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KLOEPFEL - your expert for personnel consulting in purchasing, supply chain and logistics.

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You need to fill specialist and management positions in your company and are faced with the following challenges:

The challenges of staffing

- Your HR department has no capacity
- You lack the expertise and tools to search for jobs (e.g. Xing Talent Manager or LinkedIn Recruiter)
- Your company does not want to appear publicly under its own name when recruiting
- The position in question is still occupied and the employee is to be replaced by a covert search
- You are looking for a specialized headhunter for purchasing, logistics or supply chain
- Our solution: Fast and individual personnel solutions that are perfectly tailored to your requirements - from experts for experts in purchasing, supply chain and logistics. We offer tailor-made recruitment with guaranteed success (the Kloepfel USP)

Our energetic experts will contact you immediately and work out an individual requirements profile with you.

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Our free PRE-SEARCH offer

Find suitable candidates quickly and reliably.
We are Germany's first recruiting specialist in purchasing

Kloepfel-Executive Search is one of the leading specialists for the precise staffing of key positions in purchasing, logistics and supply chain management.

Awarded BEST CONSULTANT - 10th time in a row

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Our pragmatic HR experts with industry-specific know-how will help you find the right specialists in purchasing, logistics or supply chain quickly and accurately.

Our executive search team guarantees that your vacancy will be filled within a maximum of 4-6 weeks of placing the order thanks to excellent response rates of > 50% for direct inquiries.

Thanks to our network and an exclusive database of over 10,000 purchasing experts, we can quickly find pre-screened candidates.

We offer customized, sustainable HR solutions with a high level of professional expertise and transparent communication - saving you valuable time and taking the pressure off your HR team.

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Your expert for personnel consulting in purchasing, supply chain & logistics

Would you like to know how high the chances are that we will find the right candidates for your specific requirements profile?

Whether you are looking for a Purchasing Manager, CPO, Strategic Buyer, Commodity Manager or Procurement Director - with our non-binding pre-search offer, we will give you a realistic assessment of the feasibility of filling your vacancy within a very short time.

This practical offer is completely free of charge for you.
After viewing the results, you decide whether to commission us!

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"Are you interested in pre-search or do you have other questions about our target-oriented recruiting program? Get in touch at any time."

- Andreas Miltzner, Manager Executive Search

Experienced. Networked. Reliable. From experts for experts.

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Thanks to our exclusive database of over 10,000 highly qualified
specialists and managers, we can find the best talent for you.

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Outstanding response rates:
In most cases, we achieve over 50% in direct approaches
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We are the first recruiting specialist for purchasing in Germany.

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KLOEPFEL offers you access to a first-class network of specialists.

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Thanks to the large network, HR expertise and HR tools

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Our executive search experts specialize in procurement, supply chain and logistics and know the challenges of your industry inside out.

We can listen!

...because every company is different

KLOEPFEL Executive Search connects companies with top talent.

The key figures in the following infographics illustrate the great effectiveness of Kloepfel Consulting's recruiting services using the example of a commercial vehicle manufacturer in the Westphalia region of North Rhine-Westphalia.

CASE STUDY

Placement of a commodity manager in the automotive industry

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CASE STUDY

Recruiting a head of purchasing and logistics in special machine construction

A total of 157 potential candidates were identified and 122 approached, of whom 59 responded. The response rate was therefore 48%. Of the 18 candidates interviewed, 7 were presented to the client, which led to one candidate being hired. The project was completed in a period of 3.5 months.

- 157 candidates identified
- 122 candidates contacted
- 59 responses
- 18 interviews conducted

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Satisfied customers

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Special vehicle construction

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Mechanical and plant engineering

Kuka

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Consumer goods non-food

Leifheit

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LUEHR Filter GmbH & Co. KG

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Building trade

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Special vehicle construction

Metz

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Special vehicle construction

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Trade

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Service

SITA Airport IT GmbH

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Mechanical and plant engineering

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Mechanical and plant engineering

Vaillant

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Consumer goods Food

Valensina

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Automotive

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The time factor under control.

Fill positions quickly and efficiently.

We do not search. We find.

We find the right and highly qualified employees in purchasing, supply chain and logistics within 6 weeks.

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Analysis and requirements profile

Intensive discussions with the specialist department and the HR department enable us to create a precise profile of the person we are looking for.

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Candidate search

We search our exclusive pool of candidates and our networks for suitable talent, place advertisements and conduct direct approaches.

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Selection process

Applicants are qualified in a multi-stage process. We only present you with candidates who are suitable both personally and professionally and who are interested in your company.

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Application process

Once the shortlist has been submitted, we accompany the application process right through to recruitment - as intensively as you wish.

With perseverance at your side: recruitment with a guarantee of success

If it takes a little longer to find the right candidate, we will of course continue to be at your disposal. We will continue our search until we have found a suitable candidate and the position has been successfully filled. We promise.

If it turns out that the candidate does not meet your expectations and the employment relationship is terminated within the first 6 months for this reason, we will continue our search immediately and find a replacement.

Whether personnel bottlenecks or a shortage of skilled workers

Kloepfel's career experts will support you in all aspects of the recruitment process.

Where your contacts are real doers

IMTERIM MANAGEMENT

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Sven Schützek

Manager Interim Recruiting

Do you need SHORT-TERM support for your purchasing department?

EXECUTIVE SEARCH

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Andreas Miltzner

Manager Executive Search

Are you looking for LONG-TERM support for your purchasing department?

OUTSOURCING

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Patrick Esselborn

CEO Kloepfel Services

Do you want to staff your purchasing department with international specialists?

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