Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
I help stabilize and improve industrial businesses in high-pressure situations: turnarounds, ramp-up crises, supplier instability, quality breakdowns and operational restructuring. My work sits between shopfloor reality and executive decision-making: translating unstable operations into measurable EBITDA, cash, quality and delivery improvements. I have supported heavy-industry and automotive situations across Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hungary, Mexico, the US and Brazil — working with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, Tier-2 suppliers and industrial management teams. Relevant impact includes EUR 25–30m recurring EBITDA improvement in heavy-industry restructuring, EUR 5m p.a. supplier-turnaround improvement pipeline, more than 20% scrap reduction in an e-powertrain ramp-up crisis, ramp-up from approx. 20 to 200 units/day, scrap reduction from approx. 25% to 5% in a launch-stabilization case, and approx. 80% recall-cost avoidance in a safety-critical warranty case. My leadership style is calm, fact-based and execution-driven: stabilization first, measurable improvement second. I am most relevant for PE-backed industrial assets, distressed situations, carve-outs, supplier turnarounds, ramp-up crises and operational performance programs. Keywords: Operations Turnaround, Restructuring, PE Value Creation, Industrial Performance, Special Situations, Carve-outs, Supplier Turnaround, Ramp-up Stabilization, EBITDA Improvement, Cash Improvement, Quality Improvement, Working Capital, Warranty Leakage, Shopfloor Execution.
Associate Director focused on operations turnaround, restructuring, industrial performance and PE-relevant value creation situations. Supported group-wide operations restructuring of a distressed heavy-industry manufacturer under liquidity and refinancing pressure; translated EBITDA targets into executable production, maintenance and productivity measures. Built implementation governance, SteerCo reporting and measure-maturity tracking; contributed to approx. EUR 25–30m annual recurring EBITDA impact from 2024 onward, increasing toward approx. EUR 45m p.a. by 2027/28. Led and supported supplier-turnaround, launch-stabilization and operational-performance programs across automotive, heavy industry and industrial components. Improved quality, scrap, ramp-up output, warranty exposure and operational decision-making across multi-plant environments. Worked across shopfloor, plant management, OEM interfaces and executive steering committees.
MAN Truck & Bus AG, München - Analyseleiter in der Abteilung Unternehmensqualität, Bereich Fehleranalyse (Cabin/Body).