Our services

We secure the future of your business - with the right advice and the right leaders - through our 4 pillars.

Technical Consulting

Analysing and reducing costs, especially set-up times and non-productive time. Planning and successful entry into new machine technologies or digital printing solutions for packaging, as well as entry into other future technologies such as robotics, 3D printing and AI.

Business Consulting

Executive Search

Interim Management

Strategic advice and target markets in and for the packaging industry and its suppliers. Competent discussion and sparring partner in shaping the future of your business. Turnaround management, also in conjunction with interim management.

PMS Consult is the specialist recruitment consultancy for the printing and packaging industry. We provide individual support to companies at all stages of the recruitment process. Our network and industry experience make us the ideal partner for finding the "right" candidate.

We can provide you with interim manager support to improve the implementation of your plans or in exceptional situations, such as the long-term absence of key management or departmental staff.

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Metal Decorating & Management

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What sets us apart from many...

Experience

With experience of running some of the best and largest sheetfed printers in Europe, three Sappi Awards and other accolades, we know how quality works and where the costs come from.

Knowledge

More than 30 years in management positions with the world's leading press manufacturers, combined with the application expertise of the market leader in offset inks, provide an unrivalled knowledge base.

We don't stop at technology like most consultancies, we come from the field and help you reduce costs where they occur.

You never walk alone... in analysis, in decision making and in practice.

Perseverance

About PMS Consult:

Founded by Ralf Gumbel, PMS Consult is a practice-oriented management consultancy with an associated interim management service for printers and their suppliers.

Ralf Gumbel has had a distinguished career in the printing industry. After studying printing technology in Wuppertal, he was awarded the prestigious Hubert Sternberg Prize as one of the best graduates. He gained extensive experience in the supplier industry, notably with a leading global manufacturer of sheetfed offset inks, where he was responsible for application technology and R&D. He was always the first port of call. He was always the first port of call for technical printing problems and the point of contact for customers and technical issues worldwide.

He later joined Heidelberger Druckmaschinen in France, where he was responsible for setting up the consumables business. As head of the special machines department at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, he gained a deep insight into high-quality mechanical engineering and its adaptation to customer requirements. As one of the project managers, he played a key role in the development of the Heidelberg large-format press from the very beginning. He also demonstrated his leadership skills as managing director of well-known print shops, some with more than 80 printing units, steering the companies through difficult economic times. He won the prestigious Sappi Award three times and printed for Rolls-Royce, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Jaguar and BMW.

As CEO of Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint he significantly increased sales and profits and led the company back to the top of the world league table. His deep insight into the world of packaging, particularly metal packaging, makes him a sought-after keynote speaker in the industry. After working with well-known packaging brands such as Nestlé and Procter & Gamble, he was Global Sales Director at Manroland Sheetfed. Today, Ralf Gumbel is a founder and knowledge broker in the industry he loves.

Thanks to his diverse activities and broad knowledge, Mr Gumbel can also work to your advantage.

Ralf Gumbel

Managing shareholder

Graduate engineer in printing technology & apprenticed offset printer

Why are there two companies?

PMS Consult UG is a partner of the well-known management consultancy Brandt & Partner, based in the picturesque Bavarian town of Rosenheim. Originally rooted exclusively in the printing industry, B&P now offers a wide range of services - from automotive to transport & logistics, payment services, human resources, personnel coaching and, of course, the printing industry with packaging and supply industry.

If you and your company come from one of these sectors or are looking for specialised support in logistics or human resources, I will be happy to introduce you to a suitable colleague or bring the expert directly to you.

Brandt & Partners has extensive experience, databases, an international presence and an enviable network of colleagues.

We were aware of the importance of an established brand and a professional website when we founded the company, which is why PMS-Consult has been a partner of B&P from the outset. B&P partners work independently under the umbrella of Brandt & Partners, either as freelancers or with their own company. We have chosen the second option and operate as PMS-Consult UG, usually under the name of Brandt & Partners. This means that PMS-Consult is a partner and executing company, but not a competitor of B&P. The owner of Brandt & Partners is Dieter Brandt, a former colleague from their time together at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen.

Diese Homepage von PMS Consult UG, bietet tiefergehende Informationen bzgl. den Dienstleitungen die wir unter Brandt & Partners und unter PMS Consult UG anbieten.