More about the interim manager
The Automotive Interim Manager (born in 1963) is a graduate engineer with Six Sigma Black Belt certification, project manager, consultant and certified management trainer with many years of international professional experience in the automotive industry. Since 2010, he has been the owner of a consulting company specializing in process optimization for automotive suppliers.
The interim manager lives the automotive mindset. He sees himself as a link between automotive suppliers and car manufacturers. He is fascinated by change processes. He brings his clients' products quickly and successfully into series production. His distinctive problem-solving ability and hands-on implementation skills set him apart. With the right amount of petrol in his blood, he is able to lead project teams in an automotive-like manner, analyze interface problems and implement solution-oriented optimization measures.
The enthusiasm of the Automotive Consultant sets impulses. If project milestones are at risk, he works with the project team to find the right solutions.
After training as an automotive mechanic and studying mechanical engineering, he worked as a development engineer, application engineer, assistant to the division manager, sales and technical application consultant and key account manager. During this time, he accompanied the series launch of products with the highest quality and safety requirements and was also responsible for various change management processes.
As Sales Manager at Heraeus Sensor-Nite International in Amsterdam, for example, he was jointly responsible for the sales development and expansion of a start-up in the field of high-temperature sensors and exhaust gas recirculation systems (emission-relevant products for compliance with global emissions regulations). Together with a team of up to 50 people, he developed the project into an independent business unit with 1,000 employees, a turnover of 98 million euros and a newly established production facility in Bulgaria.
In his mandates and projects, everyone involved benefits from his pragmatic and customer-oriented approaches to solutions. His extensive automotive expertise, intercultural experience, independent approach and proactive communication are particularly noteworthy. His experience as a management trainer also helps to motivate teams in the long term and lead them in a targeted manner, even when the workload is high due to the project.
One of his particular strengths is his ability to maintain an overview even in the most complex projects and to communicate this to those involved. He does not get bogged down in detail. He is able to recognize the interactions of individual problems on the product development process. Accordingly, he reacts with foresight and does not lose sight of the timing of the product life cycle. Smot ensures the ability to deliver.
