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.
- Managed the takeover restructuring after insolvency.
- 20 million EUR revenue, 150 employees.
- Reported to the shareholders.
Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
10 monthsBonn, Germany
Interim Managing Director
EuroPriSe Cert GmbH
- Reported to the shareholders.
- Accreditation under Art. 42 GDPR.
- Set up international sales.
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
7 monthsZella-Mehlis, Germany
Interim Managing Director
Boehm Group GmbH (formerly Böhm AG)
- System supplier for mechanical engineering.
- Reported to the shareholders.
- Responsible for approx. 20 million EUR revenue.
- Personnel responsibility for 180 employees, now approx. 150.
- Stabilized customer and supplier relationships.
- Structured production processes.
- Post-merger integration.
May 2018 - Present
7 years 6 monthsWiesbaden, Germany
CEO – CTO – CRO – Advisory Board Member
Self-employed
- Realignment, PMI, bridging vacancies.
- Advised companies include:
- Seysen GmbH & Co. KG / shareholder of EFAFLEX
- PROTEC B.V. / NL
- Teigwaren Riesa GmbH
- Matchbird GmbH – world market leader as a serendipity service provider
- Advisor to a German private equity firm
- Achievements:
- Internationalization of sales
- Increased production efficiency by 30%
- Implemented advisory boards (Protec, Matchbird)
- PMI / integration into the parent company / group
- Prepared an acquisition (private equity)
- Accreditation of EuroPriSe Cert GmbH by the 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 for high-speed doors.
- Reporting to the shareholders.
- Revenue responsibility > €150 million.
- Responsible for approx. 1,300 employees.
- Overall responsibility for sales (worldwide) & production in Germany and Czech Republic.
- Responsibility for R&D in Germany, Czech Republic & Slovenia.
- Achievements:
- Revenue increase of over 15%.
- Restructuring of the sales organization.
- Reactivation of lost markets/customers.
- Digitization > initiation and rollout of SAP CRM.
- Introduction of new products such as machine protection doors, bulletproof doors.
- Internationalization (USA, China, India, Australia).
- New trade partners in Asia and Australia.
- Introduction of company-wide marketing.
- Introduction of a document management system.
- Development of a KPI system.
- M&A measures in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the USA.
- Agreements with the works council.
- Customers:
- Among others: Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Porsche, Amazon, Giesecke+Devrient, logistics centers, cold storage facilities, etc.
Apr 2012 - Dec 2015
3 years 9 monthsOsnabrück, Germany
Sales Director
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; machine and plant engineering for the automotive industry (measuring & testing machines).
- Achievements:
- Focus on profitable product segments.
- PMI / restructuring and closure of sites.
- Stabilization and establishment in the market.
- Product rationalization and introduction of a modular design.
- Introduction of optical measurement technology as a new product field.
- Cost savings through renegotiation and centralization.
- Customers:
- Among others: ZKW, Hella (optical measurement technology), 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 the cement and mineral production sector; 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 concentration of production at one location.
- Optimization of inventory turnover.
- Product and process standardization within the group.
- Acquisition of a mid-sized company.
- Development of comprehensive IT support to improve efficiency in order processing.
- Introduction of a document management system.
- Introduction of key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Preparation for production relocation to Chennai, India.
- Customers:
- Among others: 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 key 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
- A subsidiary of Legris S.A., France. Legris manufactures push-in and screw connections for fluid technology applications, with sales of around €200M; today part of the Parker Hannifin Group.
- Achievements:
- Revenue growth of 80%
- Built a Tier 1 structure
- Restructured the exclusive dealer network
- Significantly expanded the distribution network
- Developed and implemented the European price list
- Developed the sales strategy and pricing policy
- Customers:
- Volkswagen Group (fuel line connector / 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 & casters and industrial balls, with sales of around €28M.
- Achievements:
- Revenue growth of around 12%
- Reactivated lost markets
- Internationalized sales (Europe/Asia, especially Japan)
- Established a sales company & partners 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 Gruppe
- A publicly traded American industrial company, among others a manufacturer of industrial compressors, with sales of around $13B and 60,000 employees.
- Worked from 1989 to 1991 at Ingersoll Rand Company Ltd., USA, in Mayfield, KY and Charlotte, NC.
- Achievements:
- Developed and marketed maintenance contracts
- Conducted market analysis to check the compatibility of competitor spare parts as a strategic measure
- Lead 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
- Taught mathematics, jet engines and physics.
Jan 1979 - Jul 1979
7 monthsNeuss, Germany
Machine Mechanic
International Harvester Company mbH
Summary
Since 1996, I have 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 the technical progress in its industry with full commitment. I prefer to operate in a medium-sized, family-oriented environment. Throughout my career, I have gone through all phases of a company: from start-up and company building to developing and implementing global internationalization strategies, right through to crisis management or launching key 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
Diploma in Engineering (FH) · Aerospace Engineering · Aachen, Germany
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