Andreas K.
Professional Performance Improvement
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 8 monthsGermany
Founder and Shareholder-Managing Director
PROPERIM GmbH
- Eliminated backlog for OEM customer at a supplier in the Czech Republic.
- Prioritized optimization measures in production, control, and logistics, including a foreign site.
- Started implementation and handed over to native language teams.
- Led backlog reduction task force.
- Conducted value stream analysis.
- Migrated Excel processes back into SAP.
- Introduced shopfloor management.
- Performed total cost assessments for processes and product groups/sites.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
2 yearsGermany
Automotive Tier 1 Allocation Management Support
Brose Fahrzeugteile
- Took over semiconductor supply topics within the customer team along the global supply and delivery network, plus ad-hoc tasks.
- Helped improve supply security and transparency in the supply chain value streams.
- Identified optimization potentials and supported their implementation.
- Facilitated operational supply and control meetings with multinational internal and external suppliers, production sites, and OEM customers.
- Participated in internal and external management meetings and task forces. Built semi-automated monitoring and control tools using SAP.
- Developed process standards for semiconductor management.
- Used existing tools and developed additional ones for supply monitoring and control.
- Allocated critical components to respective sites or uses.
- Checked compliance of agreed deliveries for timing and quantity and escalated supply issues.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
2 yearsGermany
Automotive Tier 1 Allocation Management Support
Magna Mirrors
- Implemented a monitoring and control tool.
- Managed coverage and supply along the supply chain.
- Consolidated reporting of supply chain performance.
- Communicated with OEM customers.
- Improved supplier processes using value stream analysis and design.
- Monitored supply of electronic components and multi-stage uses and escalated issues.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 yearsGermany
Business Consulting and Freelance Project Manager
PROPERIM GmbH
- Created online seminar 'Strategic Planning and Result Assurance'.
- Set up structure for building online seminars.
- Conducted market analysis for alternatives to on-site project work.
- Performed requirements analysis for online seminars.
- Carried out various marketing and sales activities.
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
3 yearsGermany
Production Optimization Project Manager
Heraeus Medical Components
- Split production of a medical technology manufacturer into high-volume series, small batches, and prototypes with dynamic S&OP planning.
- Improved product quality and productivity (EBIT), as well as lead time, delivery capability, on-time delivery, and employee motivation.
- Introduced autonomous groups based on the Hancho concept.
- Built and implemented a value stream organization integrated with supply chain management.
- Won first prize in an internal Operational Excellence competition.
- Improved EBIT.
- Introduced value stream analysis and design.
- Conducted project analysis, planning, and execution.
- Coached multinational specialists and managers.
- Developed and implemented organizational changes.
- Integrated support functions including customer service.
- Integrated supply chain management.
- Advised on strategic direction.
- Introduced leveled production with semi-autonomous teams.
- Led personnel and organizational development.
- Applied insights to a factory planning project.
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
1 yearGermany
Brand Owner and Freelance Project Manager
Properim GmbH
- Founded the Properim brand.
- Launched the Lean 4.0 seminar on the market.
- Engineering company: strategic planning and operational implementation.
- Various marketing and sales activities.
- Conducted Hoshin Kanri and value stream analysis.
- Qualified, quantified, and prioritized actions.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
1 yearGermany
Brand Owner and Freelance Project Manager
Properim GmbH
- Negotiated projects with companies in the pharmaceutical and aviation sectors.
- IT forensics company: strategic planning and operational implementation.
- Various marketing and sales activities.
- Conducted Hoshin Kanri and value stream analysis.
- Qualified, quantified, and prioritized actions.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
2 yearsGermany
Director Lean Business Coperion Group
Hillenbrand Germany Holding GmbH
- Implemented business goals through team- and project-based optimization activities.
- Developed and executed an implementation roadmap for the targeted areas.
- Achieved measurable and cost-effective impacts (EBIT).
- Started a cultural transformation towards a learning organization.
- Encouraged and supported this change consciously by the leadership.
- Built lean competence in the line organization among specialists and managers.
- Initiated a professional change process in the company.
- Created conditions for flexible, robust, and transparent processes.
- Improved understanding of the end-to-end process among stakeholders.
- Transformed from a function-oriented to a value-stream-oriented organization.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
3 yearsGermany
Freelance Business Consultant and Project Manager
Properim GmbH
- Conducted a lean transformation at a specialist commercial vehicle manufacturer in Germany.
- Introduced standard work and shop floor management.
- Optimized planning, scheduling, and forecasting processes.
- Supported the introduction of configuration management.
- Prepared and implemented lean transformations at multiple sites of a Tier 1 automotive supplier in Germany and Spain.
- Assessed the current state and developed the future state.
