Christoph Buchmann

Founder & Managing Director @ iAutomate

About

Founder | Warehouse Automation & Intralogistics Entrepreneur focused on advancing warehouse automation and intralogistics through practical, execution-ready solutions. Building on experience across sales leadership and technical roles, I founded iAutomate to contribute to the industry’s next phase of growth. At iAutomate, I operate at the intersection of automation, digital enablement, and commercial strategy—reducing complexity early, aligning technical and commercial perspectives, and enabling more confident decision-making across the intralogistics ecosystem. The work centers on building digital tools and partnerships that support scalable, predictable automation outcomes. Grounded in deep technical understanding and business reality, the focus is on measurable impact: improving efficiency, resilience, and profitability. I value long-term thinking, straightforward collaboration, and customer-first problem solving—prioritizing clear financial, operational, and strategic value over noise.

Country

City

Canada

Industry

Logistics & Supply Chain

Skill

Customer Service, Leadership, Research, Public Speaking, Social Media, Marketing, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Sales Management, Automation, Project Engineering

Experience

Founder & Managing Director

iAutomate

2020-6 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

Toronto, Canada - Lyon, France

iAutomate offers sales acceleration software for faster and more effective lead conversion, facilitating the move towards automated system solutions for the industry. Our warehouse automation Configurator builds and qualifies the business case for automation solutions, enabling future supply chain strategies and investment decisions. Get the App!

Sales Director

Movu Robotics

2023-9 - 2024-10 · 1 yr 2 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movu Robotics, a member of stow Group, is a new warehouse automation brand that stands out by bringing easier logistics automation solutions to the world’s warehouses. No warehouse left behind. https://www.movu-robotics.com/

Sales Director Robotics

stow Robotics

2022-1 - 2023-9 · 1 yr 9 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

stow is a dynamic and global key player in the racking & storage solutions industry. In line with our continuous growth and innovation efforts, we have developed automated storage solutions both for pallets and bins. Discover the stow Robotics “out-of-the-box solutions” to meet your needs.

Account Manager

Dematic

2018 - 2022-1 · 4 yrs

Toronto, Canada Area

Operations Planner

Dematic

2017-9 - 2018-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Toronto, Canada Area

Executive Sales Manager

SSI SCHÄFER

2014-10 - 2017-8 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Toronto, Canada Area

• Promoting, selling, securing orders from existing and prospective customers through a relationship-based approach • Engineering and development of solution concepts in the field of Automation Logistics • Establishing, developing and maintaining business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate new business for the organization’s products/services

Senior Applications Engineer

SSI SCHÄFER

2008-9 - 2014-9 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Austria

Development and design, both visual and conceptional, of automated logistics systems based on data analysis and customer relations. Data analysis, system layout design, price calculation, commercial proposal, sales management.