About me
Passionate about logistics
Over 20 years in logistics — from warehouse operations and project management to international responsibility.
Experience
20+
years of practical experience
Career stages
12
roles in logistics & sales
Focus
Intralogistics & supply chain
Analysis · Design · Delivery
Personal
Who I am
I am a passionate logistics leader, dedicated to managing my clients’ flows of materials, information and value. For over 20 years, I have supported my partners with specialist expertise and coached teams and leaders throughout project delivery. By working closely with staff and senior management, I make informed decisions and help you achieve your goals.
Career
My career at a glance
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Regional Director System Sales EU-E
Jan 2024 – Present
Regional Director System Sales EU-E
6
direct reports
23
completed projects
5
indirect reports
Tasks
Building and sustainably establishing the System Business in Central and Eastern Europe is the core of this newly created role. It involves establishing the structures, responsibilities, capabilities and cross-border processes required for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia and Turkey.
The objective is to transform the business from selling individual products to delivering integrated, customer-specific intralogistics systems. System Sales, Solution Design, Software, Realisation, Life Cycle Services and local sales units are combined into a high-performing regional organisation. The role unites international business development, strategic market development, line and functional leadership, and technical and commercial responsibility.
Key responsibilities:
- Build and establish a regional System Business that did not previously exist
- Develop a shared strategy, organisation and operating model for international system sales
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities, decision paths and cross-border processes
- Provide line and functional leadership to an international team of System Sales Managers and Solution Designers
- Develop the required technical, methodological and commercial capabilities
- Strategically develop the systems business across ten different national markets
- Identify, qualify and systematically develop complex systems opportunities
- Assign suitable regional resources to customer projects and sales opportunities
- Support local units in moving from product sales to consultative, solution-oriented systems sales
- Develop customer-specific logistics and automation solutions
- Translate operational customer requirements into technically feasible and commercially viable concepts
- Evaluate approaches and technically review and approve system solutions
- Prepare and coordinate technical and commercial proposals
- Negotiate contract terms with local New Business Directors
- Communicate proactively with customers, prospects, suppliers and solution partners
- Coordinate System Sales, Software, Solution Design, Realisation, Life Cycle Services and other functions
- Combine consulting, engineering, software and automation into integrated intralogistics systems
- Lead international and intercultural collaboration across countries, organisations and functions
- Manage opportunities and customer activities systematically in Salesforce
- Represent the System Business at trade fairs, professional events and conferences
- Support the digital transformation of logistics and supply chain processes
Contribution: I bring experience in building an international business unit that did not previously exist in this form. I create the structures, capabilities and shared ways of working required for sustainable cross-border growth. By combining operational logistics, warehouse automation, solution design, systems sales and international leadership, I align different markets and functions behind a common strategy and turn complex customer requirements into technically sound, commercially viable and implementable intralogistics solutions.
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Team Leader Consulting / Software Engineering
May 2019 – Dec 2023
Team Leader Consulting / Software Engineering
6
direct reports
113+
completed projects
Added value
I combine leadership of a specialised technical consulting and project team with intralogistics, software, automation and solution architecture expertise, resource planning, reporting and cost-centre responsibility. I develop employees, create clear structures and ensure that complex projects are delivered successfully from technical, commercial and organisational perspectives.Key areas
- Functional and line management of the Swiss consulting and project delivery team
- Strategic development of software solutions and intralogistics systems integration functions
- Establishment of new roles, capabilities and working methods for the growing systems business
- Development of employee skills in intralogistics, solution architecture, software and customer communication
- Support and development of regional functions in Central Europe
- Overall responsibility for national and international software and automation projects
- Management of the project portfolio across resources, priorities, risks, costs, quality and schedules
- Planning and needs-based allocation of personnel and specialist resources
- Regular reporting on project status, capacity, costs, risks and target achievement
- Preparation of reliable decision-making information for management and stakeholders
- Cost-centre responsibility, including budgeting, cost control and commercial management
- Ensuring balanced capacity utilisation and sustainable team performance
- Planning and delivery of complex intralogistics projects, from static storage to integrated robotics solutions
- Development of consistent consulting, engineering and project standards
- Escalation management for technically, commercially or organisationally challenging projects
- Coordination of customers, consulting, equipment engineering, software development, project management and realisation
- Professional communication throughout consulting, implementation and escalations
- Support for sales and country organisations on complex customer and systems projects
- Responsibility as EHS Safety Officer from 2020 to 2023
Tasks
When I took responsibility for the Swiss consulting and project delivery team, the focus shifted to functional, line and commercial leadership. The remit covered software solutions, customer-specific special-purpose machinery and integrated solutions from the Kardex portfolio.
