Career
Partner at pareto managementpartner GmbH & Co. KG
Also managing partner of Geisler & Schambach GmbH, Berlin
Partner at Heteiros Capital GmbH, Berlin
Commercial managing director of Robert Bosch Elektronik GmbH, Salzgitter
An internal group supplier for engine control units: over €1bn in production cost volume across the manufacturing network and more than 3,000 staff, plus
Commercial member of the extended management of the engine control division
with nearly €2bn in revenue and 7,500 staff
Responsibilities:
Responsible for HR, purchasing, logistics, controlling and accounting
Grew the manufacturing network into the largest and most profitable global network in automotive electronics, with plants in Europe, Asia, North and South America
Responsible for planning and delivering the self-financed build-up of plants in Hungary, Mexico, China and India, including negotiations with works councils and the IG Metall union on relocations from Western European sites under extreme cost and time pressure
Developed the global purchasing strategy for mechanical parts with regional differentiation, including objectives for shaping key supplier industry structures. Designed and delivered the restructuring of the lead plant in Salzgitter to secure long-term competitiveness at a high-wage German site, while introducing a performance-based pay system for middle management as well
Developed and introduced rigorous multi-dimensional resource controlling to lower the break-even point for good. The plant has been the efficiency benchmark among Bosch electronics plants internationally since 2006
Head of strategic controlling, Chassis Systems division, Bosch Group, Schwieberdingen
with 18,000 staff and 45 sites worldwide; market leader in ESP, ABS and brakes; €4bn annual revenue
Responsibilities:
Advised the divisional board on introducing a new network organisation with globally distributed sales, development and production leadership
Responsible for the worldwide roll-out of the shareholder value concept in the division
Plant manager of the Bosch Group electronics plant in Berlin
for broadband network components, vehicle aerials, DAB, radar-based cruise control and vehicle test equipment
Responsibilities:
Consolidated three production operations into one plant of around 300 staff, building an entirely new management structure and a shared identity
Numerous successful product launches, among them radar-based cruise control and DAB radios
Audited and developed numerous tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers in strategic purchasing, in close coordination with BMW
Project manager for the introduction of SAP R/3
