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Stefan Schnabel

Founder and Senior Consultant

Stefan Schnabel
Schalksmühle, Germany

Experience

Jun 2024 - Present
1 year 8 months

Founder and Senior Consultant

LPM-Consulting, die LeanManufactur

  • Consulting SMEs in lean management, operational excellence and internal auditing to ISO 9001
  • Implementing measures to increase efficiency, effectiveness and quality
  • Supporting the implementation of sustainability strategies
Oct 2021 - May 2024
2 years 8 months

Head of Operations

KATEK Düsseldorf (today Kontron AG)

  • Direct reporting to the Managing Directors of Düsseldorf and Leipzig, with close coordination with the COO and CPO of KATEK SE
  • Acting as Deputy Managing Director Düsseldorf
  • Interim Quality Manager and head of technical planning
  • Production and logistics optimization, integration of new technologies and shopfloor management
  • Budget responsibility for the entire operations department
  • Leading 4 department heads and approx. 110 employees
  • Overseeing internal audits according to IATF 16949:2016 section 8 at the Saedinenie/Bulgaria plant
  • Successful re-certification to ISO 9001:2015 at the expanded plant
  • Increased sales by 30%, productivity by 15% and drastically reduced production backlogs
Apr 2020 - Sep 2021
1 year 6 months

Founder and Senior Consultant

LPM-Consulting, die LeanManufactur

  • Advising entrepreneurs and business founders on lean management and operational excellence
  • Developing measures for efficiency and effectiveness
Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 1 month

Technical Managing Director

WEMAS Holding GmbH

  • Reporting to the CEO
  • Quality management at all sites, P&L responsibility, management reporting (BWA) and liquidity planning
  • Optimization and streamlining of the product portfolio based on BCG analysis
  • Implementation of Microsoft Navision and KPI-based shopfloor management
  • Managing Landwehr Schilderfabrik GmbH and Gerding GmbH
  • Increased sales by 8% and established occupational safety measures
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
2 years 2 months

Head of Final Assembly Production

Werner Turck GmbH & Co. KG

  • Reporting to the Production Manager
  • Ensuring on-time and quality-compliant production in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing
  • Planning and controlling optimization measures along the value chain
  • Implementing lean production, Kanban and ConWIP in cooperation with ifp-Consulting
  • Key user for SAP R/3 integration and master data setup
  • Increased productivity by 10%, sales by 20% and improved on-time delivery to 83%
Aug 2014 - Dec 2016
2 years 5 months

Production Manager EMEA

MTS Sensors Technologie

  • Reporting to the local managing director and WW operations manager
  • Organizing and managing operational processes in manufacturing, material planning, purchasing, shipping, and maintenance
  • P&L responsibility and coordination of international S&OP meetings
  • Global implementation of lean production, one-piece flow, Kanban, and Heijunka
  • Increased productivity by 20% and improved OTD to 93%
Feb 2013 - Jul 2014
1 year 6 months

Operational Site Leader ISC, ACS EMEA

bk-electronic GmbH

  • Site responsibility including purchasing, sales, manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, and facilities with a €10M budget
  • Integrated into a matrix structure and reported to EMEA management
  • Implemented Honeywell Operating System (HOS) and introduced one-piece flow
  • Managed site closure and relocation to Brno, CZ
  • Increased revenue by 20%, improved delivery performance to over 90%, achieved Bronze status in HOS
Jul 1995 - Dec 2012
17 years 6 months

Technical Production Engineering

Insta Elektro GmbH, Lüdenscheid

  • Independently planned and controlled product launch processes
  • Led projects for KNX, LED lighting, and EMS product lines at the subsidiary ELKA GmbH
  • Carried out investment planning, cost controlling, and technology evaluation
  • Introduced IPC-A-610 training as an instructor and implemented barcode logistics
  • Implemented RoHS and lean production with Staufen AG
  • Increased productivity by 5% through IPC-A-610 rollout
Jan 1994 - Dec 1994
1 year

Sales Engineer

HA-EFF Kunststoffe GmbH

  • Acquired new projects in ship interior outfitting
  • Advised clients from proposal creation to solution implementation
  • Managed projects independently

Summary

Goal-, process- and result-oriented, experienced change manager with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong technical and social skills. Many years of experience in project management, turnaround management, process management and leading complex production units. Valued as a decisive, analytical and resilient leader with a pronounced "can-do" attitude and "hands-on" mentality. His interaction with employees is characterized by appreciation and respect, while always taking business requirements and key metrics into account. Staff development through targeted "support and challenge" is one of his core principles.

