Relocation of an entire plant with assembly lines from England to Germany, including startup and optimization of equipment.
Finding new suppliers for 55 plastic injection molds.
Layout planning for assembly at the new site within the company.
Project duration: 10 months in 2022.
Mar 2019 - Present
6 years 5 months
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Poctim Leicht Sole Proprietorship
Consulting, leading and participating in projects to increase efficiency, restructuring, process improvement, outsourcing processes and cost reduction in production, quality and logistics.
Interim management, especially in SMEs.
Lean management.
Vacancy bridging.
Management and process consulting (Lean Trainer).
Technical project manager (IPMA Level D).
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
7 months
CIP Manager, Lean Trainer
Westfalia Presstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Identifying need for change in process workflows.
Developing improvement potentials in documentation and presenting for decision, then implementing with work instructions.
In coordination with toolmaking, changing and improving tools based on customer complaints and aligning with the customer (e.g. introducing a 2-hour rule in a work instruction); reduced rework by two-thirds.
Improving OEE on the presses (SMED workshops) including tooling; halved setup time.
Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
1 year 11 months
Switzerland
Trainer for Lean Tools
Innopark AG Switzerland
Conducted trainings in various lean tools.
(Completed further training as certified Project Manager Level D at Innopark AG Switzerland).
Jan 2015 - Aug 2016
1 year 8 months
Grüsch, Switzerland
Head of Quality Management, Lean Trainer
Wittenstein AG
Customer support.
Handling complaints (8D, Ishikawa diagram).
Process optimization.
Introduced shopfloor in areas of production planning (materials, production control, management).
Dec 2011 - Dec 2014
3 years 1 month
Head of Lean Management
KOKI Technik Transmission Systems GmbH
Introduced lean in the company (SMED, OEE, 5S, Kaizen, MES system with FORCAM, shopfloor management, reduced scrap from 7% to under 2% lean production).
Introduced idea management in the first year, benefit €1.3M.
Trained about 300 employees in various lean tools.
Nov 2010 - Nov 2011
1 year 1 month
Jahnsdorf, Germany
Plant Manager Jahnsdorf Plant
KOKI Technik Transmission Systems GmbH
Responsible for fine blanking, punching, bending, welding and assembly (about 130 employees at the site).
Set up production lines according to lean principles, while optimizing processes (factory planning in the new plant).
After relocating the plant, achieved all business metrics within required range within 3 months.
Mar 2009 - Oct 2010
1 year 8 months
Konstanz, Germany
Branch Manager
KOKI Technik Transmission Systems GmbH
Set up new production line (DL501 gearbox production).
Project manager for relocating the Konstanz plant to Jahnsdorf (Saxony).
Sep 2007 - Feb 2009
1 year 6 months
Deputy Plant Manager, Head of Production, Head of Maintenance, Head of Tool Repair and Toolmaking
KOKI Technik Shifting Systems GmbH
Built in-house plastic molds for overmolding shift forks and bending tools on presses.
Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
1 year 1 month
Konstanz, Germany
Deputy Head of Development
KOKI Technik Shifting Systems GmbH
Responsible for project management.
Project E24 (gearbox production).
Planning the required machines.
Layout for new line.
Procurement of machines.
Prototype production.
Quality monitoring according to customer requirements.
Feb 2005 - Jul 2006
1 year 6 months
Zürich, Switzerland
Managing Director and Member of the Board
AuroEquity Trading and Service AG
Jan 2003 - Jan 2005
2 years 1 month
Wädenswil, Switzerland
Managing Director
Edelmetalle + Recycling AG (50%) and Provera GmbH (50%)
Jan 2000 - Dec 2004
5 years
Meersburg, Germany
Project Manager Sales of Energy Saving Lamps
Provera GmbH
International travel in Europe and Africa.
Nov 1997 - Dec 1999
2 years 2 months
Commercial Clerk
Self-employed
Dec 1994 - Oct 1997
2 years 11 months
Portugal
Commercial Director with Prokura
RMC Ltd.
Jun 1990 - Nov 1994
4 years 6 months
Stuttgart, Germany
Field Sales
Iduna Nova Insurance
Feb 1984 - May 1990
6 years 4 months
Responsible for Production Planning (AVOR)
SDAG Wismut
Automation of production lines (assembly)
Duration: 5 months.
Process modeling with VIFLOW
Problem: Processes in the company were unclear and scattered (master production plan, shift plan, work instructions and IT systems separate; connections hard or impossible for employees to see).
Solution: Carried out process modeling with 'VIFLOW', making processes easy to find, clearly presented and fully mapped.
Project duration: 6 months.
Summary
Responsible, team-oriented leader
Excellent experience evaluating all quality-related metrics and initiating measures to improve processes
Knowledge as Lean Trainer in various lean tools in production, quality and logistics
Very good knowledge of quality management ISO 9001-2015 and IATF 16949
Experience working with customers and suppliers
Experience as project manager from product development to SOP
Languages
German
Native
English
Intermediate
Education
Jul 1979 - Feb 1984
Technical University of Chemnitz
Diplom-Ingenieur, Process Design · Mechanical Engineering · Chemnitz, Germany
Certifications & licenses
H&T Excellence driving to Perfection
H&T
IPMA Certification Level D 'Project Management'
IPMA
Certified Quality Management Representative QMB ISO 9001-2015