On May 1st, 2023, Beatrix Praeceptor will take over the management of Greiner Packaging International GmbH. She succeeds Manfred Stanek, who will move to the Greiner AG Management Board on January 1, 2023 and will continue to hold a dual role until Praeceptor joins.
Beatrix Praeceptor (55) currently serves as Chief Procurement Officer at Mondi Group and brings both international industry knowledge and leadership experience with a strong focus on sustainability.
“We are very pleased that we were able to win Beatrix Praeceptor as division manager. We see a high level of correspondence between her personal values and our corporate values. Among other things, she convinced us with her cooperative management philosophy, her high performance orientation and her creative drive,” explains Axel Kühner, CEO of Greiner AG .
“I am very happy about the trust placed in me and the new challenge from May next year. Greiner’s value structure inspired me right from the start and is very much in line with my understanding of leadership. My goal is to continue the international success of this family company and to position Greiner Packaging even more strongly as a global player on the world market,” says Beatrix Praeceptor .
International experience and commitment to equal opportunities
Beatrix Praeceptor has been Chief Procurement Officer of the Mondi Group for eleven years. In this position, she and an international team are responsible for cost optimization of the purchasing volume, the sustainable development of over 18,000 suppliers and the implementation of supplier-specific sustainability goals. Before Mondi, she held senior supply chain positions at Lafarge SA and Philips Industries. Born in Vienna, she grew up in Canada and Italy and speaks fluent German, English, Italian and French. For many years she has been personally committed to an inclusive work environment and more diversity in companies. She was a mentor at Teach For Austria and has been involved with the organizations WoMentoring and TheFemaleFactor since 2016, who are committed to supporting (young) women. Beatrix Praeceptor is married and the mother of three adult children.
About Greiner Packaging
Greiner Packaging is one of the leading European manufacturers of plastic packaging in the food and non-food sectors. For more than 60 years, the company has stood for high solution competence in development, design, production and decoration. Greiner Packaging meets the challenges of the market with two business units: Packaging and Assistec. While the former stands for innovative packaging solutions, the latter focuses on the production of customized technical parts. Greiner Packaging employs over 4,900 people at more than 30 locations in 19 countries worldwide. In 2021, the company achieved annual sales of 772 million euros (including joint ventures). That is almost 35 percent of Greiner’s total turnover.
