Executive Vice President (EVP) Product Creation

• May 2020 - Present

Leading innovation, R&D/ engineering, program management, verification/ validation/ simulation and process excellence activities at all Kiekert sites (Mexico, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, China, Korea, Japan) including regular customer engagementMember of the Executive Board; reporting to the CEOResponsibility for ~450 employees and >35 Mio €/a budget globally

Executive Vice President Product Development

• Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

Leading innovation, R&D/ engineering, verification/ validation/ simulation and product data activities at all Kiekert sites (Mexico, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, China, Korea, Japan) including regular customer engagementMember of the Executive Board; reporting to the CEOResponsibility for ~400 employees and >30 Mio €/a budget globally

Leiter Qualität

• Apr 2018 - Nov 2018

Director Product Development Europe

• Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

Leading the engineering activities during new launch and acquisition phase for all European customers including regular customer engagementReporting to the Executive Vice President Product DevelopmentResponsible for >100 employees and >10 Mio €/a budget

Director Global Quality

• Sep 2014 - Dec 2016

Leading entire quality related activities at all Kiekert sites including regular supplier and customer engagementReporting to the EVP Program, Planning and Quality (later COO)Responsible for ~350 employees and >10 Mio €/a budget globally

Senior Manager Global Supplier Quality

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2014

Leading all quality activities for suppliers and supplied components at all Kiekert sites including regular supplier engagementReporting to the Director Global QualityResponsible for ~60 employees and > 2 Mio €/a budget globally

Stellvertrender Qualitätsleiter

• Jan 2010 - May 2012

Qualitätsmanager

• Apr 2007 - Dec 2009

Projektleiter / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

• Apr 2004 - Mar 2007