01.05.2024-

2020-30.04.2024

2018 – 2020

iNDUSTRIAL sTRATEGIX gMBH

mANAGING dIRECTOR, fOUNDER

• Financial and Operational Restructuring of High-Risk Suppliers to OEM
• Global Industrialization and Launch Management for Top Critical Suppliers
• Task Force Management, Foot-Print Consolidation

Lear Corporation Gmbh, Headquater München

Vice President JIT German Car Operations & Supply Chain Europe/Africa

• Full responsibility for Manufacturing Operations for BMW, VW/Audi/Porsche, Mercedes Benz – total 23 Sites (17JIT/JIS & 6 Sites 2^nd Tier), $4.7B Sales / Year
• Member of the Board Lear Germany & Economics Council Germany
• Responsibility for all Europe (73 Sites) Material, Planning & Logistics Center of Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering Seating (49 Sites) as well as Industry 4.0
• Responsible for Global CKD Seating Business, incl. Business in Asia, Africa, South America

Lear Corporation GmbH, Headquarter München

Vice President JIT Operations & LOgistics Europe/Africa

• Full responsibility for P&L for Audi, Porsche, VW, BMW and Opel Customer – total $2.2B in annual Sales in Europe
• Running Operations and Strategy for 10 Sites
• Continuously responsible for all Logistics&Materials Management in EU & Africa

2015-2017

Lear Corporation GmbH, Headquarter München

Head of Materials, Planning & Logistics EU & Africa” For Seating & E-Systems

• Full responsibility for Materials, Planning & Logistics Europe & Africa
• Budget €250M annually and Inventory €230M
• Leading Logistics into the Digital Transformation and 21st Century
• Introduction of European KPI Dashboard for Materials & Logistics
• Owner of P&L for all „non-manufacturing“ Sites in Europe (CKD, Spare Parts, Sequencing Center)

2010 - 2014

Lear Corporation GmbH, Headquarter München

Head of Materials & Logistics Global Seating Operations, Division Europe

• Overall responsible for both Seating and E-Systems Segment MP&L
• Introduction of Global Logistics&Materials KPI‘s as well as Management Dashboard
• 2 successful internal Audits with Zero non- conformances
• Responsibility for Materials Management, Transport & Network as well as Logistic planning, Logistics procurement, Logistics systems (ERP) and Container management
• Introduction of a European Transport Network, connecting 67 Sites with 5500 weekly transports
• In charge of Plant relocation and transfer calculations and execution
• Introduction of global Process & Work procedure Manual for Materials and Logistics
• Responsible for achieving the Savings budget whist achieving 100% delivery satisfaction

2011 - 2018

Lear Corporation GmbH, Oberding – Schwaig

Plant Manager Lear Corporation CKD Operations Oberding-Schwaig

• P&L Responsibility for €150M worldwide turnover for European CKD

2005 - 2010

Lear Corporation GmbH & Co. KG, Allershausen

Logistics Manager SSD Europe LEAR Corporation EuropE

2002 - 2004

Lear Corporation GmbH & Co. KG, Allershausen

Senior Analyst Transportation & Logistics – CEntral Purchasing

2001 - 2002

Terranaut Iberica Spedition GmbH, Kassel

Speditionsleiter und Key Account Grosskunden mit 20 Millionen Euro Umsatz

2000 - 2001

TNT Express GmbH, Kassel

TeamleAD Special Service Kassel

1997 - 1999

Terranaut Spedition GmbH, Kassel

2 Years Apprenticeship, then Transport SCheduler BENELUX & SCANDINAVIA

1996 – 1997

Military Service Germany in Bad Salzungen

2021 – 2022

2007 - 2008

Diploma Strategic Leadership – Warwick Business School

4 Modules (Leading Change, M&A, Creating Strategic Advantage, Enterprise Strategy)

International Executive MBA – University of Pittsburgh, US

17 Modules Master-Study

2007

Toefl (Test of English as foreign language)

GMAT (General Management Admission Test)

1993 - 1996

Berufliche Schulen, Fachrichtung Wirtschaft und Verwaltung Witzenhausen

A-Levels

1993

Middle school, Witzenhausen

Language:

German - mother tongue

  English & French fluent

Italian - Basics

Published

• BVL Wirtschaft und Logistik, Casestudy book Dr. Dirk Hartel – „Fallstudien in der Logistik“ ISBN 978-3-87154-472-9
• Automotive News Europe – June / November 2012 – Risings Stars Award
• Logistik Heute – March 2012 – Riskmanagement

Certs:

• MBA
• Diploma Strategic Leadership
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Rising Stars Award 2012 (Operations Management and Logistics)
• Coaching & Counseling