The Tuning Kit for your Company.
My Background.
lic. oec. HSG, studies and assistant at the University of St. Gallen. Professional helicopter pilot. Studies in Environmental Management at the University of Trier and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL. Environmental cost management and product risk analysis at Lonza
AG in Visp. From 1994 with Bally participating in the SAP Project Management and later management responsibility in the Supply Chain department.
From 1998 to 2013 with Movado Group Inc., including seven years as COO Europe and Senior Vice President. The only Non-American in the top management of Wall Street listed company with annual sales of around USD 500 million. Chairman of the Board of Directors of all Swiss
companies. Responsible for the European business with branches in France, Munich and London with a total of 350 employees. Operational management of the design process, technical development, industrial production and worldwide distribution of all «Swiss Made» watches.
Member of the Steering Committee for the conceptual design and global implementation of SAP/R3
Delegate of the Board of Directors of Ulysse Nardin until 2014. Securing the intellectual property of silicon technology for the manufacture of
the balance wheel and negotiating patent rights with key players in the watch industry. Global consolidation of financial statements and professionalization of operational management. Responsible for the financial evaluation of the «Manufacture Horlogère» for sale. Defining
the key points of the sale modalities and drafting the shareholders agreement. In summer of 2014, the company was sold to a French luxury goods company for several hundred million CHF. Until 2018 Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Engineering at Levantis AG. Success
transformation of Swiss SMEs with the combination of process design, IT expertise and international management experience.
My
Expe
rtis
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Build tangible and long lasting
organizational richness.
Adopt and leverage winning
patterns from best-in-class performers.
Determinedeliverables and
ensure agility during execution.
Get stumbling blocks to the surface and
initiate forward thinking dialogs.
Reflect business ideas with a mix of solid facts and sound intuition.
Inject fresh ideas and set the stage
to overcome conventional boundaries.
Tying up the loose ends during rough
transitions.
Set the next waypoints, assemble
messages with beacon function and reestablish a culture of trust.
Unveil company treasures and specify core
competencies in idle state.
Foster hidden talents. Reinforce
employees in their initatives.
OPERATIONALEXELLENCE
PROJECTSUPPORT
SOUNDINGBOARD
INTERVENTIONMANAGMENT
COACHINGMENTORING
My Passion.
Professional helicopter pilot with ratings for various single-engine turbine helicopters. Commercial operations for Swiss
Helicopter AG in Belp and Gruyères and Heli West AG from Grenchen Airport. Approval for landings in high-altitude
mountains. In addition to tourism, photo and surveying flights flown various missions as safety pilot.
Ferry Flights to the Kaçkar Mountains in northeastern Turkey
on behalf of Air Zermatt. Accredited Ground Instructor of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA. Training of professional
pilots and author of the comprehensive teaching aid «Helicopter Aerodynamics».
My
Com
pete
ncie
sSWIFT BUSINESS DIAGNOSTICS PAIRED WITH SOLID IMPLEMENTATION POWER
NATURAL PERSUASIVNESS ANCHORED IN AN ENTERPRENEURIAL MIND SET
MULTIFACETED TALENTS AND WIDE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF PROVEN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
INTERMEDIARY AND FACILITATOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN GLOBAL COMPANIES
FAIR AND RESPECTFUL LEADERSHIP STYLE WITH MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
DRIVE & MOMENTUM
AUTHENTICITY
TEAM FOCUS
BROAD EXPERIENCE
COMMUNICATION
Refining business content.
Job Content
Well-defined work content
Transparent business processes
Clearly assigned responsibilities
Discovering, appreciating and promoting competencies.
Business engineering results in a refinement of the company, because seamlessly coordinated processes release the full potential of the entrepreneurial power.
«My main focus is always on the specific work content of the employees, this is where I discover the essence for promising action.»
«For me, refining also means: anchoring existing competencies in the vision and communicating them authentically.»
Vision & Values
Inspiring vision
Culture of trust
Fairness & Respect
Leadership
Strong team spirit
Communication & Feedback
Personal esteem and appreciation
Business Engineering.
Innovation
Processes
Tools
Transformation
Business Engineering splits transformation projects into manageable steps. The holistic approach integrates concepts from change
management, process design and leadership. A closely managed project flow ensures a
risk-free and straightforward implementation.
The digitization of business models requires reliable support from information technology. Business engineering closes the gap between
user tools and business requirements and takes a close look on automation potential. The accurate synchronization of all deployed
applications reduces IT expenditures and guarantees operational stability.
Business Engineering sets the stage for new ideas and perspectives.
A creative working style generates future-oriented solutions and
delivers robust innovation power –regardless of industry or company
size. The targeted benefit is a sharpened competitive edge.
Finely tuned processes and seamlessly integrated workflows eliminate duplications and reduce
administrative efforts. The released manpower flows back into the core
business and contributes to a sustainable earning power.
Bring in expertise.
Acquiring management and leadership skills is a challenge - in order to promote entrepreneurial decision-making behavior and pass on knowledge for convincing business plans, experience and charisma is the foundation.
«I like the term Developing Organizational Assets: because this reflects the way I work for a company in order to create long-lasting assets and refuel the know-how base.»
«That suits me: in a team to successfully transform historically grown business approaches and to model efficient processes.»
Put the winning strategy together as a team effort.
Know-howTransfer
My leadership skills.
(1) Overall responsibility of the European subsidiary of Movado Group with eight offices and 350 employees in five countries.