Building on operational experience in software consulting, my work moved from personally handling projects to leading the team, strategically developing the organisation and managing the overall national and international project portfolio. This also included reporting, resource planning, cost-centre responsibility and targeted capability development within the team and region.
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Software Engineering Consultant
Sep 2015 – Apr 2019
Software Engineering Consultant
135
completed projects
Added value
I combine operational logistics experience with process consulting, software knowledge and technical concept development. I analyse customer processes, document requirements clearly and translate them into commercially costed, technically feasible system solutions, taking responsibility from initial clarification through specifications to implementation and handover.Key areas
- Analyse existing customer processes and operational requirements
- Advise customers on intralogistics business and material-flow processes
- Define the functional and technical scope of supply
- Prepare functional descriptions and User Requirement Specifications (URS)
- Lead the preparation of requirement and functional specifications
- Transfer and coordinate requirements with Kardex Software GmbH
- Develop customer-specific equipment, software, process and functional solutions
- Collaborate closely with equipment engineering and software specialists
- Translate operational needs into functional and technical specifications
- Define process flows, software functions, interfaces and system behaviour
- Prepare cost calculations and technical and commercial project proposals
- Advise on static, semi-automated and automated warehouse solutions
- Implement customer-specific equipment and software solutions
- Ensure end-to-end consistency from customer requirement to delivered solution
- Coordinate customers, sales, engineering, software development and project management
- Support testing, commissioning, acceptance and handover
- Deliver national and international projects
- Communicate in a solution-oriented manner during questions, changes and challenging project situations
Tasks
Software consulting focused on analysing intralogistics processes and developing customer-specific software and system solutions. Responsibility extended from clarifying customer requirements and producing functional and technical concepts to costing, quotation and successful implementation.
The role served as a central interface between customers, sales, equipment engineering, software development and project delivery, translating operational requirements into clearly defined processes, functions and technically feasible scopes of supply.
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Head of Logistics Support
Nov 2014 – Aug 2015
Head of Logistics Support
9
direct reports
3
completed projects
Added value
I combine leadership experience with operational logistics expertise, quality management and commercial responsibility. In a safety-critical aviation environment, I ensure stable processes, qualified employees and consistent compliance, while developing innovative solutions and introducing change systematically with all relevant stakeholders.Key areas
- Functional and line leadership of the Logistics Support team
- Lead specialists for goods receipt, warehousing and dispatch
- Lead business analysts and flexible support staff
- Ensure required quality standards and consistently high performance
- Manage Logistics Support and centralised specialist functions
- Control project budgets and cost centres
- Plan, manage and monitor resources, costs and performance
- Ensure compliance with aviation regulations and operating instructions
- Implement requirements of FOCA, FAA and other aviation authorities
- Maintain the Safety Management System (SMS)
- Continuously develop the safety culture and implement the Stop Campaign
- Qualify, empower and develop employees
- Work closely with internal and external customers
- Deliver agreed service levels, quality standards and performance targets
- Monitor process efficiency and initiate targeted improvements
- Develop and implement innovative logistics solutions
- Establish a culture of continuous improvement
- Apply Lean Management, Six Sigma and 5S
- Plan and implement changes and releases
- Involve Operations, Sales, Product Management, IT and other stakeholders
- Coordinate logistics projects and improvement initiatives
- Optimise processes and interfaces across business units, functions and customers
- Deliver national and international projects
Tasks
Within the Component Services business unit, Logistics Support focused on leading and developing a central logistics organisation in a highly regulated aviation environment. The role combined people leadership, quality and performance responsibility, specialist logistics functions, project management, budgeting and cost-centre controlling.
