Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Results-driven Engineering Director with 8+ years of leadership experience in global manufacturing, new product introduction, technology innovation, and operational excellence. Proven track record managing €50M+ CAPEX portfolios, leading cross-functional teams, and driving Transformation by Technology, efficiency and digitalization initiatives with focus on change & transformation. Background in Mechanical Engineering &Polymer Science (Dipl.-Ing.), and Operations Management (MSc), PMP-and Six Sigma certified with strong academic credentials and international mindset. Lifelong learner: Currently Executive MBA candidate for Strategic Management at LIMAK Austrian Business School
● Full responsibility for industrialization of production processes & equimpment ( e.g moulding, surface technology & polymer welding & glueing, visual inspection, high throughput assembly, packaging, AGVs & Warehouse Systems) from first concept until serial handover ● Global lead Center of Excellence Preanalytics - driving transformation and excellence in industrialization and ensuring long-term competetive manufacturing. ● 50 MEUR industrialization CAPEX portfolio responsibility ● Establishment of new organizational area including project management & ROCE driven Portfolio Management ● Management of process & machine related improvements and innovations ● Management of global production support for plants and know-how transfer including maturity improvement and troubleshooting.
Project Management
● Trainer für Erwachsenenbildung & Strategischer Begleiter > Rhetorik, Kommunikation und Präsentationstechnik > Strategische Begleitung, Change Management und Kampagnenmanagement > Klausur- und Workshop-Moderation ● Hochschuldozent Projektmanagement: Fachhochschule OÖ - Campus Wels (seit 2022) ● Hochschuldozent Additive Fertigung & Rapid Prototyping: Fachhochschule Salzburg 2020-2024) ● Vortragender & Prüfer Fertigungstechnik: Werkmeisterschule Ried & Braunau ● Dozent & Prüfer Technische Mechanik- Berufsreifeprüfung am WIFI OÖ (seit 2021) ● Fachexperte Maschinenbau & Kunststofftechnik gem. §, Abs. 4 Ingenieurgesetz (seit 2023)
● Head of Department Material & Process Engineering (C-2) ● Responsibility for group-wide industrialization of production processes ( e.g moulding, surface technology & laquering, polymer welding, laser cutting, assembly) ● Leading four international teams of 30+ engineers & specialists in 5 different locations ● Management of global production support for POLYTEC plants locations (AT, DE, NL, CZ, CN, GB, SA), know-how transfer including maturity improvement and troubleshooting.
● Head of Manufacturing Engineering Processes (HQ) ● Global management of innovations, developments and optimizations in injection molding, assembly, surface technologies ● Portfolio Management Injection Molding Technologies & Head of Center of Excellence (CoE) Injection Molding ● Establishment and management of global standards & monitoring and improvement of processes during industrialization and serial production ● Management of global production support for ZKW locations (AT, CZ, SK, MX, CN), know-how transfer including maturity improvement and troubleshooting.