Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, Austria
Industrial engineer with experience in project management and leading operations departments at world class FMCG producers.
Passionately leading the operations team and driving the TPM Journey at the Mars Royal Canin site in Bruck an der Leitha. Great experience to be back in a people leadership role!
In this role I work as Industrial engineer in the region Europe for Royal Canin. Through driving the investment agenda, FI pillar and continuous improvement in the region I aim to give cats and dogs the best life possible.
Next to the responsibility as IE manager, I now also lead the MSE/TPM program for the VSN factory.
The site IE manager has a strategic role within the management team of the factory. This role can be seen as the internal consultant for the plant manager and the management team and is responsible for the KPI reporting structure, leading loss elimination programs and long term investment plans for the factory.
As Operations Department Leader I was responsible for the Value Stream "Ancillaries"; where Body Lotion, Shower Gel and After Shave Balm was produced. My Job was to lead the Making, Packing and Site wide IT Department. I was responsible for all major KPI's as well as the TPM programs related to the Value Stream.
Project manager of langer Capital project. Leading Development of new multi site equipment working with R&D, Operations and Packaging experts.
Project management of larger engineering projects in P&G's prestige plant in Cologne
I developed a tool that can be used to analyze the performance of the packing lines.
The Industrial Engineering and Management board in Groningen consists of four people who are employed at the university of Groningen and one student. My responsibilities where to represent the students in the board and to organize the promotional activities of the program.
I assisted teaching the course Simulation of Business Processes. In this course students have to simulate discrete production processes with a software program. My responsibility was to guide the students during the practical part of the course, where they had to make assignments with the simulation program.