The remit included specialists in goods receipt, warehousing and dispatch, as well as business analysts and flexible support staff. The objective was to supply operations reliably while complying with aviation regulations, safety requirements and agreed quality standards.
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Project Manager
Jun 2013 – Oct 2014
Project Manager
5
completed projects
12
indirect reports
Added value
I combine operational logistics with project management, IT coordination, quality management and regulatory responsibility. I structure complex requirements and guide changes from analysis through planning, testing and training to go-live and stable operations.Key areas
- Support operations management across all client accounts
- Deputise for and support logistics administration
- Support department heads with administrative and organisational tasks
- Manage invoicing, quotations and existing client relationships
- Take responsibility for EBA and EFZ logistics apprentices
- Manage PLS, AS/400 and operational IT topics
- Integrate logistics innovations and AS/400 system changes
- Act as FCOS safety officer for the Härkingen branch
- Hold technical responsibility for GDP, GMP and HACCP
- Ensure compliance with ADR/SDR dangerous-goods requirements
- Harmonise processes and standards across different clients
- Prepare operational statistics and KPIs
- Monitor and enforce TQM-based PQM processes
- Prepare and support internal and external audits
- Conduct and evaluate temperature mappings and data loggers
- Lead the integration of a corporate group into Planzer Transport AG structures
- Lead construction and commissioning of an SSI Schäfer automated small-parts warehouse in Härkingen
- Coordinate operations, administration, IT, suppliers and other stakeholders
- Create clear project and process documentation, work instructions, test concepts and acceptance criteria
- Plan and evaluate integration and acceptance tests
- Coordinate operations, IT, suppliers, materials and external services
- Manage schedules, budgets, open issues and risks
- Prepare training and go-live and support stable operational handover
Tasks
Supported operations management across all client accounts while leading demanding logistics, integration and infrastructure projects. The role combined project management, logistics administration, IT responsibility, quality management and regulatory expertise.
A major focus was integrating new customers, processes and system functions and coordinating operations, suppliers, IT and administration. Operational standards were harmonised, KPIs prepared and compliance with quality, safety and dangerous-goods requirements ensured.
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Head of Logistics Department
Feb 2012 – May 2013
Head of Logistics Department
11
direct reports
13
completed projects
80+
indirect reports
Added value
I bring experience in leading large logistics organisations across multiple leadership levels and shifts. Through clear responsibilities, reliable handovers and flexible resource control, I maintain quality, on-time delivery and performance even under changing workloads, while enabling supervisors to take ownership and implement sustainable improvements.Key areas
- Directly lead and develop six supervisors
- Lead the entire logistics department across two management levels and two shifts
- Plan workforce and resources across shifts and ensure clear handovers
- Maintain consistent quality, performance and process standards
- Respond to absences, demand fluctuations and operational bottlenecks
- Translate strategic requirements into operational objectives and measures
- Support supervisors in daily operations
- Ensure timely, high-quality order picking
- Schedule, prioritise and complete picking and customer orders
- Review and manage ERP interfaces and complaints
- Continuously optimise warehouse structure, space use and picking processes
- Define and monitor performance indicators and control daily operations
- Reschedule open orders when deviations occur
- Prepare client statistics and analyses
- Recruit and select employees
- Conduct performance, development and absence discussions
- Plan and deliver training and development measures
- Ensure clear communication across leadership levels, operations, administration and clients
- Lead logistics and optimisation projects
Tasks
Operational and strategic management of a large logistics department across two leadership levels. Direct management of six supervisors connected strategic direction, operational control and reliable execution across the logistics areas. Two-shift operations required forward-looking workforce and resource planning across shifts.
