Category: Industrial Engineering

Arthur D. Little | Wiesbaden | Senior Consultant
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants | Stuttgart | Project Manager

HP Pelzer Group | Witten | PE-backed Automotive Head Corporate Development

Autoneum Borgers SE & Co. KGaA | Bocholt, Germany | www.borgers-group.com
Global Automotive Supplier | 700 Mio. € Sales | 7.000 Employees
Head Global Program Management
▪ Execution of Stage Gate Reviews, inkl. Risk Management, Escalation, Action Plan
▪ Transformation, Training and Lead of Central PMO teams and systems (Plato, Sciforma,
APQP and PPAP) | Lead of PM organisations in GER, ASIA, US, UK and Czech Republic
Responsibilities: Project Volume up to 120 Mio. € | 30 Employees, thereof 28 managers | 20
Direct reports
Achievements:
▪ Increased margins at SOP | Launch cost reduction -80%
▪ Global team integration +50% Program Managers
▪ 100% Program Risks Controlled
Autoneum AG | Winterthur, Suisse | www.autoneum.com
Global Automotive Supplier | 2,3 bn CHF Sales | 13.000 Employees

CEO Turkey Plant Manager | Bursa, Turkey | 01/2011 – 12/2013
▪ Leading the Management Committee, Reporting to the Board of the JV (51/49)
▪ Project manager for Russia: Acquisition New Business, Site selection, Layout, Planning and
Steering in cooperation with the Autoneum Group CEO
Responsibilities: Sales 25 Mio. € | 130 Employees, thereof 8 managers
Achievements:
▪ Topline growth +60% | EBIT growth +121% | Employees +8% within 3 years
▪ Efficiency gains >40% | Production plant transfer completed in <60 days

Chief Restructuring Officer | Winterthur, Switzerland | 03/2009 – 12/2010

CEO Korea Plant Manager | Seoul, South Korea | 05/2007 – 02/2009

STS Group AG | Hallbergmoos, Germany| www.sts.group
PE-backed Global Automotive Supplier | 400 Mio. € Sales | 2.700 Employees
CEO Italy VP Business Unit Acoustics | Chief Operations Officer | 09/2017 – 11/2019
▪ 5 Production Plants in Italy, Poland (Greenfield) and Brazil. HQ and Engineering Center
▪ Expansion of World Class Manufacturing methods, Pull Flow and VAVE
▪ Transformation, Value Creation, R&D, including change management, restructuring
Responsibilities: Sales 130 Mio. € | Project volume 15 Mio. € | 11 executives in Italy,
Poland and Brazil incl. Engineering, Purchasing, R&D | 800 Employees | Interdisciplinary

Achievements:
 Reduction of operating costs by 6% p.a. through continuous process improvements
 EBITDA improvement in the Greenfield from index level -100 to -25
 Successful integration of Brazil and R & D into the Business Unit structure

Global Head Lean Manufacturing & Program Management | 02/2017 – 08/2017
▪ Carve Out Large Corporates. PMI of 13 plants worldwide

Robert Bürkle | Freudenstadt| www.burkle.tech
PE-backed Global Surface Technology and Machinery | 120 Mio. € Sales | 500 Employees
CEO Hungary Managing Director | Chief Operations Officer
▪ Management of 4 Production Plants in Germany, Hungary, China with full P&L
responsibility as well as Purchasing/Supply Chain and Quality Management functions
▪ Transformation Greenfield Plant Layout, Footprint, Industrialization, Building Up
Management Structures and Competences, Restructuring Germany, Carve Out
▪ Expansion of World Class Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Digitalization, Change
▪ Supplier Build and Expansion in Eastern Europe, Global Supply Chains
Responsibility: Fulfillment of 200.000 hours p.a. | 11 Reports | 250 Employees | Professional
& disciplinary leadership of Plant Managers, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management,
Purchasing and Supply Chain | Managing Director in Germany and Hungary

Achievements:
▪ Fulfillment Eastern Europe Greenfield +100% within one year
▪ Improvement of EBITDA Group +40% within one year

Senior Partner | JTF Join the Future Consulting | Munich
NEOM | Oxagon, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Coast | www.neom.com
Greenfield Industry Cluster | 21 Mio. sqm
Advanced and Clean Manufacturing (A&CM)
▪ Integration of Industry 4.0 and Sustainability into a new Manufacturing System
▪ Evaluation and Ramp-up of Expert Services in Oxagon, Index Development, Customizing
▪ Transformation in the Field – Concept, Planning and Execution of Assessments and
Roadmaps for SMEs and PE-backed Corporates in Saudi Arabia, Europe, China
▪ WEF accredited Lighthouse Operating System, incl. Data and Accelerated Digital
▪ Training and Certification of organizations
Responsibility: Senior Advisory, Transformation Leadership, Multi Program Management
Results on selected projects:
▪ Focus on Throughput in value stream bottlenecks | OEE improvement +30%
▪ Productivity improvement +13 to +30%
▪ Inventory reduction -40%