Peter Ludwig Email & Phone Number

Saint Helena Island, South Carolina

Leads TAPFIN Consulting Practice for external workforce management, specializing on Market Intelligence, Workforce Planning, Sourcing Channel Optimization, VMS Optimization, and Strategy Development services. Leverages best practices and 39 year experience in external workforce management, enabling HR, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and business executives to navigate through known and unknown challenges in SOW based professional services, contingent staffing, freelancer management, and outsourcing.

Greater Detroit Area

Responsible for establishing and implementing MSP strategy, consulting with clients in developing MSP solutions, managing Manpower MSP N.A. pipeline, and serving as SME to National Sales and Implementation teams.Developed and conducted ongoing company-wide internal MSP training, including MSP Foundational Training and 5-session MSP Practical Training. Designed and deployed with customers an MSP Solutioning process including Discovery, Due Diligence and Business Case development.Designed and conducted customer education sessions consisting of MSP trends, models, features and key benefits.

Greater Detroit Area

Responsibility for the development of a new sales organization for MSP / VMS and staffing services in North America and Europe. Established a strategic sales plan to grow MSX’s market share and increase profitability. Hired, trained and directed sales account executives within the North American and European market. Introduced sales productivity tools including Miller Heiman Strategic Selling methodology and Salesforce.com.Wrote and produced MSP / VMS marketing and presentation material, and request for proposals. Developed target account plans for the sales team and conducted weekly pipeline reviews.

Greater Detroit Area

Provided strategic marketing consulting, advertising and marketing campaign development, and creative services to staffing, healthcare, automotive, alternative energy, educational and commercial industry. Developed and implemented marketing communications plans, brand strategies, and integrated marketing campaigns, involving identity creation, advertising, interactive/web, print, direct mail, radio and television. Full production of marketing, promotional and training videos.

Greater Detroit Area

Conceived, launched and matured a new Kelly corporate business unit dedicated to MSP / VMS, now an operating unit of Outsourcing and Consulting Group (OCG). Demonstrated positive business unit growth and profitability year over year.Sold and oversaw MSP / VMS contracts with numerous GE companies, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Philip Morris, Tenneco Automotive, Tenneco Packaging, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and others. Built an effective MSP/VMS organizational and operational structure. Created a project management department and hired skilled project managers for ongoing new launches. Introduced a supplier relations department with contract administrators and service delivery teams.Wrote strategic business plans for sales, marketing, and operations. Implemented performance metrics and dashboards used for development and continuous improvement.

Greater Detroit Area

Director - Chicago Technical Region - Oversaw regional and account specific businesses providing traditional staffing services.Regional Sales Manager- Detroit Region - Established strategic sales plan, hired and trained sales teams, and sold technical and administrative staffing services.Operations Manager - Ford Motor Company Account - Responsibilities include P&L, business planning, sales and marketing management, recruiting operations, administration, training, and quality management for the Ford Motor account.