Management and Leadership of Key Transformation and Strategic Initiatives at GEAProcurement Transformation:o Led the transformation program for the Business Area Solutions, optimizing direct purchasing materials with a total spend of €1.1 billion.o Designed a new organizational and business model for procurement.o Developed a performance and consequence management system to measure savings, track efficiency, and ensure procurement performance.Cost Optimization:o Directed strategic projects to reduce group-wide indirect purchasing costs, managing a total spend of €600 million.Business Repositioning:o Repositioned GEA’s Pharma Solid business by analyzing market drivers, customer needs, and buying criteria, stabilizing short-term performance and driving long-term profitability through new developments.Global Operations Restructuring:o Spearheaded the restructuring of GEA’s global operations organization, including the design of a new operating model, operational frameworks, and comprehensive change management initiatives.Strategic Development and Improvement:o Identified and implemented strategic initiatives in sales, service, engineering, procurement management, and administrative functions to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.Post-Merger Integration:o Provided integration support for new acquisitions, including post-merger integration activities.Consulting and Project Management:o Managed consulting projects to support GEA’s business units in developing and executing business strategies and addressing strategic challenges.

Central point of contact for all product related requests of the business divisions:- Flue Gas Path, Pulse-Jet Fabric Filter and Electrostatic Precipitator- Oil & Gas, Gas Turbine Air Inlet Filter and Waste Heat Recovery Unit- Water Steam Cycle, Feedwater heater- Waste- & Coal Firing, Boiler ServiceIdentify new markets and products by effectively translating data, ideas, and customer needs into financial impact Drive continuous improvement end-to-end along the entire product lifecycleFollow the market & customer trends and drive product features and customer benefitsProject management & leading of international and interdisciplinary teams, such as research & development, engineering, production, quality, sales and marketingEstablishment of product management, tools and methods e.g.- Voice of customer and competitive analysis- Customer and technical QFD- Growth initiatives, market attractiveness & access, market coverage, Line-of-Sight, - Market segmentation and determination of product requirements- Development of mid-term strategies Project management of product cost-out initiatives and improvements

Development & execution of innovation strategiesLeading & coordination of international development- projectsMarket research & market segmentationManagement of- New development & design to value projects- Product care initiatives- Cost-out measuresPlanning and coordinating of test rigs (investment volume in the range of 500-1500 k€)