children's drink brand "Dreh + Trink" and the "Donath" brand from the oldest juice press house in Germany.

Valensina
Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Münster
The Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Cooperative Financial Network is an association of independent companies. Since the first credit cooperatives were founded over 160 years ago, the group has grown to become a mainstay of the German financial sector - with around 190,000 employees and total assets of over 1,000 billion euros. The Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken are part of the FinanzGruppe.

Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Münster
Voss
VOSS Automotive is an international partner to the automotive industry and specializes in innovative line systems, couplings and components for fluid and air management. With state-of-the-art technology, a high level of development expertise and decades of experience, VOSS supplies solutions that improve efficiency, safety and sustainability in vehicles worldwide. As a reliable system partner, the company is actively shaping the mobility of the future - from classic drives to electromobility.

Voss
Kloepfel by Epsa
Together with the EPSA GROUP, KLOEPFEL by EPSA is the largest pan-European purchasing specialist for medium-sized and large companies. With a turnover of 600 million euros, 16,000 customers worldwide and 5,000 experts in 40 countries, KLOEPFEL by EPSA stands for practice-oriented purchasing optimization and consistently relies on a success-based model.

KLOEPFEL by EPSA - the largest pan-European energy purchasing consultancy
The award-winning procurement consultancy KLOEPFEL - consulting was founded in 2007. Today, with over 2,000 clients, it has grown into KLOEPFEL by EPSA. Together with its parent company EPSA GROUP, with an international network of 5,000 specialists and movers and shakers worldwide, it has even more international consulting expertise.
This is how we create real added value for our customers and deliver a big PLUS for your cost optimization. This is how we create real added value for our customers and deliver a big PLUS for your cost optimization.


5.000
Experts
40
Countries
16.000
Clients
70%
Foreign business
600 million
Turnover
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Our companies and business units

KLOEPFEL by EPSA
consulting
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - consulting offers practical solutions for optimizing cost and process structures. The company reduces procurement and product costs across all sectors and creates transparency along the value chain. In addition, we also provide support in personnel recruitment.

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4pl
Are you looking for a neutral partner who will optimize your logistics processes holistically instead of just looking at sub-areas? KLOEPFEL by EPSA - 4pl is an independent "Fourth Party Logistics" service provider without its own assets. We develop individual best-in-class solutions for you and manage your entire logistics centrally, digitally and in real time.

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engineering
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - engineering brings structure to your production processes, reduces your manufacturing costs in a targeted manner and creates full cost transparency. Our experts analyze machines, material usage and employee efficiency, identify potential savings and support implementation directly on site.

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services
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - services offers you immediately deployable experts as an interim solution or in a service model. Our specialists work remotely, integrate seamlessly into your processes and take on operational tasks along the entire value chain - from purchasing to accounting to logistics.
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Globally networked. Locally connected.
Part of the EPSA Group since 2021: local expertise, global clout with 5,000+ experts.



Our consulting experts in the business divisions

Alexander Hornikel
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - consulting
Purchasing and personnel consulting

Denise Roggenbuck
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - 4pl
Logistics optimization

Manfred Esser
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - engineering
Production cost optimization

Patrick Esselborn
KLOEPFEL by EPSA - services
Outsourcing
The Makers Place
With KLOEPFEL by EPSA you can expect a dynamic and results-oriented working environment - designed by doers for doers at eye level.

Where doers shape success.
At KLOEPFEL by EPSA, we are the place for doers. THE MAKER'S PLACE stands for pragmatic procurement consulting and results-oriented solutions, developed by doers for doers. Our team of flexible and agile consultants thinks ahead and successfully implements projects. Become part of a network that brings purchasing experts together and creates sustainable success with tailor-made solutions.
Head of Purchasing and Order Center (m/f/d) Plant Engineering
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