"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer
Personal Profile
Graduate in business administration from the Wuerttemberg academy of administration and business management (VWA) and certified International Mergers & Acquisitions Expert from the Munich Business School with more than 35 years of experience in management positions.
skills:
vision und strategy, competitiv spirit & assertiveness, self-reflection and learning, analytical & structured.
preferences:
rapidly changing situations, diversity and change, possibilty to boost and explore new things, implementation of ideas.
dislikes:
pecific rules and restrictive manacles, tedious and repetitive tasks.
Experience and realised projects
3 years responsible for strategy and M&A at the leading european trailer manufacturer.
- market analyses for Turkey, Middle East, Iran, India.
- Founding of a 100 percent subsidiary in Turkey with the divisions sales, production and services for trailers. Establishment of a coorperation in Turkey to manufacture container chassis for the European market.
- Establishment of a cooperation and founding of a 100 percent subsidiary in Slovakia for the products swap trailers and swap bodies.
15 years General Manager of a subsidiary at the leading european trailer manufacturer responsible for the product lines bulk cargo and disposal vehicles for intermodal transport, walking floor trailers and project orders.
- roll-out/introduction of a new ERP system, redevelopment of the products container chassis, tipping semi-trailer and truck bodies, as well as new vehicle concepts for the public sector.
- 3-times winner of the ‘Trailer Innovation’ prize.
- Complete redesign of the production layout oriented to the Toyota lean manufacturing principles. Investments in the areas parts production, frame construction, sand blast and paint-shop as well as final assembly with the target cycle time of 20 minutes.
- Initialization and successful implementation of the reorganization project ‘TOP performer’ between 2014-2017 for the adjustment of the product portfolio (‘growth through renunciation’) with the aim of increasing profits through an increase in productivity, quality and sales to extent the positions as the European market leader in the product lines bulk cargo and disposal. Increase in turnover from EUR 60m to EUR 140m.
5 years General Manager of a subsidiary for system components of the leading european trailer manufacturer.
- Product design and set-up of sales for system components of trailers, brake modules, underrun protection devices, sliding roofs and body assembly kits.
- Increase in turnover from EUR 3m to EUR 40m.
2 years independent consultant with focus on production, logistics and product development in the areas vehicle construction, agricultural engineering and caravans. At the same time partner of a system components manufacturer with proper product development for vehicle construction.
- Product design and set-up of a new production line for agricultural trailers; product development, product design and installment of the complete production line for parcel vehicles.
- Reorganisation of a medium-sized vehicle manufacturer.
1 year management of the departments operations scheduling, time management, procurement and customized production orders in vehicle manufacturing.
- Introduction of a new ERP system and reorganization of the customer-specific tailor-made construction and production process.
5 years management of the division trailer production in vehicle manufacturing.
- Reorganization of the final assembly line from work-shop type to process manufacturing; automatization of the tailboard production, set-up of the module assembly for brake and electrical systems. Set-up of a production line for parcel vehicles.
5 years factory manager in an agricultaral machinery crafts enterprise
- Set-up of a second mainstay with the beginning of the production of customized passenger car trailers and extension of caravans.