Ralf Dippold Email & Phone Number

State Of São Paulo, Brazil

Campinas

Campinas

• Simco is one of the national market leaders in the importation and sale of CNC and thermoplastic injection machines as well as in special manufacturing solutions and transformation of plastics.It represents exclusively.
• Prepare the company for the expansion of new product and service lines
• Serve customers in the following industry segments: automotive, tools, aerospace, shipyards, trucks, agricultural machines, machine construction, yellow line, pharmaceutics, packaging, mining, domestic utilities, toys.
• Expand agent and dealer network in Brazil and Latin America
• Develop new suppliers and business partners in Brazil, Europe, South Korea, Taiwan and China
• Design and implement aftersales strategies to optimize sales, profitability and customer satisfaction

Jundiaí, São Paulo

• Global market leader in the area of thermal cutting machines and solutions (plasma, oxyfuel, laser)Managing Director – Accountable for LATAM (excl. México)Foundation and management of Brazilian business unit.
• Raised factory from green field to full operation
• Served customers in following industries: shipyards, civil construction, boilers, trucks, agricultural machines, machine construction, yellow line, etc.
• Negotiated fluently contracts in Portuguese, English, Spanish, German and French
• Developed machine that nowadays covers over 80% of machine sales to attend local market needs
• Created dealer and agent network in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

• Wordwide OEM and solution provider for analytical medical equipmentsDirector Supply Chain with purchasing volume of 15 Mio. EUR; leading 13 colleaguesMajor achievements:
• Support of the administrative director restructuring the Supply Chain of the industrial welding area of Castolin (Messer Group) as a preparation of the future role as Director Supply Chain of the group sister company.
• Search, selection, development and price negotiations of low-cost country suppliers
• Continuous quality improvements; implementation of Kaizen, 5S, Kanban and QS 9000
• Introduction of early warning systems to avoid missing parts in production
• Halving the working capital through payment terms negotiations, optimization of ordering parameters (delivery times, order and safety quantities), introduction of JiT, etc.

Kriftel, Deutschland

• Weltweiter Marktführer im Bereich Schweiss-, Löt- und BeschichtungstechnologienProjektleiter Supply ChainErzielte Leistungen:
• Unterstützung des kaufmännischen Leiters von Castolin / Eutectic im Bereich Supply Chain bei der Restrukturierung des industriellen Schweissbereichs als Vorbereitung zur Übernahme der Position Leiter Materialwirtschaft.
• Optimierung der Transportkonditionen und -verträge zwischen den europäischen Supply Centres
• Preisreduzierungen durch Lieferantenverhandlungen

Frankfurt, London, Paris, Berlin

• Consultant of European wide projects in the area of purchasing and supply chain, leading 3 colleaguesMajor achievements:
• Creation of is-analysis of purchasing portfolios, transfer of know-how and best practices of restructuring projects of procurement organizations
• Leading customer teams at the identification of possible applications for electronic tenders; savings of over 12% per bid
• Implementation of online reverse auctions, Strategic Sourcing and eProcurement

Cologne, Germany

• Trainee and Strategic Buyer Major achievements:
• Preparation and implementation of global purchasing strategies; price negotiations and procurement of direct and indirect production materials; annual buying volume above 30 Mio. USD; savings of approximately 4.5%/year
• Supplier search (e.g. in Turkey) and approval for vendor change together with Engineering and Quality, savings of up to 25%/year
• Development of global cost reduction and platform strategies for module suppliers in cooperation with international working groups of Ford, Volvo and Mazda
• Supervision of Total Cost Management and Target Costing Workshops with suppliers