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Christian Steffen

Operational Excellence | Lean Transformation

€1,200/day
Hamburg, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Christian

I support manufacturing and industrial companies in increasing operational performance in the short and long term.

My focus is on Lean Transformation, OEE optimization, and the development of high-performing performance management systems.

As an experienced Director of Operational Excellence with over 15 years of leadership experience (up to 500 employees), I have successfully implemented numerous transformation and restructuring programs in Europe and Asia.

Typical results of my projects:
✔ Increase in OEE and productivity
✔ Sustainable cost reduction
✔ Reduction of lead times
✔ Development of stable and transparent KPI systems

Typical fields of application:
✔ Lean Transformation & Production Systems
✔ Restructuring & Turnaround
✔ Performance Management & KPI Systems
✔ Leadership and Coaching of Management Teams

My goal is to achieve measurable results quickly and establish sustainable structures.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Hamburg (up to 50km), Hamburg (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km), Leipzig (up to 50km), Düsseldorf (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Unternehmensgruppe Theo Muller S.e.c.s
    Head of Lean Management
    AGRICULTURE
    May 2024 - April 2026 (1 year and 11 months)
    Dresden, Germany
    Introduction of Müller Production System
    Shopfloor Management
    Leadership Coaching
    Conducting training at all hierarchical levels
    OEE Performance Program
    Introduction and management of a Six Sigma Community
    Planning and implementation of TPM
    Introduction of Leader Standard Work
    Shopfloor Management Lean Six Sigma Coaching Structured Problem Solving KPI
  • Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Lean Consultant
    TECH
    November 2023 - April 2024 (5 months)
    Oberkochen, Germany
    Improvement of Service Level Agreement
    Introduction of Shopfloor Management
    Production Process Analysis
    Introduction of 5S
  • EDIS Netz GmbH
    Head of Operational Management / Process Management
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2019 - October 2023 (4 years and 9 months)
    Fürstenwalde/Spree, Germany
    • Conception of an Operational Excellence strategy for EDIS
    • Conception and implementation of a company-wide process management system
    • Rollout of a company-wide performance management system
    • Introduction of Hoshin Kanri
    • Developed and rolled out a coaching program (OE4SL) for top management
    • Responsible for the introduction of a company-wide OE software
    • Conducted various training sessions on OE topics at all company levels
    • Conducted various improvement workshops at all company levels (VSM, process mapping, RCA, 5S, etc.)
    Lean Management Process Management

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Certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
    Steinbeis University
    2012

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