Putzmeister Holding GmbH, Stuttgart and surroundings, Germany; Putzmeister is an international manufacturer of concrete pumps. The firm is headquartered at Aichtal, Germany It also provides pumps for a wide range of different materials, for example slurries, fly ash, sewage, compost and water. In 2008, the company had 3,200 employees worldwide; Management of the group of companies (strategy & structure), monitoring of the market, identification of opportunities and initiation of contacts with potential external partners (M&A, suppliers, JV, dealers, customers ...), monitoring, structuring and further development of the associated companies, Sales, various tasks in the commercial field (finance, Law, construction, auditing ...), interim management of the two largest associated companies, selection of management personnel and their further development.