Großbeeren near Berlin, January 20, 2015 – Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been Managing Directors of Ulrich Rieck & Söhne Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG, Großbeeren, since January 1, 2015. The trio succeed Aleksander Schromek, who retired at the end of the year.
Rieck is also setting the course for the future in the system forwarding segment: with the appointment of the three new managing directors, the organizational model that has already proven itself in the Rieck Sea Air Cargo and Rieck Projekt Kontrakt Logistik divisions has been consistently continued.
“Our aim is to create a superordinate head office for each operational area of a division, which will assume responsibility for all associated locations,” says Philipp Strenge, Managing Partner of the Rieck Logistics Group. The headquarters of Rieck Systemspedition is responsible for Berlin, Dresden, Neuss, St. Petersburg (Russia) and Mikulov (Czech Republic).
Detlef Helsing, Michael Gruner and Christian Stuhr have been working for Rieck Systemspedition for many years. The distribution of tasks within the management team is now based on their respective specializations. “We are delighted that we have been able to appoint three experienced employees from our own ranks to the management team,” says Philipp Strenge. “As an owner-managed medium-sized company, we value and cultivate values such as continuity, trust and reliability in a special way.”
New function, familiar names
Detlef Helsing brings over 15 years of experience in various management positions to the Rieck Logistics Group. The 57-year-old most recently worked as cross-branch operations manager for production and project support. As Managing Director, he is now responsible for the operational and commercial management of the system forwarding company. His tasks also include key account management and coordination with the sister division Rieck Projekt Kontrakt Logistik.
The 49-year-old Michael Gruner began his career at Rieck in 1980 as a student trainee and later apprentice. After holding various management positions – including head of the cargo shipping department and head of trade fair logistics – he has been in charge of national forwarding since 1998. He is now responsible for this area as Managing Director. In his new role, he coordinates cooperation with the company’s own transport company and represents Rieck on the steering committee of the general cargo cooperation IDS.
Christian Stuhr (50) began his career in 1982 with an apprenticeship as a forwarding agent at Rieck. He specialized in international overland transport and has many years of experience in this field. In 1992, he took over the management of international scheduling. He has been in charge of the International Forwarding division since 1997. In 2000 he was granted general power of attorney for the system forwarding division. As Managing Director International, he is also responsible for coordination with the Rieck Sea Air Cargo International division and the European activities of the IDS cooperation.