The focus was needs-based staffing and resource planning, reliable daily operations and continuous improvement of warehouse structures, order picking and operational interfaces. The role combined extensive leadership responsibility with process optimisation, KPI management and the delivery of high-quality work on schedule.
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Warehouse Team Leader / Deputy Warehouse Manager
Feb 2009 – Dec 2011
Warehouse Team Leader / Deputy Warehouse Manager
3
direct reports
8
completed projects
44+
indirect reports
Added value
I combine operational warehousing experience with practical leadership, structured process thinking and reliable project delivery. I stabilise daily operations, develop employees and implement new processes and digital warehouse solutions in an understandable, practical way.Key areas
- Ensure timely and accurate picking of customer orders
- Deputise for warehouse management and maintain stable operations
- Schedule and prioritise picking orders for same-day completion
- Review weekly workforce and absence plans
- Continuously optimise storage locations and picking processes
- Recruit, onboard, train and develop employees and project staff
- Provide first-level support for office and warehouse hardware/software and act as SAP power user
- Plan and deliver warehouse and digitalisation projects
- Manage integration and acceptance tests and support go-lives
- Coordinate warehouse operations, suppliers and project stakeholders
- Monitor schedules, budgets and material availability and address deviations early
- Train employees in new processes, warehouse software and pick-by-voice solutions
Tasks
Operational leadership of a warehouse team and deputy management responsibility in a demanding distribution environment. The focus was timely and accurate order picking, needs-based workforce planning and continuous optimisation of storage locations and picking processes. As deputy warehouse manager, I also ensured stable daily operations and supported management decisions.
The role combined hands-on people leadership with process improvement, IT support and project work. New warehouse solutions and digital tools were supported from planning and testing through implementation in live operations.
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Certified Supply Chain Manager, Specialisation in Digital Integration, Professional Master
2025 – 2026
Certified Supply Chain Manager, Specialisation in Digital Integration, Professional Master
Added value
I combine supply chain management, digitalisation, automation and leadership to create end-to-end solutions. This enables me to overcome system breaks and isolated solutions, create transparency across inventories and capacities, and design secure, scalable and data-driven value creation processes.Key areas
- Develop high-performing, transparent, sustainable and resilient supply chain strategies
- Coordinate upstream, internal and downstream partners effectively
- Plan and manage material, information and value flows holistically
- Analyse, model and continuously optimise supply chain processes
- Ensure cost-effectiveness through KPIs, controlling and suitable management systems
- Plan and lead complex projects and transformation initiatives
- Lead and develop teams across organisational units, hierarchical levels and locations
- Identify risks, bottlenecks and market changes early and initiate appropriate measures
Specialisation
- Gather requirements for ICT systems and specify them as measurable requirements or user stories
- Evaluate, procure and implement digital planning and control systems
- Integrate ERP, APS, WMS, WCS and automation solutions into end-to-end process landscapes
- Organise user support and ensure sustainable system adoption following implementation
- Develop concepts and guidelines for information and data management
- Ensure secure cross-company data exchange in compliance with data protection requirements
- Establish collaboration across national and international value networks
- Create data-driven demand forecasts and workforce, procurement, sales and distribution plans
- Measure and continuously improve the performance and quality of digitally connected partners and processes
- Assess energy and resource consumption and promote sustainable supply chains
Content
The Swiss federal qualification as a certified Supply Chain Manager specialising in Digital Integration prepares professionals to design, manage and develop cross-company supply chains at a strategic level. The programme combines supply chain management, leadership and corporate management with digital process integration, secure data flows, and modern planning and automation systems. Its core focus is the ability to connect people, processes, technologies and partners to create a transparent, resilient and cost-effective value chain.
