Dr. Klaus D. Büchner Email & Phone Number

St. Gallen Und Umgebung, Ostschweiz

Working as a Management Consulting (Freelancer) in the field of SME Consulting: General Management, Business Process Reengineering, Cost Optimization, Innovation and Risk Management, Mentoring and Start-Up Support

St. Gallen

Executive with a long-term experience in management of enterprises and business units with profit & loss account responsibility, specialized in consulting of medium-sized enterprises. Focus:Optimization of Companies: Strategy, Structure & Processes The optimal entry position will be given by a Risk Management Analysis (compliant to IKS guidelines) covering all functional areas of the business internally and externally. After this analysis the potential for optimization will be… Show more Executive with a long-term experience in management of enterprises and business units with profit & loss account responsibility, specialized in consulting of medium-sized enterprises. Focus:Optimization of Companies: Strategy, Structure & Processes The optimal entry position will be given by a Risk Management Analysis (compliant to IKS guidelines) covering all functional areas of the business internally and externally. After this analysis the potential for optimization will be identified and the focus will be set on the following topics:Management of Companies • Company Strategy (set-up, review and adjustments) – Development of New Business Areas - Turnaround Situations• Business Process Reengineering (BPR) – Cost Reduction – Productivity Issues - Controlling - Management Information System (MIS) - Risk Management – Project ManagementInnovation Management • Process, Company and Innovation Culture, Process Implementation, Controlling• Management of R&D Organisations, external cooperationsTechnology Management • Use of new Technologies – Technology Transfer• Technology Roadmaps for future orientationHuman Resources Management• HR Process - Employer Branding – Key Talent and Know-how Retention• Transformation Processes (Turnaround Situations, Digital Transformation).Personal professional and soft skillsFocused on values and business targets, always curious and inspirable with a pronounced attitude towards soft skills and emotional intelligence - good listener, giving orientation, valuing and encouraging others, furthering careers/talents, taking pleasure in the success and the progression of others, but also critical and demanding. Used to setting examples and following the right priorities in daily business. Show less

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Business Partner at the Management Consulting Agency DIVID, St. Gallen

Altstätten (Ch) / Appenzell (Ch) / Munich And Landsberg (D)

C.E.O. FLM PU Europe Group: Polypag AG Altstätten (CH), Rathor AG in Appenzell (CH), Hago Chemotechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Landsberg and Munich, D): Polyurethane Foam Systems for building, automotive and special technical applications. Revenue: €80m/y, 180 employees:• General Manager with Profit & Loss Account responsibility• Strategic realignment of group companies• Integration of the German group companies in a new management and operating system to harness possible synergies and to… Show more C.E.O. FLM PU Europe Group: Polypag AG Altstätten (CH), Rathor AG in Appenzell (CH), Hago Chemotechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Landsberg and Munich, D): Polyurethane Foam Systems for building, automotive and special technical applications. Revenue: €80m/y, 180 employees:• General Manager with Profit & Loss Account responsibility• Strategic realignment of group companies• Integration of the German group companies in a new management and operating system to harness possible synergies and to simplify structures and working procedures• Set up new business areas - from commodities to specialties and from products to services• Established a group-wide Product and Technology Portfolio• Improved the contribution per unit by more than 30% following a specialty strategy• Key account management: acquired and managed major Key Accounts. Show less

Vienna, Seibersdorf And Wiener Neustadt

IMA GmbH: A high-tech start-up company bringing together scientific resources in the fields of Microsystem Technology and Nanotechnology of the TU Vienna, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdof (ARCS) and the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt. 35 people, Sales: €8m• Set-up of company, Technology Transfer from advanced research to industry• Markets: Space and Aviation, Automotive, Transportation, Speciality Chemicals, Medical Technology and Consumer Products• Developed and… Show more IMA GmbH: A high-tech start-up company bringing together scientific resources in the fields of Microsystem Technology and Nanotechnology of the TU Vienna, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdof (ARCS) and the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt. 35 people, Sales: €8m• Set-up of company, Technology Transfer from advanced research to industry• Markets: Space and Aviation, Automotive, Transportation, Speciality Chemicals, Medical Technology and Consumer Products• Developed and implemented business plan & company strategy, responsible for acquisition & marketing issues, finance and human resources, managed consulting projects (Innovation Management, Technolgy Roadmaps)• Profit & Loss Account responsibility. Show less

Zurich And Eschborn

• Developed Consulting Approaches (Innovation & Technology Mgmt., Company Strategy, Business Process Reengineering, Product Development Processes) and acquired customers in industry• Head of a Management Consulting Team• Business Development and White Paper “Nano Technology”.

Zurich And Neuhausen

• Central function for Innovation, Technology and New Product Development, interface to group and central R&D Unit• Implemented an inter-disciplinary team approach to shorten time-to-market for new technologies and innovative products• Key Account Management “New Products”• M&As, valuation of businesses, co-operations, projects and technologies. Feasibility studies. Market introduction of new products.

Neuhausen

• Head of a R&D unit, 25 employees. Profit Center responsibility• New Product Development for the Business Unit Composites• Polymer modification and formulation, reactive extrusion, polymer processing, adhesion technique, polymer, metal & environm. analysis• Managed cooperations with Technology Companies and Universities • Introduced the new technology 'Microcellular Foams'.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Executive M.B.A., Very Good

Activities and Societies: Focus: Business Management, Strategy, Marketing & Sales, Purchasing, HR, QM, HSE, Operation Management Thesis.

Postgraduate Studies As Alexander-Von-Humboldt Foundation Fellow, Organometallic Chemistry - Material Science

Activities and Societies: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt fellowship holder).

Dr. Rer. Nat., Diplomchemiker, Chemistry, Sehr Gut - Gut

Industrial and Organometallic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry

Diploma In Chemical Engineering / Chemical Technology, Chemical Engineering, Very Good - Good

Thermal process engineering, chemical plant engineering. Thesis in industry (BASF AG Ludwigshafen).