Experience

iwis mechatronics Inc.
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• VP Technics

  • Jul 2022 - Present


BACHMANN Group

• Germany
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• COO (SCM / Production / Quality / R&D)

  • Dec 2013 - May 2022

  In Charge of global SCM (purchasing, logistics, distribution), production (3 plants - GER, ROM, CHA), Quality, Engineering & R&D. ~100 M€ turnover & ~500 employees. Organic growth of 15% yoy. Aquisition integration in the valuestream (value capture) as well as in distribution and sales (value creation). Restructuring of the Global Operation footprint and implementation of Operational Excellence (OPEX). Establishing a business process based Management System which include the Core Business Processes as well as the manageing and supporting processes Quality, Strategy, Controlling. Guiding the organization to a structured strategy finding, Goal deployment and implementation process. AGIL mindset, LEAN thinking and contiuous improvement become part of the DNA.



Walter Söhner

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Technology - Projectmanagement, Manufacturing Engineering & Toolshop

  • Nov 2010 - Sep 2013

  In charge of Technical Sales, Product- & Project Management, Product- & Process Engineering, Toolroom (molds, stamping dies, assembly technology and automation) and Quality engineering & planning. Responsible for ~18 Mio€ maschining & tooling turnover and ~ 100 employees. In charge of Technical Sales, Product- & Project Management, Product- & Process Engineering, Toolroom (molds, stamping dies, assembly technology and automation) and Quality engineering & planning. Responsible for ~18 Mio€ maschining & tooling turnover and ~ 100 employees.



ITT Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Director Restructuring

  • Nov 2009 - Oct 2010

  Project covered a number of elements including the Transfer of manufacturing from Holland to Czech Republic, the Outsourcing of critical component manufacturing to a supplier in Spain, a significant reduction of workforce in Holland and the creation of a new R&D and Commercial Center in the Frankfurt Area. The Project was executed successfully and represented one of the biggest investment by ITT in operational excellence and footprint changes

• Director Productmanagement & Marketing

  • Jun 2007 - Nov 2009

  Responsible & accountable for the Marketpenetration and Product Portfolio Management with a worldwide responsibility for the locally produced product portfolio and regional (Central Europe) marketing of the worldwide produced productportfolio of ITT Cannon. In charge of a produktturnover of ~100 Mio and 12 employees.Priorities for my team and me includes: Supporting area managers for complex bids, Product documentation (manuals, leaflet, brochures), Participation to fairs/exhibitions, Product launches, Product Management, Competition monitoring, Definition of new products/product enhancements, Product profitability analysis, Product portfolio analysis.

• Site Manager Italy (Direttore di Stabilimento)

  • Nov 2005 - Jun 2007

  Responsible for Site P&L and Operations at the location in Italy with a turnover of ~45 Mio$ and ~130 empolyees. Search, select and move to a new location. Implementing an new structure, LEAN Mindset & Key Perfomance indicators.

• Coordinator Global Operations Footprint & Operational Excellence (LEAN Six sigma Champion)

  • Jan 2002 - Feb 2006

  Coordination of global operational & manufacturing footprint and Supply-Chain strategies. Priorities included the definition, deployment, transition and implementation of the strategy PRM-SCM (Primier Resource Management & Supply Chain Management). Coordination of the European Six Sigma and LEAN Programs. Expansion of the Supply Chain activities in Eastern Europe and China.

• Post-Merger Integration Manager

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2004

  Cultural Fit and Rapid Plant assessment during Due Diligence. Leading Transition & Post integration of VEAM (~ 50 Mio turnover with manufacturing facilities in Italy, UK, Germany and Americas)

• Head of Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering and Customer application tooling

  • Mar 1996 - Dec 2001

  Management of process development/engineering with the departments of industrial and manufacturing engineering, equipment construction, quality assurance and technical customer service. Responsible for the plant investment (CAPEX), the continuous improvement process (CIP), customer application tooling and service | ~60 employees

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Mar 1995 - Mar 1996



Kautt & Bux GmbH

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Product- & Key-Account-Manager

  • Sep 1993 - Mar 1995

  Product Manager: > program and project lead for the conversion of the entire product portfolio to asbestos-free > Initiate and coordinate product innovation Key Account_Manager: > Recovery of lost key accounts in Germany, Turkey and Sweden > Acquisition of a customer in Spain, which belongs to the global TOP 5 in the white goods segment Product Manager: > program and project lead for the conversion of the entire product portfolio to asbestos-free > Initiate and coordinate product innovation Key Account_Manager: > Recovery of lost key accounts in Germany, Turkey and Sweden > Acquisition of a customer in Spain, which belongs to the global TOP 5 in the white goods segment



AATec (start up)

• Development Engineer for Automation

  • Sep 1991 - Sep 1993

  Development of automated stamping, assembly and packaging machines for the finishing of ICs. Responsible for conception and design of all subsystems for positioning and handling. Initiating, realizing and implementing the latest technology for servo motors, linear drives and drive controls. Team member to design a modular control concept for the entire system. Entwicklung von automatisierten Stanz-, Montage- und Verpackungsmaschinen für die Endbearbeitung von ICs. Verantwortlich für Projektierung und Konstruktion aller Positioniersystemen und Handhabungskomponenten. Beauftrager für Servo-Motoren, Linearantriebe und Antriebssteuerungen. Teammitglied zum Entwurf eines modulare Steuerungskonzept für die Gesamtanlage.