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Katharina Beckendorff has a varied work experience in the field of supply chain management. Katharina is currently working as the Head of Supply Chain Management at knuspr.de since February 2023. Before that, they held the same position at gurkerl.at starting in October 2022. At gurkerl.at, they also worked as a Supply Chain Manager from September 2020 to October 2022 and as an Inbound Manager (Interim) from October 2021 to January 2022.

Prior to their role at gurkerl.at, Katharina worked as a Master Planner CEE at Henkel from August 2017 to August 2020. Katharina gained valuable experience through internships at LSG Sky Chefs as a Supply Chain Management Intern in 2015, at DHL as an Operations & Innovations Intern in 2014, and at Continental as a Supply Chain Management Intern in 2013.

Katharina Beckendorff pursued their education in a chronological manner. Katharina began by earning an Abitur in General Studies from Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium, Essen - Kettwig from 2002 to 2011. In 2008 to 2009, they attended Bradfield College, Reading (UK), where they obtained AS-Levels in General Studies.

Later, in 2011 to 2014, they enrolled at Maastricht University to obtain a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in International Business Economics. During their studies, in 2013, they had a brief stint at Western University, pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics.

To further enhance their expertise, Katharina pursued a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Supply Chain Management from WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) between 2015 and 2017.

Additionally, they obtained a certification as a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from PwC in October 2022.