Skills

Quality Management & Lean

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Management, Continuous Improvement (Kvp)
  • Operational Excellence, Hoshin Kanri, Shopfloor Management
  • Production Optimization, Kpis, Agile Mindset With Okr, Scrum And Kanban
  • Quality Management (Iso 9001, Iatf 16949, Iso 50001, Iso 14001, Ral Quality Mark, Tisax) And Compliance
  • Value Stream Design, Supply Chain Management, Capacity Control

Management & Leadership

  • Change Management, Restructuring, Turnaround Management
  • Digital Transformation And Automation
  • International Experience In Matrix Organizations
  • Personnel Development And Leadership Of National And International Teams
  • Budget Responsibility, Cost Controlling, Management Reporting (Bwa), Liquidity Planning
  • Systemic Business Coach Certified By Dvnlp

Additional Projects

  • Third-party Auditor In The Supply Chain For Suppliers Of Electronics, Pcbs And Assemblies And Logistics
  • Involvement In The "Prodlog-design" Project In Cooperation With Fraunhofer Ipa, The Ifa (Institute For Factory Equipment And Logistics At Leibniz University Hanover) And Various Involved Companies
  • Trainer In A Training Initiative Run Jointly By Regional Companies, The Sihk In Hagen, And The Employment Agency, For Part-time Training As Smd Production Assistants

Further Relevant Project Experience

  • Restructuring And Turnarounds Of Production Sites
  • Process Optimization In High-mix, Low-volume Environments
  • Implementation Of Lean And Six Sigma Methods In Multinational Companies
  • Development And Implementation Of New Production Layouts Based On Value Stream Optimization And Bottleneck Analysis
  • Automation And Robotics
  • Warehouse Logistics And Traceability Systems
  • Takt Planning Of Equipment And Implementation Of One-piece-flow Islands
  • Kpi-based Shopfloor Management And Continuous Improvement In Companies
  • Personnel Restructuring And Development Measures In Change Processes
  • Contact Person For Associations (Fed, Ipc, 3-d Mid Ev, Zvei, Vdl), Research Institutions (Fraunhofer Isit, Fraunhofer Ipa, Fraunhofer Zve, Fraunhofer Ifam) And Project Partners (Zavt Lippstadt, Staufen Ag, Ifp-consulting, Rick Harris Lean Systems Inc, Lmx Business Consulting Gmbh)

It And Equipment Skills

  • Key User Of Sap R/3, Microsoft Navision, Infor Baan
  • Ms Office, Visio, Ms Project, Mindmanager, Ms Sql, Bpm (Business Process Management) Software
  • Simatic It Mes-suite, Padspowerpcb, Siplacepro, Edm, Setupcenter, Itac-traceability
  • Viscomvivision, Dcm Catamaran
  • Siplace And Mydata Placement Machines, Vitronics, Seho And Smt Reflow Ovens, Asys, Ipte And Nutek Transport Units, Ersa, Vitronics And Seho Soldering Systems, Aoi Viscom And Koh Young, Ekra And Dek Printers, Nordson Conformal Coating Systems, Kolb Cleaning Systems
  • Cam: Technomatix Unicam, Cam350, Diplan, Smt Officepro
  • Experience With Ai (Chatgpt, Perplexity And Notebooklm In A Corporate Context)

Additional Skills

  • Scrum, Okr, Kanban

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Fachhochschule Hamburg

Dipl.-Ing. (Nav. Arch.) FH · Naval Architecture Engineering · Hamburg, Germany

Gymnasium Hermann-Böse-Straße

Abitur · Bremen, Germany

Beaufort Primary School

Beaufort, United States

Certifications & licenses

Certified Quality Auditor ISO 9001:2015

TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH

Certified Quality Manager ISO 9001:2015

TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH

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