Professional Career

04/1994-03/2000	Head of Department Utilities Rexam Glass Germany GmbH, Plant Bad Münder Germany Number of member responsibility: 40 • Responsible for electrical engineering, power supply, mechanical maintenance, plant security and fire protection • Supporting budgeting and strategic planning • Implementation of SAP PM in all the 7 European sites • Reduction of energy consumption
04/2000-03/2007	Manager Operations Rexam Glass Germany GmbH, Plant Bad Münder, Germany Number of member responsibility: 175 • Responsible for furnace operations, production and service shops • Technical and economical responsibility for planning and realisation of complex projects in time and cost budget (ca. € 45 Mio) • Responsible for the implementation of TPM, 5s and SMED • Main contact person for the workers council as well as negotiation and creation of a social plan
03/2007-12/2010	Plant Manager Interpane Glasgesellschaft mbH, Buxtehude, Germany Number of member responsibility: 95 • Responsible for the purchase and production planning departments, production, logistics, quality assurance and maintenance • Integration of new equipment and enlarging product range • Servicing of international customers in German and English • Operational leading of staff using management by objectives
08/2011-01/2015	Managing Director AVI Packaging GmbH, Dresden, Germany Number of member responsibility: 145 • Responsible for the reorganisation and realignment of the company´s structure after release from affiliate group • Building up the departments of Finance, Purchase and IT • Merger of the two plants while exploiting their synergies • Activating of the existing customers and development of a strategy to gain new customers • Creation of differentiation features vis-à-vis competitors • Main contact person for initiating and leading a lasting process of change