Dieter Emmert
Interim Managing Director
Experience
Jun 2020 - Present
5 years 2 monthsInterim Managing Director
Hanon Systems
- Full operational and financial responsibility of the plant.
- Fluid pressure systems (pumps), 450 employees, 100 million EUR turnover.
- Direct reporting line to Business Unit Leader Electronic & Fluid Pressure.
May 2019 - Mar 2020
11 monthsInterim Plant Manager
CPC
- Restructuring of a machine building company specializing in aluminum casting machines.
- Workforce of 250 employees.
- Restructuring, plant layout, construction works, productivity increase.
- Implementation of 5S principles.
Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
1 year 7 monthsResident Engineer
Toyoda Boshoku
- Overview of relocation process of Mini F57.
- Ramp-up and daily reporting to Toyoda Boshoku responsible in Germany.
- Automotive interior (seat covers).
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 1 monthInterim Manager/Consultant
Schweitzer
- Leadership and management of wood and metal workshop.
- Responsibility for 60 employees (store construction).
- Personnel hiring activities.
- Plant and layout optimization.
- Material flow reorganization, stock reduction.
- Implementation of 5S activities and LEAN principles.
- Locations include Padua (Italy) and Hungary.
Aug 2017 - Present
8 yearsInterim Manager
Emmert Operations EOOD
- Interim management and consulting.
- Operations and plant optimization.
- Restructuring.
- Plant layouts.
- LEAN implementation.
May 2010 - Apr 2017
7 yearsGeneral Manager
Grammer AG
- Complete operational and financial responsibility for the plant in Bulgaria.
- Products include seats for tractors and forklifts (metal stamping, welding, powder coating, foaming production, and assembly) and seat covers (sewing production).
- Turnover of 50 million EUR, total headcount of 1,100 employees.
- Financial and operational turnaround (2010-2012).
- Increase in productivity from 65% to 90%.
- Reduction of customer complaints by 80%.
- LEAN implementation and continuous improvements.
- Ramp-up of new products.
- Initiation and supervision of construction works.
- Strong focus on 5S and housekeeping (best practice plant).
- Successful customer and IATF TS 16949 audits.
- Continuous cost-saving activities.
Oct 2006 - Apr 2010
3 years 7 monthsOperations Manager/Plant Manager
Harting Automotive GmbH & Co KG
- Complete operational responsibility for the plant in Sibiu, Romania.
- Products include solenoid systems and harnesses.
- Total headcount responsibility for 250 employees.
- Workforce development (+100 employees).
- Implementation of IATF TS 16949 (first-time certification).
- Excellent customer audit performance (A ratings by all customers).
- High customer satisfaction.
- Ramp-up of several new products and production lines.
- Implementation of One Piece Flow, TPM, and a self-developed KPI system.
- Monthly reporting to HQ in Espelkamp.
Oct 2003 - Sep 2006
3 yearsPlant Optimizing Engineer
Dräxlmaier - S.C. Rolem S.R.L.
- Optimization of production and plant processes for a Tier 1 automotive production plant in Brasov, Romania, with more than 4,000 employees.
- Reporting to plant manager.
- Interim IE manager and interim production manager for sanding (1,000 employees).
- Implementation of quality circles and stop scrap meetings.
- Reduction of scrap through daily analysis and team meetings.
- Development of a new layout in the final assembly department.
Jul 1999 - Sep 2003
4 years 3 monthsSenior Consultant
Schuler Business Solutions AG
- Development of general plant layouts at customers.
- Detailed factory planning, extensions, reorganizations, and realizations.
- Proposal and selection of new machine technology.
- Capacity and headcount planning for new plants.
- Material flow planning, optimization, and implementations.
- Reduction of process times and optimization of throughput times.
- Investment planning for future technology.
- Proposal and integration of production planning systems.
- Cost-optimizing concepts.
- Interim management.
- Locations included Moscow, Russia (2.5 years) and Valencia, Spain (2.5 years).
Oct 1996 - Jun 1999
2 years 9 monthsProject Engineer
HIB Rosenheim
- Production manager for stair manufacturing plant (Kenngott) with headcount responsibility for 150 employees in Germany.
- Shop floor organization for a store construction company in the USA (3 months).
- Ramp-up of chipboard production plant in Poland (3 months).
Summary
Operational driven hands-on Manager with more than 20 years of work experience in the Automotive industry in the position of General Manager, Plant Manager or Operations Manager.
A pragmatic and result oriented leader, concentrating on continuous improvement, shop floor development, LEAN activities and Quality improvements.
Countable and visual results, with a high focus on cost saving activities and financial improvements.
He has excellent intercultural competences, with a high affinity to motivate and improve the plant organization.
A Manager with a clear strategic plant vision, open minded, using common sense and a pragmatic style of resolving tasks and duties.
He is person with an open ear for any topics and issues within all hierarchies, supporting constructive discussions with clearly defined results and inspiring people in searching for best solutions.
Last but not least he encourages any plant member to grow professional and personal wise.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate
Education
University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim
Diploma Engineer (FH) · Wood Technology · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Lean Management Methods
Six Sigma - Green Belt
REFA certificate "Work organization and process design"
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