Jakob H.
Interim Managing Director
Experience
Mar 2025 - Jun 2025
4 monthsRahden, Germany
HybridCSO
KOLBUS GmbH
Oct 2023 - Jun 2024
9 monthsWissen, Germany
Interim Managing Director
DALEX Automation & Welding GmbH
- System supplier for resistance welding technology.
- Carried out restructuring after insolvency.
- 20 million in revenue, 150 employees.
- Reporting to shareholders.
Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
10 monthsBonn, Germany
Interim Managing Director
EuroPriSe Cert GmbH
- Reporting to shareholders.
- Accreditation under Art. 42 GDPR.
- Developing international sales.
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
7 monthsZella-Mehlis, Germany
Interim Managing Director
Boehm Group GmbH (formerly Böhm AG)
- System supplier for mechanical engineering.
- Reporting to shareholders.
- Revenue responsibility approx. €20 million.
- Personnel responsibility for 180 employees, now approx. 150.
- Stabilizing customer and supplier relationships.
- Structuring production.
- Post-merger integration.
May 2018 - Present
7 years 5 monthsWiesbaden, Germany
CEO – CTO – CRO – Advisory Board Member
Self-employed
- Realignment, post-merger integration, interim management.
- Companies advised include:
- Seysen GmbH & Co. KG / shareholder of EFAFLEX
- PROTEC B.V. / NL
- Teigwaren Riesa GmbH
- Matchbird GmbH – world market leader in serendipity services
- Advisor to a German private equity firm
- Achievements:
- Internationalization of sales
- Increased production efficiency (30%)
- Implemented advisory boards (Protec, Matchbird)
- PMI / integration into parent company / group
- Preparation for an acquisition (private equity)
- Accreditation of EuroPriSe Cert GmbH by DAkkS
Jan 2016 - Aug 2018
2 years 8 monthsBruckberg, Germany
Managing Director
EFAFLEX GmbH & Co. KG
- Medium-sized company in the door industry, world market leader in high-speed doors.
- Reporting to shareholders.
- Revenue responsibility > €150 million.
- Personnel responsibility for approx. 1300 employees.
- Overall responsibility for sales (worldwide) & production in Germany and the Czech Republic.
- Responsibility for R&D in Germany, the Czech Republic & Slovenia.
- Achievements:
- Sales increase over 15%
- Restructuring of sales
- Reactivation of lost markets/customers
- Digitization > initiation and implementation of SAP-CRM
- Introduction of new products, e.g., machine protection doors, bulletproof doors
- Internationalization (USA, China, India, Australia)
- New trading partners in Asia and Australia
- Implementation of company-wide marketing
- Introduction of document management
- Development of a KPI system
- M&A measures in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the USA
- Works agreements with the works council
- Customers:
- e.g. Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Porsche, Amazon, Giesecke+Devrient, logistics centers, cold storage facilities, etc.
Apr 2012 - Dec 2015
3 years 9 monthsOsnabrück, Germany
Head of Sales
Herzog Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Medium-sized company; supplier in plant engineering for cement and mineral production; revenue > €40 million, approx. 220 employees.
Apr 2012 - Dec 2015
3 years 9 monthsBremen, Germany
Managing Director
Inmess GmbH
- Medium-sized company; machinery and plant engineering for the automotive industry (measuring & testing machines).
- Achievements:
- Focus on profitable product segments
- PMI / restructuring and closure of locations
- Market stabilization and establishment
- Product rationalization and introduction of modular design
- Introduction of optical metrology as a new product field
- Cost savings through renegotiation and centralization
- Customers:
- e.g. ZKW, Hella (optical metrology), Bosch, Nexen, Kumho, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Porsche, TÜV; Continental, Goodyear.
Jan 2008 - Jun 2009
1 year 6 monthsMariager, Denmark
Advisory Board Member
FLSmidth Airloq
- Manufacturing instruments for gas analysis.
- After successful integration, the advisory board was dissolved by resolution.
Apr 2005 - Jan 2012
6 years 10 monthsCopenhagen, Denmark
Sole Managing Director
FLSmidth
- Listed Danish group; plant engineering in cement and mineral production; revenue > €3 billion, approx. 13,000 employees.
