Christophe Weiteneder Email & Phone Number

Lucerne, Switzerland

Bützberg

Responsibilities and duties: Developing sales, grow up sustainable Business, set-up and monitoring of Budget, key figures and reports, Profit-Loss, Investment planning, Recruitment of managing team. Grow up and direct managing of key-accounts. Key achievements:Sales/Marketing: Enhance Sales by pushing volumes (up to 25% volumes).- Restructuring and repositioning of Product Line-up in an international environment.- Product Line-up extension by distribution of third party products.- Push branding activities (LUXAR).- International launch of new products.- Strategic diversification of customer portfolio. Grow up of 2 new Business fields.- Promoting cross-selling on group level. Launch of 2 new products using group synergies.- Issuing Business plans for existing and new business fields for the group management board.Production/R&D: Productivity raise of up to 25%, lowering running costs up to 45%.- Initiating and supervising Digitalisation and Automation Projects (predictive Tools and Maintenance).- Initiating and supervising productivity management tools (Definition, Monitoring and Analysis of relevant figures related to Production efficiency).- Execution of LEAN management in production.- Evaluation and Integration of key-technologies for the production lines (lowering Material and energy costs up to 60%).- Set-up and monitoring of a three-years cycle coordinated commercial and Technology roadmap.- Member of execution committee of the Innovation platform.- Evaluation and specifying of strategic R&D-Projects.Organisation & misc.:- Implementation of a new ERP System.- Implementation of an IMS (Integrated Management System) for quality management.- Seeding and sustain a „Can-Do“ Mentality.- Introduction of a bonus system participation for all employees (based on relevant Business performance metrics).

Cham, Switzerland

Responsibilities and duties: In charge of the design and construction of fully automated Production lines. Design of the Product Line-up of the lines. Responsible for department budget and production costs of the production lines. Process and production method design, head of strategic procurement. Product Mgmt.Key achievements:- Managing a 9 people R&D team.- Innovation award IDEE Suisse 2013.- Development of a novel method to mass-produce prescription spectacle lenses.- Design and realizing of new concepts for productivity raise of the production lines (up to 50% cycle times gain per part).- Process monitoring and integration into visualisation, Initiation of «smart-machine» concepts (define and apply algorithms).- Extension of the production line capabilities to raise product range (product cycle release of 6 instead of 24 month).- Design and realisation of novel vacuum based coating concepts for hard-coating and anti finger print coatings on the lenses.- Co-working in the design of new UV curable polymers with high refractive index.- B2B and B2C communication concepts.- Co-working in the design of a Multi-Channel sales strategy (On-line, B2B).

Yverdon, Switzerland

Responsibilities and duties: Manage a portfolio of 250 customers with a turnover of 5.7 MCHF. Self-organizing customer visits, elaboration of specifications, and quoting, contract management, after-sales and claims, debt collection.Key achievements: Turnover increase of 8.6% in 12 month.- Prioritization of high margin projects.- Selling customer specific logistic concepts as a service.- Sell additional services and production steps by actively promoting cross-selling in the group.

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Responsibilities and duites: Management of R&D Projects for the industry.Key achievements:- Doctor title (PhD) in 2006- Publications- Patents

Doctor In Physics (Phd), Physics And Optics

Diplome Engineer In Microtech

Education record