Karsten Bachmann

Logistics Lead Austria bei Axalta Coating Systems

Baden, Lower Austria, Austria

About

25+ year experience in Manufacturing, Logistics, Leadership and Coaching, Change Management, Project Management, Lean and Six-Sigma, Cost Reduction and Elimination, Outsourcing, Strategy Development, Process Management and Optimization, Safety Health & Environmental

Experience

  • Axalta (Full-time · 12 yrs)
    • Head of Logistics Austria
      Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

      Reporting line to Managing Director Axalta Coating Systems Austria GmbH. Responsible for the Logistics operations department in Austria and leadership function for 8 direct reports with 40 indirect reports. Single point of contact for Business Partners and Supply Chain. Created and established projects for more productivity and cost efficiency in the logistics department Austria.

    • Head of Logistics Germany
      Jul 2014 - Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Reporting line to EMEA Logistics Director. Group responsibility for logistics operations in Germany with supply chain in EMEA. 7 direct reports with 97 indirect reports. Single point of contact for Business Partners and Supply Chain.

  • DuPont Performance Coatings (Full-time · 15 yrs 8 mos)
    • Area Supervisor Internal Warehouses
      Jan 2012 - Jun 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Reporting line to Site Service Unit Manager. 5 direct reports with 87 indirect reports. Responsibility for the Intralogistics operations on production site in Wuppertal. Group responsibility for safety compliance, quality and environmental goals, achievement key performance indicators. Strong focus on change management and continuous improvements.

    • Warehouse Expert and Co-Area Supervisor for internal warehouses Wuppertal
      Jan 2008 - Dec 2011 · 4 yrs

      Responsible for continuous improvements, data analysis, develop of warehouse procedures, preparing and assist external audits, incident reporting and root cause execution, process safety analysis, management of change in case of implement new machines or assets. Since 2009 responsible for 3 direct reports with 40 indirect reports.

    • Du Pont Production System Expert - DPS-Expert
      May 2006 - Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Member of the first DPS-wave starting point in the biggest and most important production site from DuPont Performance Coatings in Wuppertal with 30 different experts from different functions and EMEA destinations. The team was supported from Mc-Kinsey Consulting.

  • Nuanceur Refinish Paint Production at Herberts GmbH
    Feb 1996 - Oct 2000 · 4 yrs 9 mos