Gundolf S. - Project Manager Cranes and Logistics

Essen, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Mar 2025

4 months

Hamburg, Germany

Project Manager Cranes and Logistics

Aurubis Hamburg (via Hays AG)

For their new converter.

May 2024 - Oct 2024

6 months

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed

Specifications for placing orders, coordination of interfaces.

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

1 year

Bengaluru, India

Lead of Erection and Assembly / HSE Manager

Indo MIM

Assembly of a powder production plant for an Indian customer.

Leading the customer's erection and assembly team at Indo MIM.

Responsible for health, safety, and environment.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

Sulgen, Switzerland

Technical and commercial project management

Belimed Life Science AG

Using SAP.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

George Town, Malaysia

Site and quality management

Oryx Advanced Materials

For a powder production plant (gas atomization system).

Jan 2021 - Dec 2023

3 years

Project Lead

Siam Poongsan

Revamp of a copper slab rolling mill, including engineering, construction, and site and quality management.

Direct contract with the end customer.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2024

6 years

Hanau, Germany

Interim Head of the Services

ALD Vacuum Technologies

Installation, service and construction management.

Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

4 months

Interim Manager QA

SMS Concast

Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

3 years

Thailand

Interim Head of Service Cold Rolling Mills/continuous casting

Danieli

Jun 2015 - Apr 2025

9 years 11 months

Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

Project Manager steel works crane and material handling

ArcelorMittal

For their decarburization project.

May 2010 - May 2015

5 years 1 month

Germany

Area Sales Manager

hpl group

Development of the entire sales territory in Asia.
Recruiting and leading all local sales representatives.
Preparing technical concepts and cost calculations.
Technical and commercial negotiations with customers until order placement and final acceptance.
Won the order for the technological upgrade of a cold rolling mill in Thailand.
Developed the concept and signed the contract for a complete skin pass mill for saw blade strips in China.
Grew company sales in Asia from zero to a solid 2 million euro per year.

Jul 2007 - Mar 2010

2 years 9 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Commercial and Technical Project Manager

SMS Concast AG (SMS group)

Commercial and technical responsibility for two large greenfield continuous caster projects in Thailand and China.
Leading and guiding the project teams, consortium members and other parties involved up to final customer acceptance.
Time scheduling and control as well as claim management.
Expediting and quality control at subcontractors and external manufacturers.
Regular cost analysis and preparation of reports for the Managing Board.
Lead of erection and commissioning on the customer’s site.
Achieved both commercial and technical project goals.
Successful commissioning of the first “combination-caster” in Asia.

Olpe, Germany

Sales Engineer

Danieli Fröhling GmbH & Co. KG

Burbach, Germany

Project Manager

Hess Maschinenfabrik

Project Engineer

SMS Siemag (SMS Group)

Design engineering (about 3 years).
Factory planning within a leadership department for turnkey plants (about 3 years).
Technical project management and lead of the engineering teams (about 6 years, including one year at SMS Pittsburgh, USA, and six months at SMS India).
Lead of erection and commissioning on the customer’s site.

Summary

Expert in the field of cold rolling, strip processing lines and continuous casting
Solid knowledge in the field of international contracting (EPC projects)
Highly experienced in sales and service