Jürgen R.

Senior Partner

Bönnigheim, Germany

Experience

Feb 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months

Senior Partner

Expense Reduction Analysts

  • ERA Group is one of the leading consulting firms for cost management and procurement. ERA supports companies with measurable, success-based and implementation-oriented consulting services
Feb 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months

Founder

Rausch Unternehmensberatung GmbH

  • Business management, process, digitization and funding consulting as well as coaching for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 8 months

QM Implementation and QM Digitalization

  • Development and implementation of quality management systems according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 as well as digitalization based on MS Office in SharePoint, Planner, Visio, Lists, Forms, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other tools (more than 10 projects)
Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
1 year 11 months
Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Interim Manager Supplier Development

Recaro Aircraft Seating

  • Production readiness status, project and product qualification of a new seat type, global control function and coordination, controlling internal/external resources
  • Design and establishment of capacity planning and monitoring for suppliers
  • Internal process definition and optimization of existing processes in procurement and supplier management, auditing and monitoring
Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
3 months
Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Interim Manager Supplier Development

Recaro Aircraft Seating

  • Support in relocation of injection molding tools and plastic parts due to insolvency of the existing supplier, internal and external coordination and reporting
Apr 2016 - Present
9 years 5 months

Project expert in production, maintenance and ERP/APS/BDE systems

Medium-sized companies (from SMEs to corporations)

  • General business consulting, current-state analysis and presentation/implementation of potential
  • Recording and analyzing costs as well as creating reports and presenting the current situation, identifying optimization opportunities for decision and implementation with ongoing support and reporting of actual savings
Dec 2015 - Jan 2024
8 years 2 months

Partner

Expense Reduction Analysts

  • ERA Group is one of the leading consulting firms for cost management and procurement. ERA supports companies with a measurable, success-based, and implementation-driven consulting service.
Jan 2012 - Jun 2016
4 years 6 months

Head of Production

Wilhelm Kurz & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG

Silo and plant builder for bulk materials

  • Restructuring the manufacturing organization
  • Establishing and implementing production planning in SAP
  • Integrating an effective controlling system
  • Introducing Kanban, lean management and inventory management
  • Developing project-based order processing and defining the ordering process
  • Planning and implementing a mixing tower system (customer project)
Jul 2009 - Dec 2011
2 years 6 months

Head of Production & Materials Management

ZZ-Antriebe GmbH

Development & production of gearboxes

  • Optimizing the production structure and introducing lean management
  • Improving on-time delivery, quality and productivity
  • Reducing work-in-progress and inventory levels
  • Integrating an effective production controlling system
  • Outsourcing, insourcing and make-or-buy decisions
  • Reducing maintenance and tooling costs
Sep 2002 - Jun 2009
6 years 10 months

Head of the Double Joint Shaft Profit Center

G. Elbe & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG

Factory for universal joint drives

  • Planning and controlling production, about 20% annual growth
  • Replacement and procurement of machines and equipment
  • Operational order processing, work and assembly planning
  • Expanding the production area during ongoing operations
  • Conducting machining trials, active point of contact
Feb 2000 - Aug 2002
2 years 7 months

Deputy Head of Raw and Finished Parts Warehouse

G. Elbe & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG

Factory for universal joint drives

  • Managing the warehouse and leading staff, including assembly
  • Inventory management, performing stocktaking
  • Project member for as-is and potential analysis to segment driveshaft production in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA)
  • Implemented the segmentation as logistics subproject leader; mainly responsible for separating component warehouses, in-plant logistics, and designing material flow
Aug 1995 - Jan 2000
4 years 6 months

Maintenance

G. Elbe & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG

Factory for universal joint drives

  • Maintenance and mechanical engineering team member
  • Maintenance and repairs of machines and equipment
  • Construction of special purpose machines
  • Hydraulics, pneumatics, and metalworking
Jan 1992 - Dec 1995
4 years

Apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic (equipment and precision engineering)

G. Elbe & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG

Summary

  • Since 2015 self-employed as a business, digitization and process consultant
  • 15 years' experience as head of production in various medium-sized companies in the field of drive technology, mechanical engineering and tank construction
  • Experience in restructuring, change management and setting up KPI systems
  • Management consulting, implementation support along the supply chain
  • QM implementation DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and QM digitalization
  • Hands-on mentality, results-oriented and strong in execution
  • Lean management, 5S, SMED, Six Sigma, shopfloor, value stream, FMEA
  • Work preparation and assembly planning, project management
  • Production planning and control, capacity and personnel planning
  • Integration of new technologies
  • Factory layout planning (rebuilding, conversion during ongoing operations), automation
  • Optimization of procurement processes, supplier selection and management, contract negotiations, make or buy, cost reduction, supplier development
  • Insourcing, outsourcing, Kanban, JIT
  • Budget, sales and profit responsibility
  • Hiring, reassigning and releasing employees
  • Cost optimization in production, maintenance, energy and steel purchasing
  • SAP PP/MM, abas, Timeline, Dynamics BC, Infor, MS Office, AutoCAD, etc.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2006

IHK Stuttgart, Bezirkskammer Ludwigsburg

Technical Business Administrator (IHK) · Technical Business Administrator · Ludwigsburg, Germany

Oct 2000 - Jun 2003

IHK Stuttgart, Bezirkskammer Ludwigsburg

Industrial Foreman Metal (IHK) · Industrial Foreman Metal · Ludwigsburg, Germany

Oct 1992 - Jun 1995

Fa. Elbe & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG

Industrial Mechanic, Precision and Fine Mechanics · Industrial Mechanic · Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

...and 2 more

Certifications & licenses

Consultant for SME Funding

KMU-Beraterverband

Technical Business Administrator (IHK)

IHK Stuttgart

Industrial Foreman Metal (IHK)

IHK Stuttgart

Emergency Medical Technician

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Ludwigsburg

Six Sigma Champion Training

Quality Management Certification ISO 9001:2015

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