Halver, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
A highly skilled and awarded Global Strategic Executive with proven history managing and transforming multi-million manufacturing companies. Consistently delivers simple business infrastructure models that improve safety, deliver productivity and enable growth using rapid transformation in 12-18 months. • P&L leadership • Global reach: 50+ countries, 20+ sites • Business and transformational leadership • Shop floor to C-Suite to Board Room experience • Excellent track record in achieving and exceeding all financial and technical goals
Account for all German Kelvion plants, particularly the plant in Sarstedt.
Coled TA Holding GmbH, THUN Automotive GmbH, Germany and THUN Kft., Hungary (stamping, turning, welding and assembly) • Implemented a production system • Reorganized the order process • Increased the profitability • Successfully transferred the business to a new owner
Led Johnson Matthey’s Battery Materials (lithium iron phosphate cathode) business. • Turned-around the business to a double-digit EBIT margin • Successfully transferred the business to a new owner
Accounted for Clean Air Sector (automotive and stationary exhaust catalysts and filters) operations, GBP 2.4B revenue with 10+ sites, 6,000+ employees. • Defined the best-in-class manufacturing technology standard and fully implemented it in three Greenfield plants in Poland, China & India and comprehensively in all already existing plants • Led the global restructuring of the operations organizations, reducing the level management layers from up to 12 to only 4 • Reduced 10% of the total site cost while growing output • Achieved significant quality improvements in manufacturing acknowledged explicitly by the two largest global car manufactures • Implemented a global capacity and supply chain model, significantly improving delivery performance and minimizing capital employed • Ramped-up a global procurement organization which delivers multimillion-pound material cost savings per year • Participated on several Jonson Matthey Boards: Clean Air Executive Committee, JM IT Board, JM Operating committee and JM Sustainability & EHS Committee
Coleader of Europe’s largest fitted kitchens manufacturer. Managed procurement and operations, including CAD and distribution logistics. Accounted for 2,200 employees and EUR 1,0B revenue. • Reduced the material prices by 2% and the manufacturing equipment prices by 8% • Increased the manufacturing output and delivery volumes by 7%, fully utilizing the capacities • Kept the missing part quota far below 0.1% • Increased the possible variant diversity to marked demand, keeping inventory levels constant • Created the planning for two further European and one Asian manufacturing plant
Managed steering wheel business of TRW globally. Accounted for 7,500 employees and USD 600M revenue. Directly led operations in Europe & North America & Africa, supported Asia Pacific & South America and jointly responsible for global sales and engineering. • Achieved the global industry benchmark by realizing the lowest manufacturing cost per steering wheel in comparison to competitors • Transferred one Czech and two German plants to Romania within three months • Achieved a turn-around in a Mexican plant by improving productivity by more than 30% • Optimized the quotation process by applying exact standard costing