Professional Career

1986-1993 Researcher
University of Karlsruhe (TH), Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme , Germany
Research, education, expertises, advanced education for engineers, industrial projects in the area of material flow and logistics
Qualification: Doctorate
1987-1993 General Manager of family owned production company
Mathä Müller GmbH, producer of mechanical components, metal processing, clock components, Eisenbach, Black Forest / Germany
Number of member responsibility: 25
• Development and implementation of a PC based ERP- System
• Reduction of production cost by 25%
• Development of new business area "Individual melodies for grandfather clocks"
1993-1997 Head of "Material flow systems" und delegate for Asia
Fraunhofer Society (FhG), Institute for Material Flow und Logistics (IML), Dortmund / Germany
Number of member responsibility: 65
• Transfer of research results to products and services with industrial partners
> share of industrial funded research increased by 15% up to 80%
• Project acquisitions in Taiwan, China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan
> Within less than 2 years FhG - IML covered all costs and was profitable
1997-2005 Manager / Project Leader
BASF SE, DE, FR, UK, BE, ES, IT, SE, FIN, USA, BRA, CN
Number of member responsibility: 300
Global Lead Buyer for 200 M€ purchaes - Leader project group - leader of big change management projects - business process optimization and preparation for implementation of SAP R/3
2005-2007 Director Supply Chain Management Europe, CRO, Executive Manager Europe
Medium sized company with global Footprint, DE, FR, ES, BE, NL, UK, IT, AT, CH
Number of member responsibility: 1400
Procurement, logistics, business processes
• Bundling and increase of global sourcing
> savings of 30% on related purchasing volume
• Implementation of central warehousing for spares
> reduction of inventories and increase of cash flow by 20%
• Standardized European business processes

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