Stephan (Andreas) Bueb
Freelance Consultant
Experience
Freelance Consultant
Freelance consultant for strategic, operational, technical and project management projects. Focus on interim management.
Recent experience includes:
- Interim head of procurement & supply chain
- Head of transformation office (below CRO)
- Interim head of sales & key account manager
- Head of automotive taskforce / PMO
- Interim CFO for medical equipment supplier
- PMO / lead of commercial excellence taskforce
- Project leader for relocation of manufacturing line
- Project lead for setup of new JV / plant
- Interim head of operations (plant turnaround)
- Interim COO / lead for carveout / PMI
- Various due diligence and market studies
- Various consulting projects
- Various finance related projects (business plans, controlling, accounting, ..)
Operations Director (including assignment as Managing Director at Rodenbeck Zerspanungstechnik GmbH)
AEM Unternehmerkapital GmbH (PE fund)
Full responsibility for Rodenbeck Zerspanungstechnik GmbH (approx. 10M EUR sales and 25 employees), daily operational company management and interaction with all relevant stakeholders (investors, banks, tax consultants, auditors etc.), due diligence execution/acquisition. Implementation of lean management, process/IT optimization and performance improvement levers. Including investment controlling. Supplier for several battery pack components (metal parts).
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Daily operational company management
- Full top and bottom line responsibility
- Steering of 25 employees incl. all HR related topics
- Sales improvement and key account management (B2B sales)
- Financial reporting/monitoring
- Alignment with banks, investors and tax consultants
- Improvement/adjustment of machine park
- Supplier management and procurement of raw material and tools/equipment
- Implementation of operational improvement topics
- Lean management
- Quality management and monitoring incl. audits
- Enhancement of IT and process landscape.
Operations Director (including assignment as Head of Sales at Beinbauer Automotive Group)
Orlando Management AG (PE fund)
Team responsibility for 6 employees as head of sales (B2B) at Beinbauer Automotive Group, strategic development and operational performance improvement.
Strategic topics:
- New plant setup in Czech Republic
- M&A support
- Preparation/execution of strategy workshops
- Identification and execution of top- and bottom-line levers
Performance improvement sales:
- New customer acquisition
- Key account management
- Sales controlling
- Pricing
- Internal sales processes
- Build up sub-supplier network
- Expansion towards new products/industries
- SAP improvement as key user
Value creation on lean management:
- Implementing lean management in key functions
- Execution of shopfloors and cross-functional topics
- Process and IT optimization (SAP)
- Support of PE fund to create operational improvement levers / lean management for portfolio companies across several sectors
Execution of “Exit”:
- Conceptual development of teaser/factbook/management presentation etc.
- Q&A support between organization and 3rd parties
- Support in “Exit” execution
Supported in creating value creation handbook.
Senior Project Manager, Automotive & Industrials
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Overall project responsibility, global key account support, business development and project delivery. Including several projects in the Middle East.
Industry focus:
- Automotive OEM (PV/CV)
- Agriculture and Construction machinery
- Off-highway engines
- Supplier industry
- Private equity
- M&A
- Oil&gas
- Engineered products
- Medical equipment
- Media
Functional focus:
- Sales&Marketing: Branding and CRM, network and channel development, wholesale and retail processes, sales steering, dealer network, overseas strategies, aftermarket, after sales, used car/truck, fleet and KAM, auto finance and leasing, new business models.
- R&D and Operations: Lean production, production and quality system design, engineering efficiency, footprint design, cross-functional cost reduction/cost down, supplier management, procurement, quality, R&D management, product strategy and product management, platform design and modularization, energy management, e-mobility/NEV, battery cost studies.
- Corporate strategy and others: Project management, corporate strategy development, functional strategy design, performance improvement, restructuring, go-to-market strategy, market entry and growth strategy, process&organization design, IT optimization (incl. SAP), business development, JV management.
- Transformation, PMO and Due diligence: New business models, organization, due diligence, 100 day improvement plans, M&A support, financial controlling and planning, ERP migration, change management.
Selective client examples:
- Vehicle manufacturers (European, American, Chinese, Japanese)
- Distributors and automotive dealer groups
- Automotive suppliers (Tier-1, Tier-2)
- Mining companies
- Private equity/financial investors
- Metal processing and machining
- Oil&gas companies, utilities, renewable sector
- Pharma & healthcare
- Agriculture
- Startups
Senior Consultant, Automotive Competence Center & Operations
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Project experience within e-mobility/alternative powertrain, product development process/engineering efficiency, product cost optimization, purchasing, operations (esp. logistics), strategy development for OEMs and suppliers, commercial vehicles (HD/MD, LCV, buses) sales&marketing, wholesale and retail topics, e-commerce, after-market, supplier industry, commercial and financial due diligences, startup support, outsourcing, business process optimization.
Assistant of industry working groups
European Union Chamber of Commerce
Coordination of lobbying activities of industrial working groups (e.g. automotive, petrochemicals) of the EU chamber of commerce, support of the annual position paper 2009/10 and "China Overcapacity Study".
Intern
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Automotive Competence Center. Various strategic and restructuring projects for major OEMs and automotive suppliers.
Temporary Work
BMW Group
Energy management, fuel consumption, driveline simulation.
Intern
BMW Group
Production/ process planning BMW 3 Series (engine/gearbox assembly, axles and aggregate assembly).
Part-time Research Assistant
RWTH Aachen, Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
Analysis, calculation and collaboration at current research projects in the range body/ chassis structures.
Part-time Research Assistant
RWTH Aachen, Research Institute for Operations Management (FIR)
Research & Development in the range Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Production Planning and Control (PPS).
Summary
Freelance consultant for strategic, operational, technical and project management projects. Focus on interim management.
Languages
Education
University of Leeds
MSc Automotive Engineering · Automotive Engineering · Leeds, United Kingdom · A+
RWTH Aachen University
Dipl. Wirt.-Ing. · Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration · Aachen, Germany · B+
Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden
German Abitur · Dormagen, Germany · B+
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