Gerhard Wimmer

Lean Process & Automation Manager

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I work on making warehouse and logistics operations run better — shorter cycle times, less waste, cleaner processes, more automation. My background is in process engineering, and most of what I do sits between the technical side (mapping flows, analysing cycle times, feasibility work) and the practical side: getting shop floor teams, engineers and external partners aligned so a change actually sticks. A couple of things I've worked on — extending Digitec Galaxus' same-day delivery to 55% of Swiss households, and more recently setting up lean structures on the shop floor and reworking automation and logistics processes at MS Direct. I'm most useful on projects that need both sides: someone who'll dig into the numbers and make the change happen on the ground.

Experience

  • Lean Process & Automation Manager at MS Direct AG
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Set up the shop floor lean board and the routines around it (visual tracking, regular standups) - Reworking core automation logistics processes end to end

  • Supply Chain Process Engineer at Digitec Galaxus AG
    Mar 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    - Helped expand same-day delivery coverage to 55% of Swiss households - Analysed cycle times across product lines to find where delays were building up and where to cut them - Ran feasibility studies on new delivery and process scenarios to support planning decisions - Kept engineering teams, external partners and shop floor staff aligned across projects

  • Transformation PMO at Pragmatica AG
    Nov 2021 - Dec 2021 · 2 mos

    - Conceptualize and present workshops for lean / agile work and management processes - Create maturity assessments for individual business units in regards to new processes

  • Project Management Officer at SIX
    Jul 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

    - Support, preparation and roll-out of new software and workplace - 1st and 2nd level support for users - Create reports and presentations for management

  • Trader / Analyst / CryptoTrading at Saphirstein
    Jul 2018 - Mar 2019 · 9 mos

    - Trading of Crypto-Products - Data and trading profiling / software evaluations