Interim Procurement Management
Secure your operational capability during management bottlenecks or time-critical special projects. Kloepfel Consulting provides you with highly qualified professionals within 48 to 72 hours. Interim Manager available, offering immediate expertise in procurement and supply chain, filling leadership vacancies, and guaranteeing measurable project success โ without long-term fixed cost commitments.
Maximum flexibility through targeted interim management
Unforeseen staff shortages, restructuring, or complex transformation projects require swift and legally sound action. Our interim management offers you the solution to maintain operational excellence and strategic continuity. An experienced interim manager from our network integrates seamlessly into your organisation, takes full responsibility for results, and ensures a sustainable transfer of knowledge, while you can quietly search for a permanent solution.
Key Facts on Interim Management
- Response time: Initial presentation of suitable candidates within 48 to 72 hours.
- Expertise: Access to a pool of over 10,000 vetted experts with a focus on procurement, SCM and operations.
- Efficiency: Elimination of lengthy recruitment processes and classic incidental wage costs.
- Experience: All managers possess a minimum of 10-15 years of leadership experience in relevant industries.
- Objectivity: An impartial external view for identifying process weaknesses.
Our qualified and experienced interim managers can support your purchasing department with the following challenges:
- Strategic purchasing management on a temporary basis
- Optimisation of procurement processes and strategies
- Leadership and motivation of the purchasing team
- Implementation of KPIs and Processes
- Supplier Management and Negotiations
- Risk management and crisis management
The Kloepfel Interim Service quickly and straightforwardly provides you with the right experts for your purchasing department!
KLOEPFEL INTERIM SERVICE - Passion from Expertise.
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The advantages of Kloepfel Interim Services at a glance
19 years - Long-standing expertise
With 19 years of cross-industry experience, Kloepfel Interim Service offers you fast and efficient solutions for your skills shortages and personnel bottlenecks.
50,000 - Supplier network
Direct access to 50,000 suppliers and service providers from our database, giving our interim managers the opportunity to access KLOEPFEL Consulting's resources.
1.000 Experts in the database
Thanks to our network of over 1,000 purchasing experts, we have a professional and broad pool of interim managers. Available on demand.
100% Focusing
100 % Specialisation! We know purchasing, supply chain and logistics and we know what matters.
48h - Speed
Within 48 hours, we will introduce you to highly qualified interim professionals, tailored to your specific needs.
100% eye-to-eye
Personal advice at eye level. WE SEE OURSELVES AS TEMPORARY COLLEAGUES. We guarantee personal support from the first contact to completion.
We will quickly and easily connect you with the right experts for your purchasing needs.
Enquiry
1. Request
Contact us directly or send us the framework conditions for your vacant position. In an initial interview, we will jointly analyse your needs and the requirements for future interim managers.
Profile
We will pre-select suitable candidates and send you their short profiles, including availability and costs, within 48 hours.
Full CV
For shortlisted candidates, you will receive the full CV for your requirements review.
Getting to know
Select the candidates you wish to have an in-depth introductory interview with. We will provide comprehensive support throughout this process.
Project start
During the onboarding phase, we will closely support you and our candidate, maintaining regular communication. Depending on your needs, assignments can be carried out both on-site and remotely going forward.
Kloepfel Interim Manager
We have the ideal specialist for your company for every purchasing function in every industry.
KLOEPFEL Interim Service - We don't talk. We implement.
Practical case studies from our everyday lives as recruitment consultants
Herbert Biedermann
โFor a successful interim manager in purchasing and supply chain management, analytical skills, strategic thinking and action are paramount. In addition, communication and negotiation skills (including contracts) are essential in order to convince stakeholders and achieve optimal results. Furthermore, high flexibility and adaptability help me to react quickly to changes. Moreover, strong leadership skills are important to me in order to motivate teams to achieve peak performance and successfully implement changes.โ
Our experienced interim manager, Herbert Biedermann, describes his daily challenges in his work as an expert in purchasing, supply chain management, and logistics, as well as his great passion for every new project.
