About us

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What we stand for

We are enthusiastic about indirect purchasing, infatuated with sustainable processes and
work with our customers and partners on an equal footing — for over 23 years.

Enthusiastic about indirect purchasing

It is hard to believe how many companies are neglecting the area of purchasing, even though this is precisely where so much money can be saved — or even wasted. Even though the value of screws, tools, hygiene articles or cleaning products is low, their procurement is all the more expensive if they are decentralized in the individual departments and individually from different vendors. This drives up process costs and results in low transparency with regard to prices, quality and incoming goods.

Intrigued by sustainable processes

simple system has set itself the task of simply depicting complex processes. Approval processes, implementation processes, rights, and role concepts… we love smart purchasing organizations in which as little time as possible has to be spent on recurring tasks. We do not have long introductory and training periods.

Only successful together

simple system stands for pioneering spirit. Every day, the team works with existing purchasers and vendors to be able to map the purchasing and sales processes in indirect purchasing even more easily.

Where we come from

simple system was founded over 23 years ago with the vision of digitizing purchasing processes in medium-sized German companies.
2018
Moving into your own office space
2015
Own, shareholder-independent team for the first time
2011
New platform design
2021
New management
2021
Hoffmann SE becomes sole shareholder of simple system
2008
More than 180 vendors, 6.6 million articles and around 1,100 active customers
2005
80 vendors on the platform
2000
Founding simple system
2019
Opening of our open marketplace
2020
Opening of a new branch office in the Cologne area
2022
Development of a technologically completely new platform “NextGen” and the first transaction about it
2018
For the first time, the platform is based on in-house managed information technology
2023
NextGen goes live
2024
It's getting wild

The team

The faces behind simple system. Let's talk to each other.
Sebastian Wiese
Sebastian Wiese
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Fabian von Kleinsorgen
Fabian von Kleinsorgen
Head of Growth
Thomas Au
Thomas Au
Head of Finance, Legal & HR
Jörg Schmidt
Jörg Schmidt
Head of Vendor Management
Ernst Röchner
Ernst Röchner
Head of Technical Support
Benjamin Thron
Benjamin Thron
Head of BI & Reporting
Tim Mahrenholtz
Tim Mahrenholtz
Senior Consultant E-Procurement
Christian Obeser
Christian Obeser
Head Of Product Management
Thorsten Jahn
Thorsten Jahn
Senior Consultant E-Procurement
Walter Ahmann
Walter Ahmann
Senior Consultant E-Procurement
Arne Louven
Arne Louven
Consultant E-Procurement
Magdalena Pentek
Magdalena Pentek
CRM & Marketing
Andy Freund
Andy Freund
Growth Manager
Markus Krückl
Markus Krückl
Technical Support Services
Zeynab Bickel
Zeynab Bickel
Technical Support Services
Niklas Klimaschewski
Niklas Klimaschewski
Vendor Manager
Najla Mergans
Najla Mergans
BI Data Analyst
Fabio Venturi
Fabio Venturi
System Architekt
Peter Svetlik
Peter Svetlik
Vendormanager

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