Bernd Schmitt is a Senior Consultant with East West Associates based in Mexico. His consulting expertise encompasses a wide range of competencies including: Interim Management during organization restructure, Risk management activities to facilitate delivery performance compliance,  Process improvement (restructuring internal and external material flow), Start-up support to non-Mexican companies and new facilities, Development of national supplier base, Support to expansion plans, Cost structure analysis, Enforcement of inventory control, Optimization of production planning and supply chain structure, Improvement of national and international transport schemes, and Project implementation support. Bernd has a Business Management degree from the University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany, a degree in Company Organization from the REFA Group, Darmstadt Germany, and a Degree in Wholesale and Foreign Trade from the Commercial College, HLA in Gernsbach, Germany.  He is fluent in German (native tongue), Spanish and English.