Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
I have 3 decades of management experience in R&D at P&G and Henkel in the Laundry & Home Care industry and more recently in Hair Care. I have worked in Italy, Belgium, Latin America and am currently located in Germany. My special areas of passion and experience are: innovation management, sustainability, product / technology, process and packaging design, consumer & market research, where I bridge technical competences and business acumen. I am currently the R&D leader of Global Innovation Design for Laundry & Home Care and Hair sectors at Henkel Consumer Brands. My motto, which summarizes my beliefs and approach, is ‘Vision and Pragmatism’. I am imaginative and insightful, but also decisive and strategic. I am a relentless achiever and have high standards of competence and performance for me and others around me. I deeply care about people and enjoy coaching and growing talents. Specialties: Product & Technology Design of Laundry & Home Care products, Hair Color/Care/Styling, Process Design, Packaging Design, Sustainability and decarbonization, Lean Innovation, Incubators/Accelerators, Business Models of Disruptive Innovation, Experienced in Consumer and Market Research, Corporate Trainer of Coaching, Quality Assurance, Organizational/Talent development, R&D Site Management, Global Platform Leader, Developed / Developing Markets, Europe, Latin America, Soluble Unit Dose, Pilot Plant.
Global Innovation Design leader for Laundry, Home Care, Hair Color/Care/Styling, Process and Packaging Centers of Excellence.
Global Innovation Leader for Laundry & Home Care, responsible for product, packaging and process design for Laundry Detergent, Fabric Finishers, Automatic Dish Washing, Toilet Care and Insect Control.
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Global Platform leader for converting of Soluble Unit Dose Global Soluble Unit Dose Film development Global Packaging Design and Delivery Platform Life Cycle Management Process Design Community and Pilot Plant Leader for Brussels Innovation Center
Global platform leader for converting of Soluble Unit Dose Soluble Unit Dose Film development Platform Life Cycle Management Process Design community Leader for Brussels Innovation Center