- Prioritized and implemented improvement measures to achieve overall business goals.
- Ensured sustainability.
- Introduced lean practices at a food packaging manufacturer.
- Conducted potential analysis and implementation planning.
- Reduced lead times by making production more flexible.
- Optimized planning and control in the order fulfillment process.
- Mapped business processes at an aerospace company in Germany.
- Implemented process modeling software.
- Created a process map.
- Modeled pilot processes considering regulatory requirements.
- Introduced lean production at a turbine manufacturer for hydropower plants in Argentina.
- Conducted potential analysis and implementation planning.
- Established lighthouse areas.
- Set up and stabilized shop floor management, including coaching specialists and managers.
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 yearsGermany
Senior Lean Consultant
Staufen AG
- Optimized spare parts logistics at a commercial vehicle manufacturer.
- Cleared and reduced inventory.
- Optimized order fulfillment processes.
- Conducted a lean warehouse project at a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland.
- Took current state inventory and performed potential analysis.
- Developed target logistics processes with IT and layouts.
- Optimized stock levels and lead times.
- Trained and coached management and lean experts at an electrical appliance manufacturer in Mexico.
- Led basic lean workshops with 5S and visual management.
- Taught problem-solving methods.
- Contributed to building logistics concepts for multi-level production.
- Developed supply concepts using ABC/XYZ analysis.
- Planned milk-run introduction with supply and return strategies.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
3 yearsGermany
Lean Consultant
RWD Technologien Deutschland GmbH
- Implementation of an in-house production system based on TPS at a client in the aerospace industry.
- Value stream analyses for production, logistics, development and administration.
- Bottleneck analyses and prioritization of measures.
- SWOT analyses.
- Development, qualification, quantification and prioritization of optimization potentials.
- Preparation and support for Kaizen workshops.
- Training and coaching of all management levels at the plant.
- Training of lean specialists in theory and practice.
- Knowledge transfer.
- Support for logistics outsourcing projects.
- Optimization of material and information flow, layout and visualization.
- Conducting deep-dive analyses in the optical fiberglass industry.
- Value stream analyses.
- Definition of target processes.
- Involvement of operational staff and stakeholders.
- Assessment of the current status of lean implementation.
- Cross-divisional lean trainings.
- Preparation of a Lean Learning Academy for Green Belt training.
- Sales support: actively exploring the market for lean project opportunities, acting as a lean specialist in customer presentations and preparing project proposals for customers.
- Development of a new business model considering the company’s products and services, with implementation of ERP software (SAP) based on the Blue Ocean method.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
2 yearsGermany
Lean Promotion Director
Terex Deutschland GmbH
- Establishment of an internal lean organization.
- Central management of projects at the locations.
- Training, support and coaching of the Lean Promotion Officers.
- Definition, development and training of internal Lean Experts.
- Involvement in creating and aligning activities with group-wide goals.
- 5S implementation.
- Synchronization of production supply areas, pre- and final assemblies to the customer takt time in excavator production.
- Conversion from departmental to flow production (U-cell) in hydraulic cylinder production, including metalworking, assembly, quality assurance and packaging.
- Integration of national and international suppliers.
- Reorganization of goods receipt.
- Layout optimization of material and vehicle flow.
- Implementation of pull and consignment processes.
- Delivery of sequenced, pre-configured assembly kits by suppliers using standardized returnable packaging.
Jan 2005 - Dec 2007
3 yearsGermany
Project Manager CLM (Corporate Logistics Management)
Hella KGaA
- Inventory management at corporate level.
- Reorganization of logistics processes at the Mexican locations.
- Ensuring optimal inbound and outbound control within technical change management.
- Application of lean management methods in logistics projects.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2007
4 yearsGermany
Corporate Process Manager ECM OtD (Engineering Change Management Order-to-Delivery)
Hella KGaA
- Responsible for company-wide development, standardization and sustainable implementation of technical change management.
- Analysis of current processes regarding value creation.
- Definition of legal, industry and company-specific requirements in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.
- Development, testing and implementation of new streamlined processes as company-wide standards.
- Implementation of PDCA-based processes, including training, coaching and continuous improvement processes.
- Introduction of an ECM expert organization at all locations with process training in theory and practice.
- Introduction of subject-specific networks to ensure standardized best-practice processes.
- Freight optimization regarding material, information and value flows.
Jan 2002 - Dec 2005
4 yearsGermany
Project Manager SHARP (Standardization and Harmonization of Processes with SAP)
Hella KGaA und Electro Óptica S.A. de CV
- Collaborated on creating an SAP master/template based on streamlined best-practice processes.
- Assisted in the SAP implementation at the pilot plant.
