Responsible for Strategic Purchasing (commodity management, purchasing engineering & supplier qualification), as well as operational Purchasing and Logistics with a total business volume of several hundred million euro / p.a.• Coordination of purchasing controlling for all Steam Turbine locations worldwide• Development and introduction of a performance cockpit to improve leading the purchasing organization more transparent and key data based (Siemens wide benchmark project)• Implementation of, for example, process for material price indices; hedging concept for stock traded materials; material cost target & tracking tool, and process to measure purchasing productivity• Controlling of material cost reduction program by applying a special program that uses the advantages of the international financial crisis. Result material cost reduction of more than 25% over a 3-year-period• Co-responsibility for positive financial turnaround of Steam Turbine business after several years of losses. Value add of Purchasing organization exceeds 60%• Increase of supplier on time delivery from 30% to 93% over 6 years • Establishment of transparency and order in contract management of purchasing, transfer of this benchmark concept to Business Unit purchasing (vol. 1.5 bn €)• Successful claim rate >98% of supplier related nonconformance costs• Established risk management & risk mitigation processes in purchasing

Commercial procuration with power of sole representation of the companyLed team of 6 people in the business and administrative fieldsEstablishment of all commercial processes: finance, controlling, purchasing and personnelEstablishment of the company at 2 sites in North-Rhine-Westphalia with complex, international finance structuresDevelopment from a sole R&D company to a product based company with successful finalization of cooperation agreements in industry• Creation of business plans: product portfolio analyses, growth scenarios, analysis of strategic business environment• Successful finalization of 3 Venture Capital financing rounds and fundraising of public grants (State, Country, EU)• Month & year-end closing / cooperation with financial auditors (PWC & E&Y); year-end closings were certified without comments by international auditing companies (PWC, E&Y)• Preparation for alignment with IFRS & US GAAP financial guidelines (2006)• Planning of financials, liquidity, invests and personnel• Established controlling of P&L, liquidity and projects• Main contact for banks, government & consultants (legal, tax, financial auditors)• Implemented HR processes (e.g. contracts, salaries, job descriptions and re-cruitment)• Initiated and led a public funded personnel development program (competency development) and implemented a target setting system for personnel

Planning & supervision of expansion project (new production line)Head of Purchasing for standard products and facility expansionLed team of 4 people in the business and administrative fieldsMain tasks and special achievements• Planning, purchasing and start-up of a new production line with expansion of the production hall and establishment of a flow production• Standardization of purchasing processes, reduction of number of suppliers, positive purchasing results through bundling• Change of ERP-system to avoid „millenium-problems“• Responsibility for ISO standards; successful ISO management system requalifi-cation

Development and implementation of marketing strategies for anhydrite floorsSale of product to architects and end usersSpecial achievements • Initiation and development of marketing strategies and supporting marketing materials• Build up an area-wide network of expert floor layers• Organization of specialist forums (up to 300 participants) and training for clients• Significant annual sales growth with high margins• Establishment of new product in own company: The product differed from standard products in terms of production and sales • Trained in employment law