Experience

ComatReleco AG

• Switzerland
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and member of the Board of Directors

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  ComatReleco is one of the world’s leading suppliers of high-quality relays and contactors of all kinds. With one of the broadest product portfolios, including customized solutions, ComatReleco serves customers in the industrial automation and building installation, rail and transportation segments. Our core competencies are industrial relays, timing relays, monitoring relays and contactors. These are installed with the latest semiconductor technologies or also with the traditional electromechanical design.Designed in Switzerland, assembled in…ComatReleco continuously invests in research and development, thus ensuring a consistently high rate of innovation. Several international patent applications support this fact. Our research and development team is headquartered in Switzerland and has access to additional qualified employees in our subsidiaries in Germany and China. With a share of more than 20% of total research and development costs, we outperform many global players in our segment.Customer orientation and quality managementComatReleco has a group-wide quality management system with real-time access to test and inspection protocols. Our relays and contactors are 100% tested at the end of the production line. On arrival of the goods at our central warehouse in Switzerland, another quality test is carried out.Are you using a ComatReleco product or are you looking for a suitable solution? Our support centre in Switzerland will be happy to help you find the right relay or contactor for your application. ComatReleco is known for the world’s largest number of customized solutions for industrial, time and monitoring relays and contactors.Headquarters in Switzerland – international presenceThe warehouse and logistics are managed centrally at the headquarters in Switzerland. Production is diversified and optimized in terms of quality, costs and logistics criteria. Through our network of distribution partners, the Group is present on all world markets.

• COO and member of the Board of Directors

  • Jun 2014 - Dec 2018



CSL Vifor

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Manufacturing & Engineering

  • Apr 2008 - May 2014

  - Bulk manufacturing and packaging of drugs (solids and liquids forms) for two production sites (~140 employees), cGMP & FDA- Utilities, maintenance, monitoring- Equipment qualifications and cleaning validations- Development and implementation of the supply chain company strategy- Realisation of industrial projects (continuous improvement, process optimisation, lean, new products/customers, IT-projects, e.g. MES)Main achievements:- First FDA Pre Approval Inspection (PAI) on site for a new drug product- Realization of the Supply Chain Strategy (18 formulations insourced, >80 SKUs)- Management growth of production volumes (+60% volume over 3 years, put in place 3 shifts operations)- Move to a process oriented organization- Investment in new manufacturing and packaging equipments (homogenizer, blistering line,...)- Packaging harmonization- Lean Manufacturing (put in place OEE measurement, OEE improvement started)- Installation of a MES (Manufacturing Execution System) for the manufacturing

• Industrial Process Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2008

  - Development of the supply chain company strategy- ERP Implementation on a production site- Optimization of industrial processes- Project-Management industrial projects



Hayek Engineering AG

• Zürich, Switzerland

• Senior Consultant

  • 2001 - 2006

  - Development and realisation of logistic strategies, definition of efficient logistical processes - General planning of new production sites, project management, layout planning, manufacturing and assembly planning, material flow planning, planning and supervision for moving to new premises - Horizontal integration companies - Planning and realization of outsourcing projects - Audit of operations. Emphasis on on procurement, production, supply chain, quality Main achievements: - Concept and Realization of a new production site (~ 18 mio €, watch industry) - Outsourcing of the Supply Chain of a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland (Concept, Realization) - Improvement of the Supply Chain of a pharmaceutical company (Analysis, Concept, Realization) - Audit of operations for 5 production sites of a watch industry (Concept for rationalization)



Bosch

• Germany
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supply Chain Management

  • 1998 - 2001

  Several positions within Scintilla AG and Hawera GmbH, two companies belonging to Robert Bosch GmbH. Speciality: Supply Chain Management of Powertools Several positions within Scintilla AG and Hawera GmbH, two companies belonging to Robert Bosch GmbH. Speciality: Supply Chain Management of Powertools