Career
Professor at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Partner at pareto managementpartner GmbH & Co. KG
Head of central production planning at Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
Decentralised material scheduling and reduced raw material stock across seven plants
Improved technical order processing in customised production, across all international plants
Rolled out SAP logistics modules and SAP variant configuration in all production plants worldwide (7 × Germany, USA, UK, China, India)
Led the project to standardise product cost calculation
Support in bottleneck and emergency situations at home and abroad (interim management)
Global master data management and engineering change
Strategy for a variant-oriented production and organisation
Head of production planning at Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
Improved technical order processing in customised production
Improved production planning and control
Standardised product cost calculation, introduction of the SAP R/3 PP module
Head of production control, materials management and shipping at Buderus Heiztechnik GmbH
Improved production planning and control
Synchronised seasonal demand with staff, machine and warehouse capacity
Higher productivity in production and shipping
Designed and implemented flow optimisation and cost reduction (“every type, every day” instead of two to four times a month)
Doctorate
Doctorate on production planning and control at the University of Stuttgart
Research associate at the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, TU Braunschweig
Head of the “Planning and Control” group
in the production systems department
Running and leading industrial projects, among them:
Rough-cut planning concept for a rail vehicle manufacturer
Assembly system planning for low-voltage switchgear
Restructured an electronics plant at an automotive supplier (concept, factory planning, implementation) along with internal logistics and production control
