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