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Lean Manufacturing Expert / Top Management Consultant (forme

Work Experience

Consulting & executive education / 2003-2004
McKinsey & Company / 1999-2003 / Manufacturing Practice
Porsche Consulting / 1997-1999 / Lean Consultant
BTR Automotive / 1995-1997 / Ind.-Eng. / Inhouse Consultant
Bosch Automotive / 1994 -1995 / Ind-Eng.

Overview of project engagement:

• Turnaround program for major car manufacturer

• Cost-Reduction-Program at a major aircraft manufacturer. Diagnostic of existing manufacturing system, design and leading the manufacturing work stream, roll-out of improvement activities in manufacturing area

• Productivity Improvements at a leading European mobile radio manufacturer. Diagnostic of the existing production system and its redesign (green field planning)

• Implementation of a Continuous Improvement Program/Organization for a leading city bus manufacturer and design of its new assembly operation (green field factory design but converting within existing area). Building up a client Continiuous Improvement organization

• Cost-Reduction-Program at a leading automotive supplier after merger. Turnaround program design, leading the pilot work packages, coaching of CEO manufacturing in redesigning the existing accounting system towards process costing and setting up a continuous improvement organization

• Factory redesign (new assembly layout & logistics) for Europe's largest truck trailer manufacturer

• Pre-Production and Ramp-up Preparation Program at a leading car manufacturer in Europe

• Plant network reconfiguration after merger at worlds leading turbine manufacturer. Plant diagnostics, identifying standalone improvement potentials, evaluation of possible plant network configuration

• Lean Business Process Optimization at Europe's leading ATM machine manufacturer. Production system redesign (complete factory redesign of material and information flow). Implementation of a continuous improvement office and improving existing management systems (performance management)

• Process improvements at a leading consumer goods manufacturer (process industry) to increase production capacity by 30%

• Redesign of the final assembly / flight line (incl. paint shop) of a world’s leading aircraft manufacturer to reduce throughput time by 50%

o Complete shopfloor redesign of final assembly area of Europe’s leading truck manufacturer in Austria

o Greenfield planning of the seat production (including tissue cutting and sewing operations) for Europe’s leading coach bus manufacturer

• Major redesign of existing Chrysler Minivan Platform (layout, material flow, workplace design and quality improvements) based on lean principles. Overall productivity (incl. quality improvements) was raised by 43% within 6 month.

• Pre-Production Planning (Greenfield Production System Design / Layout / Material-Information Flow / Workplace Design) of new BMW Z3 business coming into NC site

Education

Master Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
Master Sc. Industrial Engineering (Dipl.Wirt.-Ing.)

Skills

Lean Manufacturing Expert, Lean Transformation, Production System Design, Plant Diagnostics, Performance Management System, Lean Product Design, Mass Customization, Change Management

Languages

German, English, French

Other

Quick Overview
Mr. Christian is an independent consultant specialized in consulting, interim (project) management and executive education in operational topics such as lean manufacturing, product development, mass customization, performance management, production preparation, factory design and change management.
Before going independent, Mr. worked for over four years as Practice Consultant / Manufacturing Specialist at McKinsey & Company, Germany. At McKinsey he has worked mainly on operational performance improvement, turnaround programs and factory green field planning (Production System Design). He was engaged with some of the world’s leading companies in the automotive, high-tech assembly, tool making and heavy machine industries.
He was also leading the experience hire recruiting and was a leading contributor to McKinsey´s Manufacturing Practice knowledge development. Here was in charge of designing educational programs and knowledge sessions covering key operational topics. He was highly regarded in his way of structuring and presenting knowledge topics internally or to clients.
Before joining McKinsey he worked two years for Porsche Consulting, a German consulting group specialized in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing in various industries. There he had the great opportunity to coordinate and actively join / coach all Shingijutsu Consulting activities during this time which has been a great learning opportunity.
Mr. joint Porsche Consulting from BTR automotive, one of the world largest automotive suppliers where he assisted in launching a new production facility in North Carolina, USA. Starting as industrial engineer he quickly got promoted to plant continuous improvement manager. Soon he became founding member of BTR`s improved manufacturing inhouse consulting group. Its task, to design/ roll out and coach a major lean manufacturing improvement program at all US, Canada and Mexican BTR sites.

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