Category: Industrial Engineering

CEO / COO in multisite Automotive & Machinery Industries in Germany, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Brazil | Manufacturing R&D Purchasing Quality | Industry 4.0 and Sustainability | Coach & People Manager | Supply Chain Ecosystem | Lean Manufacturing | Lighthouse End-to-End Operating System IWS | Operations / IT Strategy | H2 Green Energy | Greenfield | Factory Layout | Automation & Robotics | Digital Transformation | ERP | MES | Change Management | Circularity | AI

10/1992 – 09/1997: Master in Industrial Engineering and Business Administration | KIT University Karlsruhe
Mains: Corporate Planning, Industrial Production, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing
Thesis: „Database Marketing Mercedes-Benz A-Class in Brazil“
10/1990 – 12/1991: Service | Red Cross | Sindelfingen, Germany
05/1990: A levels | Goldberg Gymnasium | Sindelfingen, Germany

Seminars: Functional Qualification & Leadership Competences:
▪ Lean Senior Expert in Production | IWEX | 10/2015 – 06/2016
▪ Negotiation Skills & Leadership | London Business School | 03/2010 & 11/2012

IT knowledge: PLM | ERP | MES | Sciforma | Microsoft Office| AI

Operations Performance Management, Throughput, Leadtime, Cost reduction,
Footprint, Greenfield, Brownfield, Ramp-up, Scale-up, Shutdown, Closing, Transfer

Fast returns. Cash and Profit focussed improvements.

Human centric approach and attitude

Decision Maker following strong values with >25 years Top-Management experience
 Sales responsibility up to 130 Mio. € | Leading Operations with 750 employees
 Delivering Strategic footprint, Turnaround, Growth and Transformation on a global scale

 Collaborative Leader with innovative spirit and a talent for problem solving priorities
 Strategic Thinker with extended international competencies in people development
 Target orientated | accountable | resilient | analytic | team minded | organized | assured

Moving the needle in Manufacturing, one to two levels up, 20-30% better efficiency, cost cash and leadtime reduction, improvments driven by data, sustainability and transformation

New Program Launch Cost reduced -80% | -72% Order leadtime improved | Value Add
increased +52% | Operating Profit improved by 16% yearly | Indirect Cost reduced by 5%
p.a. | Efficiency improved +32% | Production plant transferred in <60 days | Greenfields in Korea, Poland and Hungary up and running in <12 months

World Class Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Design,
Roadmaps, International C Level, Multi Project Management, Multi Site Management, Transformation, Standardization, Building Up Management Structures, PPAP, Roll out, Hydrogen, New Business, Central PMO teams, P&L-responsibility, Accelerated Digital, Training, APQP, Purchasing, Sustainability, Plato, Stage Gate Reviews, Expansion, Change Management, Digitalization, Footprint, Chemical, Customization (lot size 1), Greenfield Plant Layout, Design, Construction, AI, Microsoft Office, WEF accredited, Expert Services, Restructuring, KPI Systems, R&D, VAVE, Pull Flow, MES, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Lighthouse Operating System, ERP, Plant Structure, NPI, Quality Management, Industry 4.0, Sciforma, Carve Out, PMI, Risk Management, Site selection, Lead Index Development, Lean Manufacturing, Steering Data, Change Management, Value Creation, Program Management PMO, English fluent, French fluent, Italian basic, Portuguese basic