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OUR TEAM

We make more out of your procurement

Alexander Schatz
CEO

Certified business administrator (HWO)

Alexander Schatz has many years of extensive experience in various industries. In 2012, he began his career in the caravanning industry at a German luxury motorhome manufacturer. In 2019, he switched to the boatbuilding sector with a premium yacht manufacturer.

In both positions, his responsibilities included strategic buyer, project buyer, buyer for indirect material (facility & C-parts), deputy procurement manager and procurement manager.

Based on his more than 10 years of professional experience, he has a very strong and stable network in a wide range of industries, including the caravanning and yacht industries as well as healthcare and special vehicle construction.

As a member of the examination board for industrial clerks at the Bamberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, he has additional business expertise.

As part of his social activities, he has volunteered as a local councillor and in various associations.
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Karina Schatz
COO

Certified business administrator (HWO), Master dental technician

Karina Schatz flanks the consulting activities of the experienced experts with profound knowledge from various industries, including caravanning and mechanical engineering. She built up her extensive administrative and business expertise in dental technology from 1998 before moving to the healthcare industry in 2014, particularly in the field of nutritional counselling.

After initially being responsible for customer care, order management, invoicing and materials management as well as ordering at Schatz Consulting, she has been managing the operational business as an authorised signatory and COO since her further training as a certified business economist. She also works on projects herself, most recently in the healthcare sector.
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André Luther
Consultant

Business graduate Univ.

André has worked in various positions in logistics, materials management and procurement since 2010 – initially, since 2018, in the yacht industry, previously in logistics/materials management in the German Armed Forces and in the mechanical engineering industry. His responsibilities there included strategic buyer, project buyer, operational buyer and head of materials management. Not least thanks to his experience in mechanical engineering and his affinity for technology, he is the ideal person to fill the position of technical buyer. He has a particularly strong network in the yacht industry.
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Irmgard Schatz
Consultant

Certified specialist for procurement and logistics

As part of her training, Irmgard gained experience in the areas of procurement policy, procurement marketing, logistics strategies, business management with quality management and legal procurement organisation as well as personnel management.

She deepened this knowledge in various professional positions: in the drugstore industry as a procurement clerk, in the mechanical engineering sector as an operative purchaser and at an automotive supplier as a specialist in scheduling, procurement, detailed planning and currently in sensor technology.

Irmgard speaks several languages: In addition to German (native speaker), she has a good knowledge of English and Romanian as well as a basic knowledge of French.
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Stefanie Rippel
Consultant
Bachelor of Arts – specialising in logistics and business informatics

Stefanie began her career back in 2016 as a working student at a manufacturer of fastening and assembly technology, where she gained valuable insights into the world of procurement. After this exciting phase, she continued her professional career in the caravanning industry, yacht building and mechanical engineering, where she continuously developed her skills. Here, she not only had the opportunity to gain valuable experience in scheduling, materials management and procurement, but also took on the responsible position of deputy scheduling manager. During her further training as a strategic purchaser (IHK), she built up expert knowledge in this area. With her language skills in English and French, she enriches our international team.
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Anke Fischer
Executive Assistant

With seven years’ experience as an assistant to a managing director in the caravanning industry, Anke has extensive expertise in organisation and administration. She also has in-depth knowledge of purchasing in a wide range of industries, such as yacht building.

As our all-round talent, she takes care of accounting, personnel management, finances and travel organisation as well as general administrative activities.
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Cornelia Panten
Social Media & Marketing

After studying Romance languages and literature, German studies and communication sciences, she initially worked in the publishing industry for seven years before moving to a medium-sized medical technology company. In addition to her native German, she also speaks English and Italian. As a passionate copywriter, she has been responsible for social media and marketing at our company since December 2023.
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Ginamaria Martino
Backoffice

In addition to her studies in business administration, Ginamaria has already gained experience in project work and operational purchasing as well as in the pharmaceutical sector. Ginamaria grew up bilingual: in addition to German and Italian (native languages), she speaks English and also has a basic knowledge of Spanish. She has been supporting our sales department in the back office at Artenus and Schatz Consulting since June 2024.
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