(2) Strategic management at Ulysse Nardin.
(3) Management of the global supply chain for all «Swiss Made» brands. Purchasing volume of CHF 100 million for components in China, Thailand, Korea and India.
(4) Presentation of the «Manufacture horlogère» Ulysse Nardin for sale to a global player in the luxury goods industry.
(5) Leading the due diligence process in the acquisition of the Ebelwatch brand.
(6) Negotiating a Cross Licensing Agreement for the patent exploitation of a key Ulysse Nardin technology with key players in the watch industry.
(7) Consolidation of the Movado and Ebel site into two state-of-the-art business premises.
(8) Drawing up the shareholder agreement as the basis for the sales modalities.
(9) Sale of the proprietary Ebel Manufaktur movement «Caliber 137» including intellectual property.
(10) Introduction of operational and financial controlling at Levantisand professionalization of project management.
Operations Strategy
Leadership
Project Management
1COO EuropeSenior VicePresident
Movado Inc.
Delegate of theBoard of Directors
Ulysse NardinSupply ChainSwiss Made
Watches
Sale of iconicmechanical
watch mouvement
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Patent ProtectionCross Licensing
Agreement
Relocation and ConsolidationProject Move
ShareholderAgreement
Merger &Acquisition
Due Diligence
EnterpriseEvaluationand Sale
CFOBusiness
Engineering
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Synchronize processes.
Business models are driven by innovation and prosperity. In this dynamic environment, core processes and their mapping in business software tend to drift apart and slow down day-to-day activity.
«Optimizing business processes and get them precisely translated into the business software is my strength.»
«I routinely translate sophisticated business models into business software concepts and look back on extensive experience how to implement them cost-efficiently.»
Streamlined processes are a success factor.
BusinessModel
BusinessSoftware
My project competence.(1) Steering Committee Member and European project sponsor of the
Corporate Standardization & Globalization Initiative at Movado Group Inc.
(2) Application designed using the Gauss Newton process to optimize the end-of-life production of watches.
(3) Graphical evaluation of environmental protection data during the highly toxic depot remediation at Lonza.
(4) Feasibility study of automated product identification based on RFID in Bally's supply chain.
(5) Realization of an MRP based planning tool based on different demand chain methods.
(6) Design and programming of a front-end system for warehousing and distribution.
(7) Performance recording and evaluation as well as comprehensive profitability reporting at Levantis.
(8) Financial integration of a web-based service application in SAP R/3.
(9) All-in-One SAP Business One conception and implementation at Levantis.
(10) Design of KPI's and Profitability Dashboard.
(11) Design and implementation of cross-database Business Intelligence Tools.
(12) Comprehensive remodeling of the core processes in the context of order processing and project execution.
Data Management Process Design
Konzeption
Realisierung
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Use of RFIDtechnology in
the worldwide distribution
ForecastingDemandPlanning
Big DataAnalysis andVisualization
Developmentof a Front-end
Application
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Launch of Web-based
After Sales ServiceFunctionality
ImplementationWorkflow und
Collaboration Tools
Simulation Toolfor End-of-Life
Production
Redesign ofProject and
ServiceManagement
ConceptionImplementation
SAP B1KPI
PerformanceDashboard
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SQL Queriesfor Reports and
Dashboard
State-of-the-artImplementation
SAP/R3
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Have a good grip on costs.
It is astonishing how often and mostly unfounded projects overshoot cost estimations and end up in a financial fiasco.
«My many years of management experience in a Wall Street listed company always required rapid anticipation of changes in earnings and cost situations.»
«To rapidly identify and assess cost deviations at the place of origin: this was my daily challenge, which I had to prove under rapidly changing circumstances.»
Precision landings in terms of cost estimations are no coincidence.
CostManagement
Simple navigation, intuitive operation, logical sequence of work steps, smart plausibility checks as
well as visually appealing user interfaces are indispensable for employees acceptance and fast
workflows.
«Design toeasy Handling»
In case of uncertainties regarding a process or function: pilot projects as
well as temporary workflows are appropriate in the sense of a showcase.With complex topics it is worth waiting for the maturing and only then putting
the finishing touches.
«Test before Invest»
The phased introduction of software often turns out to be a never-ending story. With comprehensive process documentation, well-trained super-
users, high-quality training concepts, finely tuned go-live plans and a solid
roll-back scenario create the basis for a successful changeover.
«Strive forthe Big Bang»
Use the core functionality of software applications and do without ultimate
gimmicks. Mapping processes in value-adding essence and consistently applying
«nice to have» vs. «must-have»: not losing sight of the Pareto principle and the
diminishing marginal utility.
«Reduce to bare Essentials»
Guiding Principles.
Strive for Business Performance.
Well-designed processes and matching tools master the challenges of demanding business models effortlessly – even in highly competitive market situations. The result is performance.
«It is in my nature to turn on the right screws and increase the effectiveness of an organization.»
«The intuitive search for the racing line describes my entrepreneurial flair: always focused on the next challenge and steer with good grip and feeling.»
BusinessPerformance
Success has its origins in enthusiasm.
My project experience.
The Prime ExampleState-of-the-Art SAP R/3 Implementation
First-class Process Redesign
All-in-one PackageSAP B1 Roll-out based on a
preceding Business Engineering Project
No Safety NetSAP R/3 Introduction under high time
pressure and no fallback solution
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