Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
As the Team Lead Operational Excellence Program at ALPLA Group, I have been leading a young and dynamic team that supports plants all over the world in operational excellence topics within our own lean program. With over 7 years of experience in Operational Excellence and successful projects in over 18 different countries, I have developed a strong expertise in lean management, business development, and innovation, as well as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. My mission is to drive cultural change and operational improvement to ensure the competitiveness of our organization. I enjoy working in different countries on a weekly basis, as it gives me the opportunity to learn from diverse perspectives and challenges. I also have a high level of flexibility, endurance, and structured project management skills, which enable me to deliver results in complex and dynamic environments. Moreover, I have a keen interest in creating and implementing new ideas, using design thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset. I am on LinkedIn to strengthen business relations, make new connections, and share insights on lean and innovation topics.
As the Team Lead Operational Excellence Program at ALPLA Group, I have been leading a young and dynamic team that supports plants all over the world in operational excellence topics within our own lean program. With over six years of experience in this role and successful projects in over 18 different countries, I have developed a strong expertise in lean management, business development, and innovation, as well as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. My mission is to drive cultural change and operational improvement to ensure the competitiveness of our organization. I enjoy working in different countries on a weekly basis, as it gives me the opportunity to learn from diverse perspectives and challenges. I also have a high level of flexibility, endurance, and structured project management skills, which enable me to deliver results in complex and dynamic environments. Moreover, I have a keen interest in creating and implementing new ideas, using design thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset. I am on LinkedIn to strengthen business relations, make new connections, and share insights on lean and innovation topics.
I started in ALPLA as an OPEX Manager. Our young and dynamic team supports plants all over the world in operational excellence topics within our own lean-porgram. Working in different countires on a weekly basis is an awesome opportunity to learn and is a lot of fun, but requires high flexibility and endurance paired with structered project managment. Besides constantly building up knowledge in lean tools I obtained a very thorough methodical skillset and cultural awareness. I am on LinkedIn to strengthen business relations, make new connections and would be happy to start a conversation.
Within the project of my thesis i conducted a feasability study of how to benefit from the application of additive manufacturing within a big coorporation. The project is located in the strategic PMI section of the company overseeing all three major sectors of Krauss Maffei. It is a big opportunity for me in the role of the coordinator of this project to work with a great team which members are from various backgrounds and positions. Bringing together the members in order to work towards the goal of adding value to our products and generate a benefit through shortened lead times is a big daily challenge that is a lot of fun and that I take on gladly. Krauss Maffei has great leaders within the company and my department who are giving me the trust and responsibility for my task and enable me to develop a broad skill set on a fast pace. This, the passion for business development and technology manangement combined with the most disruptive technology of our decade are making the thesis project experience unique and thrilling.
I wrote my Bachelorthesis at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, which is the largest research organization for applied research in Europe. Its research fields are orientated towards man’s needs: health, safety, communication, mobility, energy and the environment. My topic was the "Optimization of the Energy Efficiency Index for the German Industry". I worked on the optimization of the algorithm to avoid a large spread of the concluded data to make the Index more reliable and convincing.
MTU is a leading distributor of the world’s finest diesel and gas engines and power systems, operating across on- and off-highway markets in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. I was part of a small Project Management team together with my leading head of projects and an application engineer. Together we took care of the Power Generation business for the whole Pacific area from the desig of custom solutions to manufacturing, delivery, installation, quality certifying and maintenance, also including customer and suplly chain management. Examples are the backup generators for the Queensland Hospital and Army Barracks or temporary and permanent generators for a gas pump site on Curtis Island. I gained a huge insight into the project management through taking on a lot of responsibility. This was mainly due to an incredible small team. Daily meetings with customers allowed me to build up a conversational and sensitivity skillset. Furthermore I was very lucky to apply and extent my knowledge regarding project management including budgeting, legal issues, liability, contract setup and time management!
Pre-Industrial Internship with the KNOLL Maschinenbau GmbH, which is one of the leading suppliers of conveying and filter systems for chips and cooling lubricants in the metal processing industry. Displacement pumps are also used in the field of chemical and food industries. Goal of this 2 month internship was to gain practical experience to be prepared for all theoretical tasks and challanges of an engineer. I finished this internship with my self designed aluminum exhaust and backplate holding system for my Yamaha FZ6n. Following skills were acquired: -Welding [WIC, MIC, MAC] -Analog lathe and miling mashines -SPS programming for CNC waterjet cutting, lathes and miling maschines -Drilling and finishing -CAD drawing -Kanban organizing -Powder coating -Quality management