Services
Temporary senior leadership roles in Operations: Plant Manager, Head of Logistics, Head of Supply Chain Management, C-level-roles
Manager of projects, programs and project offices (PMO): new product launch, product transfers, value stream improvements, Working Capital reduction, sales&operations planning
Business reviews and consultancy focussed on product portfolio profitability and integrated cash flow planning
Review of business model driven repositioning projects
Benefits
Enhanced competitiveness of technology and services
Improved capital utilization through lower inventory commitment and reduced lead times
Enhanced trust from your financial partners
Reliable fulfillment capability in service of your customers
Accelerated time-to-market of new products
Better margins within your product and service portfolio
Concept and implementation from a single source: time savings - no redundant work
Expertise
Proven leadership competence in mid-sized companies: I actively work within the client's management teams providing on-the-job training
Hands-on applied expertise in various stages of corporate crisis
Methodological expertise of a first-tier management consultancy
Extensive intercultural competence and international project experience
Ability to communicate effectively within the circle of shareholders
Experience of the senior shareholder in the family business
Languages: German, English, French, Italian
Education
Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.); Industrial Engineering (M.Sc.)
Project Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute (PMI), Newton Square, PA, USA
Master Black Belt System-Management | Institut für Business Excellence, Steinbeis-Stiftung, Berlin
Certified consultant German Insolveny Act | Institut für angewandtes Insolvenzrecht (DIAI) e.V.
Interim Executive (ebs) | European Business School
Projects
Structures & Processes
- Revenue: 75 million EUR p.a.; 170 empl.; Printing machine manufacturing
- Shareholder: Mechanical engineering group
- Head of Operations and COO acting as Managing Director
- Development and implementation of the program for transformation and rationalization
- Securing the market launch of the new generation of digital printing machines
- Establishing a new leadership culture through the Balanced Scorecard logics
- Leading during the sales crisis and conducting negotiations with social partners
Offerings & Portfolio
- Revenue: 20 million EUR p.a.; 120 empl.
- Service provider for industrial equipment
- Shareholder: Family Office
- Senior Project Manager within the executive management circle
- Improved profitability through portfolio revision of products, contracts and customer groups
- Faster cash-in by implementing mobile, digital service billing
- Identifying and eliminating organizational performance losses along the value chain
Supply Chain & Value Chain
- Revenue: 1.3 billion EUR; 3,200 employees; Industrial hydraulics
- Shareholder: Automotive supplier group
- Program management for the international relocation of product groups from central production to 3 international locations
- Relocation volume approximately 140 million EUR p.a.
- Development of a project management system and implementation control within the core team
- Risk management in the steering committee of the executive board
Internal Financing & Asset Efficiency
- Revenue: 60 million EUR p.a.; 120 empl.; Energy infrastructure
- Shareholder: Private Equity
- Improving delivery performance while simultaneously reducing inventory levels
- Integrating contract logistics
- Implementation of IT tools for inventory planning and control
- Optimization of international business processes and value streams
My customers say
...a person of outstanding caliber, both professionally and personally
....we appreciated Thomas Kritzner as exceptionally trustworthy and reponsible employee...who demonstrates high social skill and integrity....
Contact
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High-Performance Operations Management
Interim Executive Leadership & Consulting for Mid-Sized Businesses
I tackle these questions with entrepreneurs in technology-driven mid-sized businesses by taking on interim leadership roles, managing complex transformation projects and providing advisory services.
Results
Competitive technology. Improved margins of products and services. Reliable delivery performance.
Accelerated cash-in based on your order backlog.
Impact
Strengthened trust in corporate leadership and enhanced creditwortiness with financing partners.
SERVICES
Interim Executive Roles
Assumption of leadership functions, if required in collaboration with lawyers and auditors: Head of Operations, Head of Supply Chain, Plant/Logisitcs/Production Manager, Executive Management (COO) as well as taking the lead of restructuring teams (CRO)
Program Management
Managing product launches, relocations und restructuring based on mid-term corporate planning and auditor's turnaround reports.
Working Capital Management: implementing new methods in sales&production planning, as well as in order and material management
Analysis & Consultancy
Solving specific tasks in controlling: performance losses and "waste" in business processes and value streams, margin quality of supply contracts with customers; cost control and risk assessments througout product development phases and milestones
SERVICES
Interim Executive Roles
Assumption of leadership functions, if required in collaboration with lawyers and auditors: Head of Operations, Head of Supply Chain, Plant/Logisitcs/Production Manager, Executive Management (COO) as well as taking the lead of restructuring teams (CRO)
Program Management
Managing product launches, relocations und restructuring based on mid-term corporate planning and auditor's turnaround reports.
Working Capital Management: implementing new methods in sales&production planning, as well as in order and material management
Analysis & Consultancy
Solving specific tasks in controlling: performance losses and "waste" in business processes and value streams, margin quality of supply contracts with customers; cost control and risk assessments througout product development phases and milestones
PROJECTS
Structures&Processes
- Head of Operations and COO
- Revenue: approx. 75 Mio. EUR p.a.; approx. 170 empl.
- Subsidiary of a market leader in printing machines
- Transformation and rationalization
- Post-Merger-Integration into the group
- Leadership crisis resolved
- Cost reduced by 300 TEUR; EBIT positive P&L statement
- Duration: 23 months
Production Program
- Consultant and Project Manager contracted by family office
- Revenue: approx. 20 Mio. EUR p.a.; approx. 100 empl.
- Technical services for crane systems
- Restrucuring during profit crisis
- Low-margin services eliminated
- Leadership system implemented
- "Order-to-cash" process revised
- Duration: 14 months
Supply Chain
- Progam-Manager, Head of Project Office
- Revenue: approx.1,3 billion EUR p.a.; approx. 3200 empl.
- Corporate division: Industrial Hydraulics
- International product relocation
- Project-management plan put in place
- led core and steering committees
- Risk management in Supply Chain
- Duration: 10 months
Working Capital Management
- Head of Operations, Supply Chain Manager
- Revenue: approx. 60 Mio EUR p.a.; Private Equity Group Company
- Infrastructure equipment supplier
- Improved delivery performance from 35% to 95%
- Payment terms with suppliers adjusted
- Reduced inventory by approx. 4,5 Mio. EUR
- Increased inventory turnover by a factor of 3
- Contract logistics integrated into fulfillment processes
- Duration: 15 months
- Head of Operations, Supply Chain Manager
- Revenue: approx. 60 Mio EUR p.a.; Private Equity Group Company
- Infrastructure equipment supplier
- Improved delivery performance from 35% to 95%
- Payment terms with suppliers adjusted
- Reduced inventory by approx. 4,5 Mio. EUR
- Increased inventory turnover by a factor of 3
- Contract logistics integrated into fulfillment processes
- Duration: 15 months
MY CUSTOMERS SAY:
CONTACT
Interested in more effective capital deployment that is recognized by your financial partners? Are you aiming for a product portfolio focused on high-margin products? Would you like to establish a partnership with your suppliers to reduce inventory in the supply chain through joint initiatives?
Then we should discuss these topics!
