Assignments

Experience from practice

I have worked as an interim manager and consultant since 2005. My assignments range from mid-sized manufacturers to international groups.

Line assignments

continuous since 2009

2025–26Operations DirectorPrimal State Performance, Berlin · collagen, food supplementsFilling +20 %, fulfilment +50 %
2025Plant and technical managementMars Petcare, Minden · pet foodLeadership team, KPIs, structural change
2024Plant management, then consultingGerresheimer, Bünde · medical systems850 employees
2021–23Project lead plant transferKneipp, Ochsenfurt · cosmeticsParis → Hohestadt
2020–21Plant management and technical directorNature’s Choice B.V., Etten-Leur · dry cosmeticsSAP roll-out
2019–20Coaching technical management, supporting plant managementapetito, Rheine · frozen mealsOEE, lean, change
2018–19Plant management and project lead new buildActive Nutrition International, Voerde · sports nutrition24/7 shifts, capacity expansion
2018Head of production and engineeringBeromin, Baesweiler · home & personal careTwo plants, capacity without capex
2017Head of production and engineeringBeromin, Baesweiler · home & personal careDelivery capability restored
2016–17Head of quality and product developmentActive Nutrition International, Voerde · sports nutrition10+ contract manufacturers
2016Plant managementRAPS Fresh, Versmold · B2B ingredient pastesAssessment, coaching
2015–16Sole managing director (CEO)European Convenience Food, Borken · frozen convenience4 companies, 2 plants integrated
2014–15Plant managementPowerBar, Voerde · sports nutritionLine output +30 %
2009–10Head of production and engineeringBarteroder Feinkost, Adelebsen · canned foodProduction restructured

Consulting assignments

four months or longer

2023Value chain optimisationFreshnuts, Bad Oldesloe · nuts, dried fruitProduction, planning, quality
2018Site concept, operations business planHomann Feinkost, Dissen · delicatessenPlants in Germany and Poland
2013–14Process and workflow consultingBarteroder Feinkost, Adelebsen · canned foodProcess design, coaching plant manager
2012–14Consulting, IDW S6 restructuring opinionGeorg Lemke, Berlin · marzipanRationalisation implemented
2011–12Consulting frozen production and logisticsGlockenbäckerei – REWE Group, Frankfurt · industrial bakeryFrozen strategy
2010–11Consulting and export project managementSunlife, Hövelhof · pharma consumer goodsPharmacy channel, export

Shorter consulting assignments and reports — mostly on behalf of investors and management boards — are named on request.

Experience is not an end in itself.

What matters is the ability to understand a new situation quickly and, out of experience, to ask the right questions.

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