Jochen V.

Manager Business Processes EMEA at Tennant Company

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Specialties: Prince2 certified; Six Sigma Green Belt (certified) Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (certified) Incident Management

Experience

  • Tennant Company (14 yrs)
    • Manager Business Processes EMEA
      Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

    • Process Excellence Manager EMEA
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Manage, Improve and re-design our processes and tools in the area's of Sales, Service and Pricing. Provide support to Green Belts/Improvement initiatives throughout the Sales and Service Organization in EMEA.

    • European Process Improvement Specialist/ LSS Black Belt
      Jul 2012 - Aug 2017 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Manage, lead and support EMEA wide Lean and Six Sigma initiatives in our Service organization. Provide Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training in Europe accross the different divisions of Tennant.

  • Deutsche Post DHL - Global Customer Solutions (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Process Improvement Advisor (First Choice / 6 Sigma)
      Apr 2009 - Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      First Choice is a structured approach to execute initiatives and process improvements, using methodologies like 6Sigma, Lean, DMAIC and Change Management. Process Improvement Advisors (PIA) develop process improvement solutions and action plans for less complex issues during an onsite workshop by applying LEAN and KAIZEN, following the DMAIC structure

    • Global Program Manager
      Dec 2007 - Jun 2012 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Responsibilities: Manage a portfolio of regional and global GCS customer programs. Establish a single global interface between DHL GCS, assigned customers and the DHL Operations. Ensures that contracted service levels are constantly maintained and improved by overall evaluation of service performance against agreed KPI's and customer expectations. Initiate, drive and own corrective action plans and process improvements

    • Program Manager
      Jun 2006 - Nov 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Program Coordinator at DHL Exel Supply Chain
    Sep 2005 - May 2006 · 9 mos