Stuttgart Region
•More than 20 years of global leadership experience in the automotive and high-tech sectors with P&L responsibility for €2 billion in sales and 2,800 employees. • Ensuring highly profitable business areas through the development of compelling visions coupled with expertise, strategies, and execution • Direct management of international boards and general managers in different regions • Several years of experience in the successful consolidation of business areas and locations • Set-up of multiple joint ventures and company investments • Post-merger integration of acquired companies and as a takeover by other companies • Expertise in turnaround management for sustainable increase in profitability • Organization and process optimization with a focus on lean execution • Significant increase in sales through cost-optimized product platforms and customer relationships • High ability and proven experience in solving complex challenges in a fast-paced high-tech environment • Extensive experience in building, motivating, and mobilizing large international teams through practical and authentic leadership principles
Area of responsibility: global P&L responsibility Autonomous Driving multi € billion revenue ; 2500 employees • Global Reorganization: standardization of product platforms across all customers decentralization of customer organization (local instead of global) establishment of three customer application centers in best-cost countries • Reduction of all global business processes to a minimum cutting expense by 75% • Significant increase in new order volume outside Europe (triple annual turnover) • Annual sales growth of just under 20%. Increase in profitability from around 6% to 18% EBIT • Measures to maintain the cross margin in the long term • Stabilization of the organization and a massive reduction in staff turnover through clear communication, presence, and transparency toward employees
• Closure of the Nuremberg facilitation (590 employees): negotiation and creation of the social plan with works council; relocation of activities (re-deployment to Poland, Mexico, China) • Centralization of three locations in Munich (340 employees): new location and relocation with new security standards
• Area of responsibility: global P&L responsibility for BMW - Autonomous Driving; revenue €1.2 billion; 800 employees • Task force lead for stabilizing vehicle launches for BMW Service Pack 2021 (54 different products) • Product redesign, price renegotiations with suppliers, increasing product sales prices with BMW • Stabilization of the management team and a massive reduction in employee turnover through clear management rules and selective employee reinforcement • Regained customer trust at all interacting levels (R&D and purchasing)
• Valeo Global Executive for customers Honda, Daimler, JLR • Establishment of a global governance structure for 800 customer programs • Technical leadership of 3,400 employees globally (matrix organization) • Reorganization from Product Center to Customer Center on-site • Expansion and massive growth in Japan and the US • Introduction of Program Management Office and Leadership Academy