Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

As Interim Manager COO, CEO, and VP Operations, I take on overall operational responsibility in companies that require stabilization, transformation, or restructuring – quickly, directly, and with measurable results.

25+ years of international leadership experience. 20+ mandates. Automotive (Tier 1), Mechanical Engineering, Medical Technology, Defense, Electronics. DACH + Europe + International.

FOCUS AREAS:

- COO ad interim / VP Operations / CEO

- Operations & Production

- Supply Chain Management & S&OP

- Shopfloor Management & Lean Manufacturing

- Paperless Manufacturing & Industry 4.0

- IATF Certification

- Restructuring & FTE Optimization

- KPI Structures & Cash Flow Optimization

- SAP TRM

PROVEN RESULTS:

- Lead Time: 150 → 20 days (–87%)

- Inventory Costs: –€25 million (Heckler & Koch)

- WIP Reduction: –€10 million

- FTE Optimization: –16% without layoffs

- Production Increase: +40%

- Paperless Manufacturing implemented in 4 mandates

- SAP TRM World Premiere at Kaeser Kompressoren

REFERENCES:

BMW · Volkswagen · Kaeser Kompressoren · Heckler & Koch · Komax · Hilti · Carl Zeiss · Alstom · Volvo · Pfizer · KPMG (BrainNet) · PwC (Management Engineers)

EDUCATION:

Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering · Dipl.-Industrial Engineer · M.Sc. Process Management

LANGUAGES:

German (Native) · English (Native) · Spanish (Advanced)

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Stuttgart (up to 50km)

Heckler & Koch
CEO / COO / Interim Director
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
April 2015 - December 2016 (1 year and 8 months)
Oberndorf, Germany
Employee management of 460 People in the following areas:

- Production
- Procurement - Maintenance
- Logistics
- Production control
- Product- und Process planning
- Responsible for € 75 million purchase volume
- Dualsourcing, Implementation of a Consignment stock
- Implementation Forcast
- One-piece-flow assembling
- Contract negotiations.
- Product shift from Germany to the USA
change-and-transformation-management Process Management process-management Lead Time Reduction WIP Reduction
ComFlex GmbH
& Project Manager
January 1999 - January 2004 (5 years)
• · First medical transmission via Internet worldwide
◦ · Automotive projects: Volvo, Land Rover, NedCar, VW Mexico
Kaeser Kompressoren
Senior Consultant & Project Lead
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
January 2004 - January 2012 (8 years)
Coburg, Germany
◦ · World's first SAP-TRM HRL project
- Contract Management
- Change Management
- Board Meeting
- Negotiation preparation / monitoring and allocation,
- Lean manufacturing optimization to
- Supplier management,
- Contract Management
- Project management,
- Provisional acceptance from a supplier
- Steel structure high-bay warehouse and materials handling - Commissioning and acceptance support
- Personnel Management