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Blacksburg, Va, Us

Blacksburg, Va

Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, Department of Management.Virginia Tech is a land-grant university founded in 1872 with around 35,000 students and ranked 46th in university research in the United States. Pamplin College of Business is a leading business school in the US and the Department of Management is ranked as the nation's #6 Management Major program.Core responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and MBA students in various areas of business management in Blacksburg, VA and the Washington DC metro area.Coordinator for the Management Consulting % Analytics major.Courses taught include foundations of business, leadership & corporate social responsibility, strategic management, human resource management, management consulting and change management. Chair of the Management Department's Committee on Student Recruitment, Retention, Engagement and Success.Member of various academic college and department committees including Pamplin International Programs Committee. Leading of and participating in various outreach and service business partnerships with individual businesses, startups in Virginia Tech's Corporate Research Center, the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council, the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and others. Faculty advisor for the Consulting Group at Virginia Tech.

Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

SustainUp offers strategy coaching for companies that aspire to transform their business to the next level of sustainability.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Providing consulting services to various clients (start-ups, global players, private equity investors, non-profits) in the life science industry and other businesses.Main expertise and consulting focus on strategy development and implementation, business restructuring, market-centric growth strategies, organizational development, change management, HR management, leadership development and coaching.Consulting services offered as consulting support on hourly basis and project-based consulting.

Florham Park, Nj

Leading a $2 billion business for North America with full P&L responsibility. Management of all commercial activities, R&D with five major labs and Manufacturing with ten production sites for industry-leading Home & Personal Care ingredients business (Laundry, Dishwash, Skin Care, Hair Care etc.). Integrated the Cognis business after the acquisition by BASF and formed a new industry-leading team (1,000 employees). Successful integration included a best-in-class ERP migration, realization of cost synergies and top line growth synergies, implementation of a new go-to-market approach and set-up of the business unit as the driving force in the market.Successful management of both a commodity-driven lean business and an innovation-driven specialties model with a B2C mindset. Executive support for strong customer relations with strategic alliances with market-leading customers like P&G, L’Oréal, Colgate, J&J, Avon etc. Continued organizational development and business transformation in support of above-market growth, occupational and process safety, sustainability leadership and strategy implementation.Driving continued cultural change towards a customer-centered execution culture with focus on bottom-line performance. Board member of American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA).

Ambler, Pa

Overall P&L responsibility reporting directly to Board of Cognis Group.Led all commercial management processes for the US, Canada and Mexico including Sales, Marketing, R&D, Production, Supply Chain and Operations Management for four different administration sites and three plants.Overall responsibility for delivering $350MM revenue and $55MM EBITDA directing multifunctional units with approx. 300 employees.Implemented global business strategies that maximize margins and return on capital and drove aggressive growth strategies for successful new product introductions and continued transition from commodity to specialties business.Refocused resources for growth as outcome of rigorous strategy development.Re-organized success-critical business processes and revitalized organization in terms of performance management, customer focus, operational excellence, cost management and profitability of product portfolio.Identified new business opportunities and delivered consistent high double digit year-on-year growth exceeding plans and forecasts.Increased revenue by 20% and profit by 55% since 2007.Clear above-market growth gaining market share in four consecutive years.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Led company in all administrative functions, direct leadership of the largest SBU and a manufacturing site with 70,000t production volume.Acted as change agent to create and lead implementation of strategic business plan for a suffering company that lost money in 2004.Restructured aggressively success-critical business processes and organizational design generating a complete turn-around of business results.Reduced administrative costs via cost reduction program and a leaner organization from 60% to 23% SG&A as % of Gross Profit.Restructured and streamlined operations saving over $2m per year.Reduced net working capital from 32% to 17% (as % of Sales).Achieved 110% revenue growth to $100m and 500% profit enhancement from 2005 to 2009 through increased market penetration, new product development, cost management and strategic product rationalization.Transformed company to undisputed market leader in Mexico and one of the Cognis Affiliates with highest ROS.

Duesseldorf, Germany

Led German HR Management with a staff of 30 HR professionals. Provided all operative and strategic HR services for 3,000 employees at four sites. Formed part of Senior Management Team of German Affiliated Company.Developed global HR program for SBU of Care Chemicals as global HR Business Partner.European head for HR and Corporate Communications Europe defining and implementing value-adding and business-oriented programs.Global lead for all activities in Cognis’ Corporate Talent Management.Defined and drove implementation of new corporate values and cultural principles during spin-off from Henkel in order to define new corporate identity and employer branding. Designed and established the “Cognis College” (Corporate University) which became a well used corner stone of global talent development.Led design and implementation of completely new performance management process including competency models, evaluation processes and related bonus schemes to drive performance in support of corporate strategy and the newly defined cultural principles. Design and launch of Sales Incentive Plan in support of a more customer-centric approach.Developed recruitment strategy with target universities to attract outstanding talents. Led and conducted global employee survey and drove implementation of improvement opportunities revealed in results. Led successful negotiations with both German and European works council.

Duesseldorf, Germany

Led the HR Management for one of Henkel’s six divisions.Offered complete package of HR service including recruitment, operative HR processes, management of salary reviews, personnel and organizational development, performance management, rewards & compensation and labor relations.Re-positioned HR management from an administrative function to a value-adding and business-oriented HR partner that became integral part of management process within the business.Liaised with executives to identify and implement value-adding HR programs. Designed and implemented individual and organizational development activities. Conducted international development activities (seminars, workshops) as a trainer, facilitator and speaker.Initiated a much closer integration of development programs into business plans and aligned HR strategy with business strategy.Led cooperation and commercial aspects with external providers of learning and development activities.

Munich Area, Germany

Managed purchasing spend of $30m from supplier selection, negotiations, logistics, and contract management to supplier evaluation.Delivered double-digit cost savings through early involvement of strategic suppliers in development process, single-sourcing and global sourcing activities including the development of new suppliers in Asia Pacific.

Munich, Germany

Led training programs as an internal instructor for high potential managers from Siemens affiliates abroad. Provided Siemens-specific know-how and expertise in all areas of business management to prepare participants for next level position in their home countries.Facilitated cultural onboarding to be part of the global Siemens family to prepare managers becoming ambassadors of Siemens corporate culture. Drove new HR approach during a 3-months project assignment in Melbourne, Australia.