Experience

Grammer Interior Components GmbH

• Germany
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Grammer Interior Components GmbH | sales > 120 million € | 600 employees | 12 directs - Ensuring the achievement of plant KPIs in terms of quality, costs and delivery performance within the approved budget - Responsible for maintaining occupational safety, corporate protection, environmental protection and corporate social responsibility - Control of plant activities and optimization of plant efficiency in accordance with company guidelines - Establishment of Hardheim as Lead Plant Interior in the Grammer Corporation - Judicial / extrajudicial representation of the company Show less



Continental

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2021

  ContiTech Techno-Chemie GmbH | sales > 70 million € | 550 employees | 13 directs- Ensuring the achievement of plant KPIs in terms of quality, costs and delivery performance within the approved budget- Responsible for maintaining occupational safety, corporate protection, environmental protection and corporate social responsibility- Control of plant activities and optimization of plant efficiency in accordance with company guidelines- Establishment and expansion of the Mobile Fluid Systems headquarters at site- Set-up of a new office location near Stuttgart- Judicial / extrajudicial representation of the company (sole right of representation)Successes- Efficiency and productivity increase of 7,3 % in 2 years (equivalent savings of 1 million €) by continuous application of lean management methods such as Kaizen, Gemba, 5S, etc.- Significant improvement in quality KPIs, ppm rate was reduced by 50 ppm- Successful negotiation of a job security agreement (period of 5 years) with a total saving of 20 million €- Socially acceptable reduction of approximately 20 % of employees (part-time pension scheme, retirement without replacement)- Development of a plant USP (clean room production for fuel cell applications and competence center for bending and endforming technology for tubes) to secure future sales Show less

• Plant Manager Mexico

  • Dec 2007 - Aug 2015

  Full P+L responsibility of a very profitable plant | sales > 47 million € | 300 employees | 10 directs- Management of the entire plant set-up on site including the installation of infrastructure and machines- Ensuring the achievement of plant KPIs in terms of quality, costs and delivery performance within the approved budget- Responsible for maintaining occupational safety, environmental protection and corporate social responsibilitySuccesses- Achieving a very high level of profitability- Acquisition of competitor Freudenberg NOK Querétaro and integration of the entire production into the plant: sales growth of 17 million €- Plant build-up in time and within the approved budget- Start-up and ramp-up of production in time including corresponding customer approvals Show less

• Project Manager Greenfield Mexico

  • Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

  Setup of a new plant for the northamerican market in Mexico- Investment and budget planning, feasibilty studies and site selection- Capacity, employee and plant layout planning- Support of overall project manager- Management of sub-projects as project manager- Job preparation as future plant manager in MexicoSuccesses- Finish of entire project in time and within the approved budget- Successful negotiations with investors

• Project Manager Belt Drive Systems

  • Jan 2004 - Feb 2007

  Customers: General Motors, Fiat/Alfa Romeo, AvtoVAZ- Management of development projects in the field of belt drive systems- Technical responsibility for customers General Motors worldwide and Fiat / Alfa Romeo- Business development for the Russian market, commercial and technical responsibility for the customer AvtoVAZSuccesses- First belt drive development project with the Russian customer AvtoVAZ- Successful development of high-performance V-ribbed belts for all applications Show less

• Automotive Manager Mexico

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2003

  Customers: Volkswagen, General Motors and Chrysler- Commercial and technical responsibility for automotive customers in North America- Coordination of production, application engineering, logistics and quality between the Mexican plant and the German headquartersSuccesses- New acquisition of the customer Chrysler in the area of V-ribbed belts with a successful start of production in the Mexican plant

• Application Engineer

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2000

  Project: Development of a high-performance timing belt for diesel engines- Technical support for the customer Volkswagen in the field of diesel engines and the customers Renault and PSASuccesses- Patent application 100 29 470.7 "Back fabric on rubber timing belts"