
Short profile
Professional competencies / Summary
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Internationally experienced manager with strategic and operational responsibility along the value chain: production, quality management, purchasing, supply chain management, service, maintenance, work planning, occupational safety
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Many years of management experience in the following sectors: Mechanical engineering, metal & electronics, drive technology, automotive, printing industry, maritime industry, consulting
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Factory planning with new construction/conversion of industrial plants in Europe according to strategic aspects in connection with the development of process-oriented organizations
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Disciplinary responsibility for > 400 employees with a budget of EUR 30 million
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Commercial competence through carrying out of forecast and medium-term planning
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Excellence development in manufacturing industrial companies using the current methods of Industry 5.0 with the topics of digitalization, artificial intelligence, automation, sustainability and, of course, the involvement of people
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High ability to analyze and optimize through many years of work as an auditor
Business successes
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Significant increase in delivery performance to 99% by establishing supply chain management and digitalizing the internal and external value stream in Power BI
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Successful establishment of excellent lean management. The team boards are purely digital and the CIP is set up together with quality management. Training courses can be completed virtually via the company's own learning platform
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Increase in the degree of automation with an increase in robot density including COBOT’s to 1200. Reduction in work steps by using new processing technologies. Productivity increases of at least 5%/year.
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Development of a rolling, process-oriented reporting system with digital derivation of KPIs. This is used for optimization and target achievement, including the sourcing strategy with TCO consideration. Reporting is regularly discussed in the Executive Board
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Creation of a cross-company innovation platform with various institutes and universities. The platform is used to find innovations to deploy external experts for the company and for recruiting purposes
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Development of a quality management system based on the EFQM model. 30% increase in maturity level within the last 2 years
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Implementation of the "Operational Excellence" vision according to the strategic plan with the new construction/conversion of the international production sites in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic
Skills / Characteristics
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My management style is based on the performance of my team members. I encourage and support my employees to successfully develop their personalities and achieve their goals. Together, my key employees form a strong team
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In addition to the visionary and strategic work on the Management Board, the rapid implementation of key tasks is very important to me. My hands-on mentality combined with good communication skills, trust and composure are very helpful in this respect
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I follow a structured and process-oriented approach. My willingness to make decisions is well supported by transparency
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I am driven by challenges and with the right amount of humor, many topics can be mastered with ease
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Transformation processes have always accompanied my work. The clear orientation of the organization is therefore very important