Torsten Althaus
โThe restructuring consultant had a bottleneck in procurement due to staff departures and brought me on board as an interim Head of Procurement within a few days, giving me the following priorities: elimination of advance payments to suppliers and optimisation of payment terms, stock reduction, savings concept and its implementation, leading and building up a professional international procurement department. In addition to the German parent plant, H2Stamping has plants in China, the USA, and Poland. Furthermore, it was my task to rebuild and restructure the procurement team, as there had been considerable personnel changes due to the restructuring.โ
How proven interim manager Torsten Althaus, with the support of the management and the private equity firm Orlando, built a strong global team and optimised processes to sustainably increase efficiency and liquidity.
Our qualified and experienced interim managers can support your purchasing department with the following challenges:
Our interim staffing solutions at a glance
โข Strategic temporary procurement management
โข Optimisation of purchasing processes and strategies
โข Leading and motivating the procurement team
โข Implementation of KPIs and processes
โข Supplier management and negotiation
Risk management and crisis management
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Customer testimonials
โThe collaboration with Kloepfel Consulting was characterised by high professionalism and speed. Within a few weeks, we found the exact experts we needed.โ
โWe would like to particularly highlight the professional and differentiated negotiation strategy. This did not disrupt the partnership with our key suppliers. The project outcome was positively influenced by the seniority of the purchasing experts, mostly former Heads of Procurement, as well as the competent and appreciative collaboration with our strong internal purchasing team.โ
โA major advantage over traditional interim management providers was that we could utilise the complete Kloepfel organisation. Because of the strong professional and interpersonal impression made, we can unreservedly recommend further cooperation with Kloepfel Consulting.โ
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Where your contacts are real doers
INTERIM MANAGEMENT
Patrick Esselborn
Do you require short-term support for your purchasing department?
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Andreas Miltzner
Are you looking for LONG-TERM support for your purchasing department?
OUTSOURCING
Patrick Esselborn
Do you want to staff your purchasing department with international specialists?
Everything from a single source - one-stop service from Kloepfel
Thanks to our โone-stop-shopโ approach, we master diverse interim staffing solutions in procurement, supply chain, and logistics with highly qualified interim managers, from both domestic and international backgrounds. For us, procurement expertise knows no bounds, as we solve skilled labour shortages and personnel bottlenecks according to our company motto:ย
โWe don't talk. We do.โ.
Study on the shortage of skilled workers in Germany
Why Germany urgently needs skilled immigration.
A study by the Institute for Employment Research and Coburg University of Applied Sciences shows that the German labour market is reliant on immigration from non-EU countries. The reasons for this are the ageing of society and the decline in the working-age population.
Neither the influx of foreigners in recent years nor rising birth rates since 2011 have been able to compensate for this. According to the study, Germany needs 260,000 immigrants annually to meet labour demand. Immigration from the EU alone is not sufficient; third countries would have to contribute 146,000 people per year.
Even a higher birth rate or more working women and older people wouldn't be able to meet the demand on their own. A skilled immigration law is intended to bring specifically needed qualifications to Germany.
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FAQ: Important Questions About Interim Management
How quickly can an interim manager start at my company?
Through our active network, we can usually present you with the first profiles within 2 to 3 working days. Deployment will then commence immediately after your selection.
Die Kloepfel Group bietet Unterstรผtzung in folgenden Fachbereichen: Einkauf, Produktion, Logistik, Vertrieb, Finanzen und Personalwesen.
Our focus is on interim management in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management, logistics, and production and technical operations management.
How long does a typical interim management assignment last?
The duration of employment is flexible and depends on your needs. Typically, projects for vacancy bridging or specific change mandates last between 3 and 12 months.
On what criteria are interim managers selected?
Alongside professional qualifications, we place particular importance on industry experience and cultural fit. All candidates undergo a rigorous qualification process and have already demonstrated their implementation strength in comparable situations.
What costs are incurred when commissioning?
Billing is transparently calculated using daily rates. There are no agency fees for you, and you only pay for the actual working days โ this minimises your financial risk with maximum expert input.