Professional Career

08/2021	CEO Interim Manager Advisor Business Consulting / Interim Management - Wolfgang Ender - WE-Consulting & Solutions, Austria General- & Plant-, Project Management,Operational Excellence,Turnaround Management,Automation, Digitalization,Sustainability,Market Intelligence. Mandates: M&A Automotive & Plastics (Carve Out Projects). QM Automotive component measurement. R&D Automotive VOC emissions.
07/2010-07/2021	General Manger Eurofoam GmbH, PUR Foam Industry, Austria /Czech Republic Number of member responsibility: 365 Tasks: Development and implementation of the group strategy, coordination of group-wide projects, employee development, pricing strategy, raw material allocation, key account management, market observation, intercompany pricing, HSE projects, Seveso III security management system, innovation management, board presentations. Responsibility: Accountability for sales and earnings for the company's production plants and branches of Eurofoam GmbH and JV in the Czech Republic. Planning tasks: Budget P&L / balance sheet, production & sales, CAPEX, OPEX, personnel deployment, purchasing (savings), OEE, safety targets.
01/2003-06/2010	Plant management, authorized signatory Eurofoam GmbH, Plant Kremsmünster, Austria Number of member responsibility: 210 Tasks: Plant strategy, HSE Responsibility, Seveso III safety management system, coordination of cross-plant projects, operational excellence, product calculation, pricing strategy, raw material allocation, key account management, market observation, intercompany pricing, cost reduction initiatives, employee development. Responsibility: Sales and earnings responsibility for the plant Kremsmünster and for the Graz & Innsbruck branches. Plant budget planning: P&L / balance sheet, production & sales, CAPEX, OPEX, personnel deployment, purchasing (savings), OEE, safety targets.
04/2001-12/2002	Assistant to the Management (CEO) Eurofoam GmbH, PUR Foam Industry, Austria Number of member responsibility: 2 Tasks: Implementation of monthly reporting, budget target / actual / LY comparisons for all business units, monitoring of production costs, product cost calculation, ROI calculations, budget preparation for the Austrian company - P&L at business unit level as well as consolidation at plant and company level and balance sheet. Ad hoc evaluations for management. Administrative and organizational activities for the management. Support in the field of marketing and events.
07/1998-03/2001	International Operations Zumtobel Staff GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria Role: Sales support, marketing and reporting of the business unit International Operations. Participation in a profit center team of 10 employees approx. 150 million ATS in sales. Tasks: - Coordination of the product management concerning the international different requirements of the distribution partners and the local legislation on site. - Price positioning and coordination of local product price lists and technical product documentation. - Controlling and reporting for the profit center unit.
08/1988-06/1998	Business Unit Manager/Sales Walser GmbH, Rankweil, Vehicle Construction., Austria Number of member responsibility: 3 Role: Business unit manager for the strategic business unit service/spare parts for snow groomer vehicles and sales/rental for forklift trucks and construction machinery as well as service/spare parts thereof. Management span: 3 employees. Tasks: Based on the company's diversification strategy, the development of new strategic business areas was sought and implemented. - Development and management of the repair and spare parts service for Kässbohrer snow groomers for the Vorarlberg sales area. After the first business year the business unit was already able to achieve sales of approx. 2 million ATS. - Development and management of sales/rental/repair and spare parts service for Mitsubishi forklift trucks and Komatsu construction machinery. During the continuous growth of the business segment, the market share of Mitsubishi forklift trucks in Vorarlberg was increased from zero to approx. 12%.