Baseline & Performance Manager

Head of Site Facility Management at Group HQ (Berlin) responsible for approx. 21,000 m² GFA for approx. 1,100 workstations at two sites (partially under monument protection)

In-house facility consultant for approx. 200 sites worldwide: implemented and managed regional best-practice teams; introduced electronic auctions and tenders; achieved cost savings through optimized procurement processes; optimized processes via synergies

Head of Plant Engineering at Hennigsdorf site (10/16–12/17) responsible for the power plant, energy/water supply and disposal on approx. 660,000 m² site (85,000 m² GFA) for approx. 2,500 technical and administrative workstations in 63 buildings

Key projects:

Outsourcing of the IT department for approx. 320 workstations; lean canteen; flexible workplace planning

Setup of a shared service center for EMEA; average material cost savings of 15% through regular Newtron tenders; 10% logistics cost savings through consolidated purchase volumes; planning of a modern paint shop in Poland; expansion of a final assembly hall in England

Organizational restructuring after 50% budget cut; decommissioning of several production buildings; workspace optimization by consolidating departments and support functions; integration of approx. 150 workstations from corporate headquarters

Personnel responsibility: HQ direct 3 / indirect 35; projects direct 0 / indirect up to 85; Hennigsdorf direct 17 / indirect 125

Budget: HQ €5,900k/year; project-specific €30k–22,000k; Hennigsdorf €19,000k/year

Spin-off of a logistics center from five production plants

Setup of a flexible, function- and market-oriented process organization

Daily technical and commercial inventory and logistics controlling

Integration of overseas warehouses in China and the USA

Key projects:

Conversion of existing property from production to logistics requirements

Planning of a new semi-automated high-bay warehouse

Introduction of a continuous inventory with component consolidation from different production eras

Introduction of automated transport systems and Kanban

Achievement of performance targets ahead of schedule within six months

Personnel responsibility: direct 135, indirect 25

Budget: €1,200k

Municipal economic development as a partnership of public authorities and local businesses (PPP model)

Key projects:

Support for funding members

Start-up and business security consulting

Grant acquisition

Event and representation management

Staff responsibility: direct 4

Budget: 280 TDM/a

Management consulting for industrial companies; takeover and turnaround of companies in need of restructuring and former VEB plants from the Treuhandanstalt

Key projects:

Mahindra (India) – manufacturing concept for seven sites

Kirloskar (India) – relocation of engine production from IFA Nordhausen to Pune (technology transfer)

Turnaround concept for Lotze Maschinenbau, Kurzer Ventilatoren

Budget: 1.000 TDM

Junior planner for industrial plant planning projects, focusing on assembly and final production

Main project:

General Motors Europe: establishment of the first assembly plant in the former Eastern Bloc region (Hungary)