Professional Career

11/2011-03/2015	Director Production & Purchasing Nikkiso Europe GmbH, Langenhagen / Germany Number of member responsibility: 54 Manufacturing of Japanese dialysis machines for Europe - Increase production from 800 to 3,500 machines - Optimization of production organization - Localization of the purchase of >200 components in GER - Definition and implementation of a synchronous manufacturing structure with >800 articles
10/1999-10/2011	Director Production / registered manager Emerson Industrial Automation SSB Windsystems, Salzbergen / Germany Number of member responsibility: 95 Organization of a production facility of a U.S. group (M&A project) - Definition and implementation of various improvement projects for increasing quality and delivery reliability - Building of an optimal prototype for customer acquisition - Product improvements in the design-to-production transition (Germany & China) - Participation in strategic development projects (standardization/innovation/patent)
02/2006-09/2009	Production Manager Lenze Operations GmbH, Aerzen / Germany Number of member responsibility: 170 Supervision and optimization of electronics manufacturing in machine building industrie - Segmentation and space optimization to receive new products - Support with the implementation of an MES system - Participation in a definition and launch of a fully automated production line for 400,000 devices with a high diversity of variants
12/2001-01/2006	Director Electronics Manufacturing Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH, Hallstadt / Germany Number of member responsibility: 125 Management of a profit center at a German automotive supplier - Achieve cost and innovation leadership in the area of business - Establishment and expansion of electronics manufacturing and organizational development - Introduction of a state-of-the-art production technology and its implementation in the design - Definition of an MES/Traceability project for production control
08/1990-11/2001	Manufacturing Engineering Manager Delphi Automotive Systems, Wuppertal / Germany Number of member responsibility: 41 Manager at an US-based automotive supplier - Investment planning of projects, process planning and costing in the course of development, location decision and international preparation of facilities for production launch - Overall project manager for the setup of electronics manufacturing in Austria/Hungary including design-to-cost responsibility during the development stage - Technical project management for the relocation of electronics manufacturing - Introduction of corporation-wide standards "product development process", "manufacturing system design" and "manufacturing system" within a business line
02/1986-07/1990	Teamleader electronic manufacturing Quante AG, Wuppertal / Germany Number of member responsibility: 36 - Daily team management - Equipment procurement - Introduction of first MIL-product to PCB manufacturing