Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Proven track record leading global businesses, in large and medium-sized businesses with up to 4500 employees and €1.3bn turnover in highly complex technical environments (Aviation, Automotive, Energy, Space, Surface Technologies), delivering turnarounds, up to 40% growth, both organically and inorganically, and improved profitability. Energetic leader who develops clear strategic vision, with strong communication and collaborative management style. Quadrilingual (German, English, French, Spanish), interculturally astute, led several global business units and lived 8 years in the USA and UK. Core skills: Leading global industrial businesses, Turnaround Management, Cost Reduction, M&A Analysis through to Integration, creating high-performance multi-cultural teams
Aerostructures Europe at Latécoère delivers doors, fuselage structures, racks etc. to the aviation industry, notably Airbus, Boeing, Dassault out of 6 plants in France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
Strategic Sustainable Cost Reduction Leader across the entire Gas Power Division (~$10bn annual spend), establishing the function reporting to the CEO ramping up and leading a team of 80 experienced engineers to deliver 5% annual variable cost productivity ($300m achieved by end of 2022) with an annual budget of $40m. • Direct report to CEO, member of Senior Leadership Team of GE Gas Power • $300M sustainable cost out achieved in Gas Power products and processes, a payback of >9x on the original investment by end of 2026 • Three approaches and teams: - Value Engineering improves design and manufacturing of rotating equipment - System Architecture: systems beyond rotating equipment, service, quality, logistics etc. - Special Projects: mid to long term improvements with Engineering and Manufacturing • > 2100 cost out ideas created by end of 2022 • Required profound understanding of products and related technologies, manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, customer requirements, service, suppliers, quality • Highlights: Reduction of Combined Cycle Design, design improvements of rotating equipment, resolution of field quality issues, all initiatives >$10m each • Contributed >$15m with reduction of testing of production engines, optimized purchase of coating equipment, improvement of production processes
Leading world market leader (“hidden champion”) businesses with 2700 employees at 32 sites in 14 countries and a total revenue of $750MCHF, report to CEO. • 5 independent business lines: Materials, Coating Equipment, Friction Systems (all world market leaders), Coating Services, Aerospace Components • Designed M&A strategies, led transaction processes and successfully integrated 5 newly acquired businesses • 40% growth in 4 years (new customers and contracts, personal “CEO selling”) • Turnaround of Coating Services and Aerospace Components out of loss situation • Closed two sites and integrated profitable sections Headcount reduction to secure profitability (-350 heads, Covid, Boeing 737 Max production stop)
Set up new Gas Turbine Business Unit by integrating all Siemens Gas Turbines < 100MW and newly acquired Rolls-Royce Energy Business, 4500 employees, 1.3bn revenue, main sites in Sweden, USA, UK, Montreal and Brazil, selling ~150 turbines or full packages per year and reporting to CEO of Siemens Gas Power.
4500 employees, Engineering & Manufacturing of all Heavy Duty Gas Turbines (>100MW). Joint Ventures Shanghai, built new JV factories in Saudi Arabia & St. Petersburg.