Claus Vollmer

CEO / COO
Entrepreneurial driver – strong focus on result
International management and negociation skills
Communication: Customers, shop floor, works council, executive board
Career Stages
- Executive consultant & Interim Manager since 04 / 2018
- Sell / Zodiac (3 years): CEO
Managed 1.700 employees - Behr Thermot-tronik (5 years): CEO Directed 7 production sites
- Rauschenberger (2 years): Managing director / shareholder
- Magna (9 years): Projekt leader, facility ramp up, CPO
- Valeo Lighting (6 years): Key Account Manager, project leader
- Degree in aerospace engineering + business economics
Focus Areas
- Automotive & aerospace supplier industry, mechanical and plant engineering / construction
- Strategic and operational leadership and negociation on executive level in French and English
- General management
- Project management
- Turnaround
- Crisis and ramp up management
- Process & liquidity improvement
- Operations, purchasing
Reference Projects
- Relocated Airbus A350 lavatory production from USA to Europe, halving production time by redesign of the production process. Received Airbus Gold award “Best Cabin Supplier 2016”
- Accomplished successfully warranty crisis including significant vehicle recalls (BMW, Ford). Improved considerably customer relationship and generated follow-up orders
- Developed and industrialized a sophisticated convertible roof system in due time including ramp up of a new JIT facility and supply chain readiness