Stuttgart Region
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.
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 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 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
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 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 advancing the doctoral thesis
Project leader of a simulation study (master thesis) - Designed processes before start of production - Analyzed how many workers will be needed
Tracked the planning and construction of dies for car components