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Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt Certification
May 2024 – Sep 2024
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt Certification
Added value
I can address complex process problems systematically and based on data using DMAIC. Instead of relying on assumptions, I identify reliable root causes, implement measurable improvements and sustain them over time—with direct benefits for quality, cost, lead time and customer satisfaction.Key areas
- Apply the DMAIC method to structured process improvement
- Define problems and measurable project objectives precisely
- Measure the current state using suitable KPIs
- Analyse and validate root causes based on data
- Develop, evaluate and implement effective solutions
- Measure improvements and sustain them with a control plan
- Reduce waste and costs while increasing customer satisfaction
Content
The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification provides a structured, data-driven approach to sustainably improving business processes. It covers precise problem definition, measurement and root-cause analysis through to implementation and the long-term control of effective solutions. Theory, coaching and a practical project connect methodological expertise directly with measurable business results.
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Creative Leadership
Mar 2021 – Sep 2021
Creative Leadership
Added value
I can reflect consciously on my leadership impact and support employees with clarity, appreciation and motivation. Creative methods help me use different perspectives, foster sound decisions and make innovation genuinely possible within the team.Key areas
- Reflect on one’s leadership role and mindset
- Adapt leadership behaviour consciously to the situation
- Motivate and develop employees purposefully
- Receive and communicate information in a structured way
- Make transparent and effective decisions
- Use team creativity as a source of innovation
- Embed new leadership approaches in day-to-day work
Content
The “Creative Leadership – Level 1” management programme expands traditional leadership skills through reflection, creativity and conscious relationship-building. It focuses on personal attitude, clear and motivating communication, and involving employees in decisions and change.
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SUL Safety Assistant
Feb 2021 – Apr 2021
SUL Safety Assistant
Added value
I identify hazards and health risks early and can initiate and support preventive measures in a structured manner. This helps avoid downtime, meet legal requirements and make safety an integral part of everyday work.Key areas
- Apply the fundamentals of occupational health and safety
- Identify workplace hazards and health risks
- Initiate preventive measures and support their implementation
- Support occupational health and safety management systems
- Prepare training and awareness measures
- Monitor compliance with company guidelines
- Promote a sustainable culture of safety and prevention
Content
The SUL Safety Assistant programme provides the professional and methodological foundations for occupational health and safety. It teaches how to identify hazards systematically, assess risks and plan and support effective preventive measures. Alongside legal and organisational requirements, it focuses on establishing a strong safety culture in daily operations.
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Business Aspects of Project Management
Sep 2016
Business Aspects of Project Management
Added value
I can manage projects both professionally and commercially. I identify cost and schedule deviations early, create transparent decision-making foundations and balance budget, quality and project objectives.Key areas
- Define project objectives, work packages and milestones systematically
- Estimate effort and project costs during the pre-project phase
- Assess financial and operational project risks
- Structure project mandates, plans and budgets transparently
- Allocate resources and budgets according to need
- Track, control and reliably forecast cost flows
- Use KPIs such as earned value and return on investment
- Identify deviations early and initiate corrective action
- Prepare progress reports for the relevant audience
- Close projects cleanly from a financial and organisational perspective
Content
The Swissmem seminar “Business Aspects of Project Management” explores the financial and commercial dimensions of professional project work. It focuses on realistically assessing effort, costs and risks during the pre-project phase and continuously controlling them throughout implementation.
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Technical Team Leader
Dec 2014 – Apr 2015
Technical Team Leader
Added value
I can lead technical and production teams with equal focus on people, safety and commercial performance. I combine clear communication and effective instruction with quality awareness, structured problem-solving and entrepreneurial thinking.Key areas
- Lead employees and conduct professional discussions
- Improve personal working methods and self-organisation
- Plan clear instructions and communicate them effectively
- Think and act entrepreneurially and commercially
- Design practical workplaces and solve problems systematically
- Apply quality-management fundamentals
- Assess operational processes through practical insights
- Consider occupational health and safety
- Understand social-partnership relationships
- Transfer learned methods into daily work
Content
The 16-day Swissmem programme “Team Leader in Technical and Production Environments” prepares participants to lead at the intersection of people, technology and production. It combines employee leadership and communication with working methods, quality management, commercial awareness and occupational safety.
