Josef T.
Consultant and Interim Manager in Human Resources
Experience
Nov 2003 - Present
22 years 2 monthsConsultant and Interim Manager in Human Resources
Freelance Work
- Global responsibility for workforce adjustment measures (large worldwide projects as well as small local activities), including restructuring in insolvency situations
- Multiple interim management roles in Compensation & Benefits: leading the C&B departments including payroll, managing salary increase and bonus rounds, optimizing bonus systems, overseeing employee benefits and retirement plans for all staff groups including executive management and the board
- Multiple interim HR manager and HR Business Partner roles to fill vacancies: maintaining and partly redesigning all HR processes
- Integration project I including interim management: overseeing the merger of holding structures, the closure of a location and the regional transfer of employees
- Integration project II: harmonizing employee benefits and introducing an employee review process including an evaluation system; project lead for development and rollout, negotiating the works agreement, creating the guide and training materials
- HR topics in international M&A projects: conducting HR due diligence and employee transfers
- Final winding-up of companies in closure: point of contact for management, employees, authorities and insurance carriers, liaison to transfer companies and payroll centers
- Ongoing HR management and support as a service for small companies as an outsourced HR department
Oct 2001 - Oct 2003
2 years 1 monthEschborn, Germany
Head of HR
ABB Automation Products GmbH
- Designing a unified HR policy and harmonizing different working conditions in compensation systems, benefits and employment contracts
- Managing restructuring across all sites in close cooperation with local HR teams, managers and works councils; cutting workforce by over 25% and implementing targeted cost savings like offsetting wage increases and reducing HR overhead
- Reorganizing the HR area by introducing competence centers
- Introducing a management review process for assessing, selecting and developing leaders and specialists including succession planning
- Redesign of initial training programs
Jul 2000 - Sep 2001
1 year 3 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Head of HR Division
Metallgesellschaft AG (now GEA Group AG)
- Group-wide development and implementation of HR policy
- Leadership development: in-house corporate university, campus outreach, identifying and developing talent, conducting 360° feedback
- Ongoing optimization of the compensation & benefits system and extending the stock option program abroad
- Group-wide reconciliation agreement and social plan during outsourcing activities
- Recruiting and supporting top management
May 1996 - Jun 2000
4 years 2 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Head of HR Controlling/Policy/Comp & Ben
Metallgesellschaft AG (now GEA Group AG)
- Introducing performance and success-based compensation systems
- Developing and launching employee participation programs and stock option schemes for executives
- Changing retirement benefits and adjusting benefits for executives
- Providing labor law support for the group holding company
- Introducing trust-based working hours
- Negotiating and finalizing various company and group-level works agreements
- Managing the external facility management partner
- Negotiating and signing a framework agreement for group-wide catering
Oct 1993 - Apr 1996
2 years 7 monthsHamburg, Germany
Head of HR Operations
Blohm + Voss AG
- Introducing structural short-time work, flexible working hours and on-call duty
- Joint training programs with other companies
- Changing compensation systems
- Introducing a continuous improvement process
- HR support during the split of the AG into multiple GmbHs
May 1992 - Sep 1993
1 year 5 monthsVillingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Head of HR and Social Affairs
Hüller Hille GmbH und Hommelwerke GmbH
- Implementation of a time tracking system
- Reduction of personnel costs by offsetting wage increases and cutting above-tariff allowances
- Reduction of employee benefits
- Outsourcing the canteen
- Staff reduction of about 40% of the workforce including a reconciliation of interests and a social plan
Mar 1989 - Apr 1992
3 years 2 monthsEssen, Germany
Assistant to the HR Director
Thyssen Industrie AG
- Managing expatriates
- Employer branding
- Talent development: introduction of employee appraisals, organization of seminars, succession planning
- Coordination of decentralized HR activities
- HR controlling
- Special tasks such as analyzing compensation structures
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1983 - Jun 1989
University of Mannheim
Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Mannheim, Germany
Oct 1980 - Jun 1983
Heidelberg Business High School
Heidelberg, Germany
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