Friedrich Fries-henrich - Founder and Managing Director

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Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany

Experience

May 2019 - Present

6 years 3 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Founder and Managing Director

Circulania Services GmbH

Built a startup with a platform for processing and marketing used industrial raw materials.
Developed an artificial intelligence for digitally designing new value chains and supply chains.
Processed and traded industrial by-products and wastes into new, alternative raw materials.
Assessed sustainability of materials and production processes focusing on CO2 emissions, cost-effectiveness, environmental impact/reusability.
Implemented a CRM and ERP system plus advanced cybersecurity systems using lean management methods.

Sep 2015 - Present

9 years 11 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Founder and Owner

atlas.wandel

Focus areas: Interim management, project management, digitization projects (Industry 4.0), building strategic procurement organizations, restructurings, change and development projects.

Mandate examples:

Planning Germany’s largest energy infrastructure project: Led the bidding team, market research, procurement strategy, prepared European public tender, award and contract documents, Stuttgart.
Project lead for company relocation and production expansion: Planned and prepared tender documents, drafted financing documents, logistics company, Duisburg.
Turnaround of a logistics and process technology group, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Agile planning and leadership of a development project for a product cost and controlling tool, IT security startup, Stuttgart.
Set up a strategic procurement organization as interim category manager for maintenance and servicing, product additives and spare parts in Western Europe, raw materials and process engineering, NRW.

Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

6 months

Technical and Academic Development

Process costing within value stream analysis and design.
Developed a competency and evaluation model for project managers.
Project organization and distributed production in decentralized networks.

May 2013 - Feb 2015

1 year 10 months

Bruchsal, Germany

Senior Manager Procurement Projects, Category Buyer Germany Mechanical Seals & Systems

Sulzer Pumpen Deutschland

Transformation of operational and strategic procurement EMEA:

Deputy head of department, conducted change management including internal and external change communication.
Major procurement project management: clarified specifications with engineering, managed pre-award and award negotiations, handled complaints and avoidance, and schedule control.
Initiated strategic cost-down projects by restructuring the supply-chain/sourcing setup.

Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

3 months

Madrid, Spain

International Management Program

thyssenkrupp Elevator SEED Campus

Group program for junior managers in the EMEA region:

Performance improvement, cost reduction, customer relationship management.
Business development in growth and mature markets.
Elevator manufacturing, supply chain management.

Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

3 months

Prague, Czech Republic

Secondment

thyssenkrupp Výtahy

Feasibility analysis, detailing and project planning for automating the main product design in AutoCAD.

May 2011 - Apr 2013

2 years

Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Germany

Project Manager Manufacturing Leading Team

thyssenkrupp Elevator (CENE)

Led structuring of the program organization “Fit For Future” (production site optimization program).
Designed and co-led the production network subproject combining German and French plants.
Coordinated a benchmark project for the main European product including value analysis and cost reduction proposals.

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Czech

Elementary

Spanish

Elementary

French

Elementary

Education