Zürich Metropolitan Area
Hans is founder of The Strategists Network (TSN), a strategy consultancy and alliance of experienced executives offering management consulting services. Profound knowledge in logistics as well as in medical devices, especially respiratory care and osteosynthesis. Previously chief strategist and head of Hamilton Medical's respiratory supplies business. Profit and loss responsibility for annual sales of CHF 42 million (2017). With a great team, his business field for Accessories & Consumables achieved annual growth rates of more than 20% between 2014 and 2017. As Vice President Corporate Development, responsible for the strategy of Kuehne + Nagel, the world's largest sea and air freight forwarder. Management responsibility for 250 employees worldwide. Implementation of Shared Service Centers with more than 3'000 FTE. Hans was trained as a consultant with Arthur D. Little. He advised companies in healthcare, travel and transportation, consumer goods, telecommunications, and energy. His project focus was on strategy & organization, innovation & business transformation, as well as operations and SCM. At Johnson & Johnson DePuySynthes he worked as a project manager in Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management for four years. Implementation of product and supply chain risk management. He is a trained paramedic and worked in emergency medicine in 1994 and 1995. He then studied mechanical engineering and economics at the Technical University of Dresden and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). In parallel to his profession, he received a doctorate in Supply Chain Risk Management from the ETH Zurich. Hans completed an executive education at MIT on the subject of organizational design. Hans combines economic, technical, and medical perspectives. His leadership builds on trust, respect and partnership. Focus on developing the team to reach the full potential of each individual. Known to be a very good communicator and speaker. Faculty at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Logistics Management. Together with his wife, proud parents of four children. Enthusiastic mountaineer.
Functions: Strategy I M&A I Market Intelligence Industries: Healthcare / MedTech / Life Sciences, Private Equity, Start-ups, Logistics / Transportation and Industry
Strategy development and implementation. Head of the business unit for accessories and consumables. incl. profit and loss responsibility, staff and revenue responsibility USD 42 million, over 20% annual growth rate. Reports to the President of Hamilton Medical
Responsible for the Group Strategy Organizational development Shared Service Center Restructuring / Cost Cutting Macroeconomics Quality, Savety, Health, Environment, Security; 250 staff globally Strategic Projects on behalf of the Executive Board and Board of Directors Reports to the Group CEO
Management Consulting Projects in Corporate Strategy, Risk Management, Operations-, Logistic & Supply Chain Management, Shared Service Center, Procurement Excellence, Category Management, Cost Cutting, Restructuring, Lean Logistic/Manufacturing; Client industries: Health Care, Consumer Electronics, Energy, Telecommunication, Travel & Transportation, Freight Forwarding
Manufacturing network strategy, assessment of locations in Europe for new factories Plant development strategy, concentration of production lines in Switzerland & USA Post Merger Integration of a medical device company (Mathys Medical) Capacity build-up: Clean-room facilities for packaging of medical devices Implementation of Just-in-time and Lean Manufacturing (Capacity evaluation, Man/Machine Balance, Cell Design & Workflow, Setup Reduction, Timetable Planning, Pull-Logistics) Implementation of Supply Chain Risk Management Development of functional disc replacement for the spine, Contributed to two patents