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Certified Logistics Manager, Professional Master
Sep 2012 – Sep 2014
Certified Logistics Manager, Professional Master
Added value
I can design material, information and value flows holistically across procurement, production, warehousing and distribution. This allows me to connect strategic business objectives with robust logistics processes, lead complex projects and create measurable economic, environmental and customer value.Key areas
- Develop integrated strategies for the entire logistics process
- Connect procurement, production, warehousing, distribution and reverse logistics
- Take holistic responsibility for material, information and value flows
- Analyse and optimise business and logistics processes
- Plan and lead complex, strategically relevant projects
- Use KPIs, controlling, finance and accounting
- Embed quality, environmental and sustainability objectives systematically
- Consider legal and economic relationships
- Lead employees and coordinate internal and external partners
Content
The Swiss federal qualification as a certified Logistics Manager prepares professionals for strategic leadership, conceptual and project responsibilities across the entire value chain. This advanced professional education combines procurement, production, warehousing, distribution and reverse logistics with corporate management, controlling, sustainability and leadership.
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FCOS Basic Course
Jul 2014
FCOS Basic Course
Added value
I can organise occupational safety systematically and implement legal requirements in practice. Structured hazard identification, clear responsibilities and transparent measures help reduce accidents and follow-on costs.Key areas
- Implement Directive 6508 in the workplace
- Understand the rights and obligations of employers and employees
- Understand the insurance and financial consequences of accidents
- Know the structure of the FCOS/ASTAG industry solution
- Build a ten-point company safety concept
- Identify hazards systematically using checklists
- Fulfil the role of occupational safety contact person
- Use the safety manual in daily operations
Content
The ASTAG FCOS basic course provides the foundations for implementing Directive 6508 on the involvement of occupational safety specialists in transport and logistics companies. It focuses on legal obligations, systematic hazard identification and the establishment of a transparent company safety organisation.
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Vocational Trainer / Apprenticeship Supervisor
May 2014
Vocational Trainer / Apprenticeship Supervisor
Added value
I can guide apprentices systematically, support their individual development and assess them fairly. I combine professional training with clear communication, constructive feedback and legal certainty.Key areas
- Build respectful and sustainable relationships with apprentices
- Plan, conduct and review training units
- Communicate learning objectives clearly and support practical transfer
- Select, observe, assess and develop apprentices
- Conduct professional feedback and progress reviews
- Handle challenging situations and conflicts constructively
- Apply the legal framework of vocational education and training
- Cooperate with vocational schools, authorities and advisory services
Content
The federally recognised vocational trainer course provides the educational, methodological and legal foundations for training apprentices in the workplace. It covers structured instruction, individual development, fair assessment and reliable support throughout an apprenticeship.
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German
Native language
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English
Proficiency level B2/C1
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French
Proficiency level A1
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Operating systems & software
- Jira / Confluence
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- MS SQL Databases
- SAP MM/IM
- Various ERP/WMS Systems
- Windows
- WordPress
Management & organisation
- Accounting
- Change Management
- Communication Theory
- Conflict Management
- Corporate Management
- Corporate Strategy
- Distribution Logistics
- Employee Leadership
- Leadership / Organisation
- Process Consulting
- Process Management
- Procurement Logistics
- Production Logistics
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Warehouse Logistics
Methods
- Computer Technology HW/SW
- Creativity Techniques
- Lean
- Network Technology
- Presentation Skills
- Requirements / Functional Specifications
Contact
Let’s talk about your logistics
Philipp Nobel
Passionate logistics leader
“An hour of conversation often achieves more than a month of assumptions. Straightforward, with no obligation.”
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