Germany
Experienced international executive with a wide range of leadership and change management experience: - Integrating successfully two different companies into one organisation in the US in tough market conditions. - Restructuring the sales strategy and the manufacturing footprint of a French entity with global presences. - Heading the operative restructuring of a global group. - Leading design to cost initiatives with great impact in the solar and equipment industry. - Introduction of professional project management in various project portfolios. - Introduction of product management to a turnkey manufacturing line offering. Wide range of international experience: - Overall 6 years in JAPAN in various functions, mainly sales and service. - Various functions in INDIA (strategy advisor, board director,...) - CEO in the USA - President and CEO in FRANCE - Successful negotiations in KOREA. - China, Greece, Spain
Responsible for - the central IT of Fraunhofer - Fraunhofers ERP System (SAP) - Fraunhofers Business Process Management
Responsible for the SAP system environment of the FhG
Department Head of the MEMS production clean room facility in Itzehoe
Successful operative restructuring of the SKW Group Member of the board in all major group companies CEO in the US to integrate two most important units, return to cometitiveness CEO in France, definition and execution of new sales strategy Markets: Steelmaking in the blast furnace and EAF route.
Developing and executing a new sales strategy, that significantly improved profitability. Optimising the global foot-print Business development in Japan