Ruhr Region
Chemist - driving forward change & operational excellence in large scale chemical production | Leadership | Strategy | Transformation | Operations | Passionate about improving operational efficiencies | Skilled in project management, continuous process optimization CIP, SixSigma | Former lab leader R&D, strategic projects and plant support | With a passion for technical & organometallic chemistry as well as organic synthesis
Head of Operations Cluster 1 (Produktionsleiter) and Productionmanager (mult. Plant Manager / Betriebsleiter) at OXEA · §52 BImSchG responsibility for 6 plants / operating areas · Personnel responsibility for approx. 70 employees · Production of OXO chemicals (aldehydes, alcohols, polyoles) in kilotons scale based on hydroformylation of div. olefins · Planning, controlling and monitoring of production processes and ensuring a streamlined manufacturing · KPI monitoring and optimization of production processes with regard to quality, performance, delivery and occupational health & safety · Continuous improvements with regard to personnel efficiency, energy, raw material usage & other costs · Efficiency improvement of the production network: catalyst management, process optimization · Implementation of organizational transformation processes · Introduction of new products/processes from research into production · Preparation & excecution of audits by authorities, government and customers. · Responsible for managing investment projects, hazop studies, safety reports and cost center management
Management of operational logistics (Betriebsleiter) at the Oberhausen site of OQ Chemicals (OXEA): BImSchG; personnel responsibility for approx. 50 employees; responsible for operating a pipeline; management of internal railway operations; responsible for a hazardous materials tank farm with >50,000m³ incl. liquid gas storage facility (propylene; butene; ammonia); continuous improvements with regard to personnel efficiency as well as other costs; management of investment projects.
Operationsmanager at OQ Chemicals (OXEA), Member of the production cluster management Efficiency improvement of the production network, creation of process-relevant KPIs & dashboards; chemical process development; catalyst management; process optimization and evaluation of production data; implementation of digital tools; continuous improvement, e. g. in terms of process stability as well as energy and raw material consumption; planning and implementation of organizational transformation processes; support for the introduction of new products/processes from research into production; participation in safety studies (hazop); preparation & excecution of audits by authorities, government and customers.
Senior researcher & postdoc at CAT Catalytic Center, Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Coordination of the cooperation with the project partner Bayer Technology Services. Modification, commissioning and maintenance of a reactor system for continuous hydrogenations; safety representative. Research: Synthesis and development of carbon-supported nano catalysts for highly selective heterogeneous hydrogenations of nitro compounds and nitriles.
Research associate and postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Training and guidance of laboratory technicians, graduate and undergraduate students in preparative organometallic chemistry; organized and conducted seminars, tutorials and practical courses; supervised project work (bachelor and diploma theses); responsible for IR, Raman and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Research: Synthesis of novel organometallic catalysts for homogeneous catalytic oxidations with dioxygen; homogeneously catalyzed reduction of dioxygen to hydrogen peroxide; activation of silanes; mechanistic studies on model reactions.