Professional Experience
and Project References
Restructuring concept for a manufacturer of injection molding parts
- Focus: As-is analysis, evaluation of improvement potential
- Full analysis of organization and processes at the German site with 500+ employees
- Identification and display of improvement potentials incl. necessary cost cuttings
- Evaluation of all proposed measures
- Implementation (separate project, ongoing)
- Role: Project leader
- Results: Sustainable and future-oriented concept for the coming years, EBITDA increase of up to 10 percentage points, Cashflow effects of several million €
Evaluation of machine condition data as basis for Predictive Maintenance
- Focus: Analysis
- Analysis of available condition data of the tool machines
- Assessment of service reports by text mining
- Combination of the data from the two sources in an analytic model
- Evaluation of usability for a future predictive model
- Role: Project leader
- Results: As-is situation evaluated, prerequisites for future model defined, next steps planned
Project for industrial improvements in the organization of a global raw material producer
- Focus: Analysis, concept and implementation
- Detailed analysis of the entire value chain from mining and processing to the final product
- Development and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative improvement concepts in all areas
- Planning and support of the implementation with special focus on acceptance of the measures on the shopfloor-level
- Role: Project leader on 3 sites in Germany and Austria
- Results: Implementation fully planned and scheduled, first steps supported and completed successfully, customer team enabled for further implementation, improved results by several percentage points, significant cashflow effects
Optimization of hotline processes for a leading tool machine manufacturer
- Focus: Concept development and implementation support
- Continuous development of process and tools in cooperation with the customer, securing of transparency and measurable performance
- Introduction of the new process and the respective tools, training of the European and North American service organizations
- Further development of process and tools with specific focus on the interface between regional 1st level service and global 2nd level support
- Role: Project leader
- Results: Implementation completed in ~20 local European and North American service organizations, further optimizations on 2nd level initiated
Evaluation of the introduction of a new CRM-software for a manufacturer in the healthcare industry
- Focus: Concept development
- Documentation of as-is processes and improvement potentials of regional 1st level support and global 2nd level
- Conduction of 5 global design workshops with ~200 participants
- Evaluation of feasibility regarding process harmonization (global template approach)
- Development of a 5 years roadmap for the implementation of the new CRM-system (covering an invest of +10 mil €)
- Role: Stream leader “Global processes“
- Results: Global process template designed, implementation roadmap developed, savings and revenue potential of +10 mil € identified and verified
Relocation of a leading telecommunication provider’s central warehouse
- Focus: Implementation support
- Development and evaluation of transfer scenarios
- Preparation of the transfer to the new service provider (coordination of the different sub-projects, management of to do-lists, supervision of transfer readiness)
- Ramp-up management during the go-live of first distribution channels at the new location (communication interface, handling of escalations)
- Comprehensive project management and continuous operational support
- Role: Project leader during the 20 months project
- Results: Warehouse relocation completed successfully for the entire inventory with a value of +100 mil €
Optimization of the global SCM-network for a building materials producer
- Focus: Concept development and preparation of the implementation
- Documentation of strengths and weaknesses of the global SCM-network (production sites, intermediate storage of goods, distribution warehouses, transport flows)
- Improvement of cost transparency
- Development of optimization scenarios and calculation of saving potential resulting from integrated planning (sales forecast and production planning)
- Development of a 2 years implementation roadmap
- Role: Stream leader “Cost transparency”
- Results: Different optimization scenarios evaluated, detailed project plan for implementation developed, implementation project started
Optimization of internal alignment on the rescheduling of production orders for a manufacturer of gas turbines
- Focus: Implementation support
- The project was delivering overall support after the introduction of a new ERP-solution, the sub-project took place in the area of daily production planning
- Analysis and redesign of the existing setup with specific focus on communication between the different production areas and the documentation of agreed changes in SAP S&OP
- Training of process, organization, tool usage and support of the implementation
- Role: Stream leader “S&OP“and deputy leader of the overall project
- Results: Optimized setup implemented successfully
Optimization of an automotive supplier’s inhouse-logistics
- Focus: Concept
- Development of a comprehensive optimization concept for inhouse-processes and the respective interfaces to suppliers, production and customers
- Covered issues: outsourcing of inhouse-logistics, foundation of a logistics company, introduction of a forklift route management system, consolidation of inbound logistics via a transshipment point, operational improvements
- Evaluation of investment, costs and savings potential in different scenario simulations and calculation of a detailed business case
- Role: Project Leader
- Results: Quantified concept incl. implementation plan, savings potential of up to 25% of costs for inhouse-logistics
Purchasing optimizations for a leading manufacturer of wind turbines
- Focus: Concept development and implementation support
- Development of a concept for optimized purchasing of spare parts/components and leasing of the service fleet
- Covered issues: supplier rating (delivery performance, prices and conditions), price benchmarking of internal and external suppliers, selection of alternative suppliers, leasing concept and different options for the entire fleet, negotiation with suppliers
- Role: Project Leader
- Results: Savings in a two-digit percentage range
Optimization of the service hotline for a world leading machine manufacturer
- Focus: Concept
- Analysis and evaluation of as-is processes on various customer locations
- Development of a best practice process model and validation by pilots on different locations
- Rollout preparation for the entire German service organization
- Role: Team Member
- Results: Model documented and validated, implementation prepared, successful implementation completed in a follow-up project
Optimization of the Russian purchasing-, logistics- and SCM-setup for a building material producer
- Focus: Concept and implementation support
- Definition, documentation and introduction of standardized processes for all 3 departments by development of handbooks and respective training of ~50 employees
- Conduction of various tenders for products and services
- Additional optimizations resulting from a new TCO-based thinking and realization of significant cost savings by using the strengths of the own organization
- Role: Sub-project leader for handbooks and trainings
- Results: New processes introduced and trained, significant saving potentials of up to 40% realized
Approximately 15 optimization projects for leading companies in the telecommunications industry
- Focus: Concepts and implementation support
- Process and organization in the areas Supply Chain Management and After Sales
- Topics: Inventory optimization and working capital, planning and forecasting (CPFR), delivery concepts (VMI), controlling and KPIs, after sales-related concepts and return processes, operational support
- Role: Sub-project leader, stream leader, project member
- Results: Documented and implemented optimization concepts
Management of a major customer in the machine building industry
- Responsibility for a yearly turnover of +10 mil €
- Team lead for 5 employees from Germany, Italy and China
- Coordination of the global air and ocean freight shipments for around 70 different locations (management of the physical transportations, invoicing, controlling, communication interface for customers and service partners)
- Supervision and support of transport and warehousing tenders (service portfolio definition, RFI/RFP, price benchmarking, conduction of the tenders, analysis of results)
- Concept to secure existing and develop new business in the fields of inbound logistics, warehousing and distribution including implementation
- Project to introduce a platform solution for information logistics
- Development of a concept for the introduction of a transshipment point for the optimized production supply of an Italian production site
Set-up of a new service product “Machine packaging“
- Development of site-specific concepts for air and ocean freight packaging of CKD/SKD sets and complete machines
- Take-over of the operational responsibility for packaging at 4 sites in Germany, Italy and China
- Continuous development of the new service product
- Conduction of packaging-related consulting projects for various customers
Reorganization of a subsidiary
- Analysis of service portfolio, customer structure and operational costs
- Development of a reorganization concept with focus on cost cutting, make-or-buy decision for the fleet, re-focus on core competencies and generation of new business
- Development and introduction of a controlling and reporting system to secure sustainability of the measures
- On-site implementation support