- Project management for the rollouts at the locations in Mexico.
- Setup, training and support of SAP key users in their work areas.
- Sub-project management for the ECM module in all national and international rollouts.
Jan 1999 - Dec 2002
4 yearsGermany
Kaizen Manager VBM Improvement Management
Hella KG Hueck & Co
- Official start of Lean Production/Kaizen with an international consultancy in a pilot area of main headlamp manufacturing.
- Continuous scope expansion and rollout activities to the entire plant as well as the supply chain.
- Rollout to other national and international sites.
- Training and coaching of managers.
- Establishment of a central packaging area and relocation of packaging processes from production to the new central area.
- Development of a concept and execution of KAIZEN workshops in production and logistics (assembly lines, pre-assemblies, plastic parts production, production supply – parts pull and material supermarket).
- Cross-company container management project involving suppliers.
- Supervision of students for their theses.
- Execution of Lean trainee programs for aspiring leaders.
Jan 1991 - Dec 1999
9 yearsGermany
Group Leader Order Control in Headlight Production for OEM, Aftermarket and Trade
Hella KG Hueck & Co
- Production planning and control.
- Allocation control.
- Disposition for internal and external materials.
- Responsibility for Just-in-Time / Just-in-Sequence delivery to the customer.
- Development and delivery of ERP training for users.
- Process optimization for production and material flow.
- Support in establishing a new production site.
- Establishment of order control for a new production site for OEM production.
Jan 1991 - Dec 1991
1 yearGermany
Purchasing Manager
Kajo Chemie GmbH
- Creation of professional purchasing processes.
- Monitoring of requirements from ordering through goods receipt to production supply.
Jan 1987 - Dec 1991
5 yearsGermany
Production Control for Production Lines in Headlight Assembly for OEM, Aftermarket and Trade
Hella KG
- Production planning and control as well as its implementation on the shop floor.
- Allocation control.
- Disposition for internal and external materials.
- Ensuring JIT/JIS deliveries to the customer.
Jan 1986 - Dec 1987
2 yearsGermany
Senior Lance Corporal in Staff Service
Bundeswehr
- Basic military service.
Jan 1983 - Dec 1986
4 yearsGermany
Procurement / Customs Clearance and Foreign Payment Transactions
Westfälische Metall Industrie KG (Hella)
- Procurement of electronic components.
- Customs clearance and open customs warehouse operations.
- Inward processing under customs suspension.
- Handling international payment transactions with letters of credit and collections.
Summary
Short Profile Andreas Kückelmann
Summary Supply chain leader with over 20 years of global OEM experience in automotive, mechanical engineering & medical technology. Specialized in end-to-end planning, S&OP, inventory optimization, and SAP-based control. Led cross-functional teams and achieved double-digit EBIT and OTD improvements.
Core Expertise
- Value stream management • Mapping/Design/Implementation • Lean logistics • Pull/Kanban, VMI, supply & return logistics • Production planning and control • SAP, internal/external • Inventory & coverage management • ABC/XYZ, supply assurance • Change & stakeholder management • Communication, handling objections • KPI development • Safety, quality, cost, delivery, performance • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) • Demand/supply balancing • Intercultural project leadership (EU/US/LATAM/APAC)
Professional Experience (Selection) 2024 – present – Owner and Managing Director, PROPERIM GmbH
- Reduced OEM customer backlogs by 85% in 16 weeks (Erich Jaeger, CZ) • Re-implemented SAP-based fine control, eliminated Excel islands 2022 – 2023 – Supply Chain Allocation Manager, Brose Fahrzeugteile Tier 1
- Semiconductor allocations: 100% customer supply in a highly dynamic environment • Automated coverage monitor from OEM customer to supplier 2021 – 2022 – Supply Chain Allocation Manager, Magna Mirrors
- Similar to Brose, with focus on supply and supplier development • 100% customer supply, 50% supplier performance increase 2001 – 2021 – Various lean and SCM deployments
- Medical technology: Heraeus Medical Components, Mechanical engineering: Hillenbrand/Coperion, Hilti, IMPSA (Argentina), Aviation: Airbus, Automotive: Johnson Controls in DE and ES, Hella
Education (Selection)
- DGQ – Quality management in organizational development • University of Bremen – Project management • Lean Specialist & Trainer (KPC, Staufen, Simpler Academy, Shingijutsu)
- Industrial Clerk (IHK)
Languages & Other
- German (C2), English (C1), Spanish (C1)
- Willingness to travel internationally
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedSpanish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1980 - Jun 1982
Westfälische Metall Industrie KG Lippstadt
Industrial Clerk · Lippstadt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certificate in Management Consulting Essentials
Institute of Business Consulting
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