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David Günther

Center Manager / Plant Manager

€150/day
Fellbach, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About David

Structured and reliable Virtual Assistant with many years of experience in the industrial environment, data management, and operational processes.

I support companies with administrative and analytical tasks, particularly in maintaining, evaluating, and structuring data. My experience in production and corporate processes allows me to work precisely, solution-oriented, and with a high standard of quality.

My focus areas:
• Data entry and data maintenance
• Excel evaluations and reporting
• KPI analyses and table preparation
• Documentation and process support
• Research tasks
• Administrative support
• Structuring and optimizing processes

I work reliably, discreetly, and organized, and can quickly familiarize myself with new systems and processes.

Particularly suitable for:
• Small and medium-sized enterprises
• Technical companies
• Manufacturing companies
• Craft and industrial businesses
  • German

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Härtetechnik GmbH & Co.KG,
    Center Manager / Plant Manager
    February 2026 - Today (6 months)
    70 Fellbach, Germany
    • Overall responsibility for the site including production, technology, and quality
    • Result responsibility for costs, revenue, and operational key figures
    • Strategic and operational further development of the site
    • Management of investments and ensuring economic viability
    • Initiation and implementation of an automation project to substitute a manual assembly process through the use of robotics (ROI: 1.5 years)
    • Rapid stabilization of a critical delivery situation within 4 weeks through consistent prioritization, bottleneck management, and operational leadership at the shop floor level
    • Ensuring compliance with all relevant quality, safety, and environmental standards
    Production Planning Organizational Development
  • Weber Hydraulik GmbH,
    Production Manager
    April 2019 - January 2026 (6 years and 9 months)
    Güglingen, BW, Germany
    • Leadership of up to 250 employees in a multi-level production organization, including maintenance and training
    • Overall responsibility for productivity, quality, costs, and delivery reliability
    • Development and strategic advancement of KPI-based shop floor management for transparent control of productivity, quality, and bottlenecks
    • Sustainable increase in productivity from 65% to 83% through structural process optimizations and consistent control via key figures
    • Increase in OEE by 15% through targeted measures to increase equipment availability and process stability
    • Active development of the supervisor and management level through coaching, clear leadership structures, and strengthening of personal responsibility
    • Introduction and implementation of Lean methods (SMED, KVP) for sustainable efficiency improvement and reduction of setup times by 10%
    • Systematic root cause analysis and sustainable problem-solving using structured methods (5 Whys, Ishikawa)
  • METDRA Metall- und Drahtwarenfabrik GmbH
    Manufacturing Manager
    October 2017 - March 2019 (1 year and 5 months)
    • Overall responsibility for production, maintenance, and logistics
    • Stabilization of production processes through reorganization and standardization
    • Improvement of on-time delivery through optimized production planning and control
    • Direct reporting line to management, including budget and investment responsibility
    • Introduction and establishment of continuous improvement processes (CIP)

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Education

  • Eichler-Holzäpfel GmbH
  • Technical High School Diploma
    Gewerblich-Technische Berufsfachschule Waiblingen
    Fachschulreife

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