Team
PMK Service Parts Management was founded by Peter Maier and Matthias Krampe. Together the founder looks back at more than 20 years of service parts management experience and expertise.
Peter Maier received his engineering degree from the Darmstadt University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany. Maier began his professional career at Linde AG, Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1995, he left Linde as a plant Production Manager for forklifts to become Operations Director at Hako GmbH & Co.KG. After his role as Senior Consultant with Management Engineers, based in Dusseldorf, Germany, Maier returned to Linde AG in 1999. Here he was responsible for managing strategic logistics projects across all business units. By doing so he managed to significantly increase the company’s logistics performance. Subsequently, he became Global Supply Chain Director as well as Director of the European spare parts operation. In 2007, Peter Maier decided to become a freelance logistics and service parts consultant.
Matthias Krampe received his MBA degree in General Management from the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. Prior to this he was internationally active in project - and marketing management positions at different multinational companies. In 2001, he continued his career with Caterpillar Logistics, which specializes in third party spare part logistics. There he was responsible for the business development activities in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as consulting clients in supply chain management matters. In 2006, he changed to Penske Logistics in the Netherlands as Strategic Account Executive where he was responsible for the EMEA region. Since mid 2007, Matthias Krampe has been active as a freelance consultant and project manager for the Deutsche Bahn AG and DB Schenker, among other clients, in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Jochen Meyer received his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in Munich. After industrial engineering and Management Consulting positions he managed the assembly and logistics for Robert Bosch largest Power tool plant and optimized the global production and distribution for Atronic International's slot machines and their spare parts.
In 2003 he moved to the US to head up the global supply chain functions for GPT and Truck-Lite Co.
Before joining Peter Maier and the team to expand the company practice to North America Jochen was responsible for establishing a brand new $30M production site near Pittsburgh for FLABEG Solar where he also masterminded the logistics and supply chain for precision bent solar reflectors.