- Sole managing director in 3 group companies:
- FLSmidth Wuppertal GmbH, Wuppertal
- Pfaff Maschinenbau GmbH, Harzgerode
- FLSmidth spol. sr.o., Brno/Czech Republic
- Achievements:
- Revenue increase from €7 to €25 million
- PMI / integration of Airloq & FLSmidth Wuppertal into the group
- Product development
- Restructuring and consolidation of production at one location
- Optimization of inventory turnover
- Product and process standardization within the group
- Acquisition of a medium-sized company
- Development of end-to-end IT support to increase efficiency in order processing
- Introduction of document management
- Introduction of key performance indicators (KPI)
- Preparation for production relocation to Chennai, India
- Customers:
- e.g. Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex, Vicat, HeidelbergCement, KHD, Polysius, Aumund, Buzzi, Rohrdorfer Cement, Aurubis, various steel companies.
Jun 2002 - Mar 2005
2 years 10 monthsWiesbaden, Germany
Managing Partner
Hess Unternehmensberatung
- A major assignment during this time was serving as Interim Managing Director for WIBERA GmbH Wiesbaden, events & catering (mandate period: 2002–2014).
Jan 2002 - Dec 2014
13 yearsWiesbaden, Germany
Interim Managing Director
WIBERA GmbH
- Events & catering.
Mar 1996 - Jun 2002
6 years 4 monthsMörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Managing Director
Legris GmbH
- Subsidiary of Legris S.A., France; Legris manufactures push-in and threaded fittings for fluid applications; revenue approx. €200 million; now part of the Parker Hannifin Group.
- Achievements:
- Revenue increase of 80%
- Development of a Tier 1 structure
- Restructuring of the exclusive dealer network
- Significant expansion of the distribution network
- Development and implementation of the European price list
- Development of sales strategy and pricing policy
- Customers:
- Volkswagen Group (fuel line fitting / series), IMA, MAN Roland, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Bosch.
Nov 1993 - Feb 1996
2 years 4 monthsWermelskirchen, Germany
Head of Sales
Kugelfabrik Schulte GmbH & Co.
- Manufacturer of wheels & rollers and industrial balls; revenue approx. €28 million.
- Achievements:
- Sales increase approx. 12%
- Reactivation of lost markets
- Internationalization of sales (Europe/Asia, especially Japan)
- Establishment of a sales company & partner in the USA and Japan
- Customers:
- Bosch, Siemens, Lear Corporation, Faurecia, MontBlanc, Rolex, ETA.
Apr 1989 - Aug 1993
4 years 5 monthsHead of Sales/Marketing/Customer Service
Ingersoll-Rand Group
- Publicly traded American industrial company, among others manufacturer of industrial compressors; revenue approx. $13 billion, 60,000 employees.
- Role from 1989 to 1991 at Ingersoll Rand Company Ltd., USA, Mayfield KY and Charlotte NC.
- Achievements:
- Development and sale of maintenance contracts
- Market analysis to assess compatibility of competitor spare parts as a strategic measure
- Responsible trainer for TQM measures at Ingersoll Rand Germany
- Customers:
- RAG, Bayer, DuPont, BASF, Ford, OMV, Böhler, ThyssenKrupp, Salzgitter, Saarstahl.
Oct 1987 - Dec 1988
1 year 3 monthsFaßberg, Germany
Training Non-Commissioned Officer
Technical School of the Air Force
- Teaching mathematics, jet engines and physics.
Jan 1979 - Jul 1979
7 monthsNeuss, Germany
Machinist
International Harvester Company mbH
Summary
Since 1996, I've been used to taking on entrepreneurial responsibility as a managing director. I am driven by my curiosity and my firm belief that every company should actively shape technical progress in its industry with full commitment. I prefer to operate in a medium-sized, family-oriented environment. In my career, I've been through every phase of a company: from startup and company building to developing and implementing global internationalization strategies, to crisis management and launching important digitization initiatives.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryChinese
ElementaryEducation
Oct 2004 - Jun 2004
WWZ at the University of Basel
Master of Advanced Studies in Marketing · Marketing · Basel, Switzerland
Oct 1981 - Jun 1987
Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) · Aerospace Engineering · Aachen, Germany
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