Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Peter Kerczynski – Your Procurement Smith

Interim Manager & Freelance Procurement Consultant for Strategic Procurement

With the Procurement Smith, I support companies as an interim manager and freelance procurement consultant in making their procurement more efficient – with a focus on costs, security of supply, and robust supplier structures.

My focus is on strategic procurement, commodity management, global sourcing, supplier management, and the development and further development of procurement structures. I combine experience from corporations, SMEs, and scale-ups with pragmatic implementation in industrial transformation and growth situations.

Typical areas of application include the analysis of procurement potentials, supplier and cost structures, negotiation preparation, category strategies, and the stabilization and further development of procurement processes.

I work data-based, cross-functionally, and implementation-oriented – with confident presence towards management, specialist departments, and suppliers. Especially where procurement structures are missing, growing, or need to be realigned, I quickly bring clarity, commitment, and implementation power.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Traunstein (up to 50km)

Einkaufsschmiede - Peter Kerczynski
Self-Employment
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
April 2026 - Today (3 months)
Traunstein, Germany
Independent interim activity and consulting for industrial companies – with direct mandate entry, results-oriented projects, and the aim of achieving measurable impact in procurement.
Development & Optimization of Teams, Processes & Structures Strategic Procurement Supplier Management Development of Procurement Organizations
Porsche eBike Performance GmbH
Strategic Purchaser
AUTOMOBILE
October 2024 - March 2026 (1 year and 5 months)
Munich, Germany
Challenge:
Building structured procurement activities in a rapidly growing e-mobility company – while processes, supplier structures, and procurement strategies are still under development.

Approach:
Development and implementation of global supplier strategies for mechanical and mechatronic components; building a new supplier portfolio for the company's most strategically important development project – from market analysis and supplier audits to series release. Initiation and support of an organizational development process to advance procurement from administrative ordering to a strategic partner.

Result:
Several suppliers successfully nominated for series production; project volume in the double-digit million range secured long-term; procurement organization structurally further developed.
Siteco GmbH
Interim: Strategic Purchasing Manager
TECH
January 2023 - January 2024 (1 year)
Traunreut, Germany
Challenge:
Short-term assumption of strategic procurement responsibility at a medium-sized manufacturer of professional lighting solutions in a transformation and cost pressure environment.

Approach:
Rapid operational entry with systematic analysis of the supplier portfolio based on cost structures, technical dependencies, and single-source risks; conducting price and condition negotiations in the areas of electromechanics and control electronics.

Result:
Specific fields of action identified – including building additional supplier options, make-or-buy assessments, and strategic competitive levers – thereby sustainably strengthening procurement's negotiating position – within a 6-month mandate.