Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Ralph Klaunig possesses international experience in Germany, China, El Salvador; Japan, Korea and Honduras, and functional experience in Commercial as well as GM, MD, and Board of Directors experience. He has dealt with turnaround challenges and building high-performance teams. He is a leader who is comfortable dealing with ambiguity and who will use delegation and performance benchmarks to keep work efforts on track. He is also willing to take bold moves in order to improve results. He places a strong priority on satisfying customers and will seek to instill a customer-focused culture in his team. He is likely to prefer setting his own goals versus simply implementing those of others. He is driven by opportunities to build units or solutions from scratch, develop and implement new options, and drive change. He also values opportunities to set and pursue a vision. He could also be considered as a board successor, given his experience at the board level, his long-standing exposure to the business, and his dedication to contribute to the changes necessary to transform the organization to align with new, future requirements.