Nicolas Justus

Director of Logistics @ Bosch Rexroth | Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, Automation

Stuttgart Region

About

As a Director of Logistics at Bosch Rexroth, I lead the warehouse and planning activities in the Queretaro plant, overseeing 165 employees. I have over 15 years of experience in supply chain management across multiple countries, with a focus on process optimization, automation, and innovation. I hold a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Technische Universität Darmstadt. My expertise includes planning, supply chain network design, and continuous improvement. I am passionate about creating efficient and sustainable logistics solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and business performance.

Experience

  • Bosch Rexroth (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Director Supplier Base Excellence
      May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Director of Logistics (Plant)
      Feb 2024 - May 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Director of Logistics responsible for all warehouse and planning activities in Queretaro plant (165 employees) and the introduction of global SAP standards - Supervised the ramp up of a new production plant for all processes of logistics - Completed supply chain modelling - Designed and implemented physical layout and operations from scratch

    • Director of Logistics, eBusiness and Order Management Processes for sales unit Central Europe
      Sep 2020 - Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Director of logistics, eBusiness and order management processes for the sales unit Central Europe (68 employees across 3 countries) - Introduced robotic process automation for several processes - Designed the user experience for a new online store and headed the rollout in Central Europe - Implemented process mining for internal procurement - Expanded automation in order entry from 76% to 85% across EDI, online store and automatic text recognition

  • Co-Managing Director at Robert Bosch Start-up GmbH
    Sep 2017 - Dec 2017 · 4 mos

    Co-Managing Director for a B2B e-commerce start-up during the spin-off phase - discontinued due to cannibalization effects for the core business of the Bosch Rexroth AG - Designed and validated business model following the lean start-up principles - Formulated business plan and initiated a joint venture with other players in the market - Coordinated agile software development (scrum) with external partners - Completed UC Berkeley Accelerator Program

  • Bosch Rexroth (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Project Leader in Controlling
      Feb 2017 - Aug 2017 · 7 mos

      Project Leader in Controlling for the Boxtel plant supporting restructuring projects - Optimized margins by overhauling the calculation concept for project orders - Enhanced the foundations for making decisions with a new controlling concept for the plant - Supported projects for planning machine movements and for outsourcing product families

    • Manager Planning & Procurement
      Feb 2015 - Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

      Manager Planning & Procurement with a team of 20 employees - Coordinated the international move of a production line without impacting the customer - Restructured the entire group (reduction of 10 employees) - Modernized demand planning and production control methods - Increased efficiency by standardizing work patterns and by starting a qualification program - Raised on-time delivery above 96% while lowering inventory

    • Sabbatical for PhD
      Jun 2014 - Jan 2015 · 8 mos

      Sabbatical for advancing the doctoral thesis

  • Production Engineering Intern at Procter & Gamble
    Sep 2008 - Apr 2009 · 8 mos

    Project leader of a simulation study (master thesis) - Designed processes before start of production - Analyzed how many workers will be needed

  • Production Engineering Intern at Porsche
    Mar 2007 - Oct 2007 · 8 mos

    Tracked the planning and construction of dies for car components