Professional Career

10/1991-04/1992	Buyer Mexican Program Volkswagen of America Inc., Auburn Hills, USA - Supervised important parts shipments from North American suppliers during launch phase - Conducted six-week troubleshooting project in Mexico (Puebla)
08/1992-08/1993	Purchasing Specialist, Purchasing 'Foreign Markets Coordination East Europe' Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany - Coordinated purchasing projects within the Czech and Slovakian Republics - Supported matchmaking activities between East-European companies and Western suppliers
09/1993-08/1994	Manager Production Purchasing FAW-VW Automotive Company Ltd., Changchun, China Number of member responsibility: 25 - Established and managed a department with 25 Chinese employees - Implemented new purchasing business processes - Supported and consulted foreign suppliers during their evaluation phase to identify suitable Chinese cooperation or JV partners - Trained Chinese successor
08/1994-07/1995	Inhouse Consultant, North American Region Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany - Coordinated technical project activities regarding VW de Mexico inhouse component manufacturing - Initiated and conducted workshops to reorganize supply chain processes - Projectmanager NAR within CKD-/SKD-Steering Committee
08/1995-05/1997	Assistant to the Vice President Product Management VW Group Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany - Supported and organized buildup of new area - Conducted benchmarking studies related to project management and simultaneous engineering concepts within the automotive industry - Budget- and personnelplanning responsibility
05/1997-07/2000	Senior Manager Program Management Volkswagen Autoeuropa Lda., Setubal, Portugal Number of member responsibility: 36 - Budget responsibility for approximately 7.5 M €; served as Deputy Area Manager Product Engineering (120 employees; budget responsibility of nearly 23 M €) - Reorganized and built up the department - Organized and managed the technical project management for MPV-Product Line-Up
08/2000-06/2001	Product Manager A-Class (Golf vehicle line) Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany - Managed a cross-functional project team for a new product (VW Jetta) - Coordinated design and concept development phase
07/2001-12/2003	Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany Number of member responsibility: 25 - Reorganized and managed a department with 25 employees with budget responsibility of approximately 100 M € (internal turnover) - Reorganized ongoing development projects within six months - Responsible for all new and country-specific development projects within the Asia-Pacific region
01/2004-07/2005	Head of Project Management China Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Hannover, Germany; Changchun, China Number of member responsibility: 25 - Held cross-functional responsibility for all commercial vehicle projects to be built in China - Established and managed German-Chinese project teams - Successfully launched a new production site with an annual capacity of 350,000 units per year in Changchun, China
08/2005-09/2007	Director Business Development Emerging Markets Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Hannover, Germany Number of member responsibility: 5 - Established new department with five employees - Successfully developed and implemented worldwide market-entry strategy for VW Commercial Vehicle product line-up with focus on emerging markets - Identified potential cooperation partners and negotiated initial phase of cooperation
10/2007-06/2010	CEO & General Partner Herbst Special Vehicles and Mining Machines GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany Number of member responsibility: 30 - Functional responsibilities: Intern. Sales & Marketing, dealership development, finance, product development, production, material handling - Reorganized the company in business lines - Reorganized production process and introduced new sourcing strategy - Established sales and dealership network
07/2010	Partner/Shareholder pareto managementpartner GmbH & Co. KG, Braunschweig, Germany Number of member responsibility: 10 Interim management and consulting Areas of expertise: International Business Development and Sales (esp. China, India and Russia), Launch-Management, CKD-/SKD-Projects, product development, program- and project management, supplier management