Switzerland
š Building High-Performance Teams | Transformation Leadership | Lean Enterprise | People & Performance I lead organizations through transformation, operational excellence, and people-centered leadership ā with a strong track record in scaling manufacturing operations, driving sustainable profitability, and building high-performance cultures in complex international environments. My experience spans automotive, industrial manufacturing, and medical technology, where I have led operational turnarounds, Lean enterprise transformations, and strategic growth initiatives across multi-functional organizations. What defines my leadership style is the combination of high expectations with trust, clarity, and empowerment. I believe sustainable performance is created when strong culture, accountable leadership, and operational discipline work together. Experienced in: ā¢ Operations & P&L Leadership ā¢ Transformation & Turnaround Management ā¢ Lean Enterprise & Operational Excellence ā¢ Leadership Development & Organizational Change ā¢ Strategy Execution in International Manufacturing Environments Known for combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to align people behind a common vision. Passionate about building resilient organizations, developing leaders, and creating long-term impact.
Driving operational excellence and strategic transformation for a high-volume production entity with double-digit million CHF output and triple-digit million CHF asset responsibility. Leading a team of 90 engaged professionals across Injection Moulding, Tooling, Assembly, Machining, Quality Assurance, and Intralogistics. Strategic Leadership: Full Costcenter responsibility, capacity planning, and execution of short, mid- and long-term operational strategies aligned with global business objectives. Operational Excellence: Implementing and improving Lean principles, Industry 4.0 initiatives, and automation projects to enhance productivity and competitiveness. People & Culture: Building a high-performance organization through talent development, coaching, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Innovation & Growth: Driving technology pilots and new operation concepts to position the site as a benchmark for global operations. Building excellence in Flow ! š We are driving an effective work environment by caring for each other - learning by taking action, so achieving performance. Getting better everyday!š Operations Management | Transformation | Lean & Continuous Improvement | Change Leadership | Collaboration | Asset Management
I had the honor to led the continuous improvement / SonovaX journey within Germanys operations. Leading Operations Strategy in the Management Team of AUDIA Akustik GmbH. Deploying lean and strategy with goal deployment, daily management, standard work, Jidoka, problem solving, kaizens and many more to continuously improve our business and customer experience. Habit development of the whole organization to lean thinking and application of lean tools. Operations consolidation | Brown Field Project | Green Field Project As a Team - with the power of Lean - we achieved tremendous results. 3 consecutive years double digit productivity improvements. 32 Kaizen Events with more than 500 awesome people! We created sense - through striving for a world without limitations so that everyone can enjoy the delight of hearing!
Member of the Plant Management Team - Ensuring Business continuity and safety for our members during the pandemic situation (Resources, Supply Chain shortages, close cooperation with Customers and Suppliers, providing contingency plans) - Leading Management routines - on Site Leading Continuous Improvement - Kaizen activities in several sites - Leading Change - Operational Performance Management / Focused Improvement deployment - Technical, Logistics and Continuous Improvement Assessments - Training of all Members of the site to Lean Methodologies - Member of the Business Unit Central Europe for Continuous Improvement Leading Industrial Engineering in SILS-Center - Interface to customer Audi - Leading Engineering Change Management for complete Value and Supply Chain - Site Project Leader for Customer Projects and internal Projects Part of the global mentoring program.
- Leading Managementroutines - on Site - Ensuring Business continuity and safety for our Member during the pandemic situation (Ressources, Supply Chain shortages close cooperation with Customers and Suppliers, providing contigency plans) - Partner of the remotely working Plant Director
- Driving continuous improvment in injection moulding - Training of employees in SMED-Methodology - Leading SMED-Workshops - Projectmanagement for operational excellence in injection moulding - Keyfigure analysis - A3 Problem solving / Scrapreduction
Lean Manufacturing Support Development and Implementation of Process Control Systems Manufacturing Change support - Leading Layout Maintenance and planning for the Manufacturing Elaboration of efficient drying of polymers to improve performance and reduce machine "breakdowns" R&D - Development of a self venting cover for foil cartidges Process Development of foam injection moulding