Your company is facing exceptional challenges?
Cost pressure, internationalization, structural changes and constantly changing markets compel you to act?
You are searching for a leader for your strategic and operational project business?
You are searching for a consultant who supports and coaches you as an executive?
As Interim Manager, Managing Director, CRO, COO or CEO I will realign your enterprise, restructure or optimize processes. Place trust in my many years of experience in the areas of General Management, Production, Sales and Engineering. As a professional interim executive and management consultant I will bring your business on the road to success in cooperation with you.
Performance Modules of my Experience Profile
Services
- Realignment and strategy development of companies and business units
- Efficiency Increase
- Right Sizing
- Generation Change
- Taking on technical and commercial management positions in line functions with worldwide responsibility
Methods
- Portfolio analysis
- Build up and modification of sales
(incl. regionalisation) - Process analysis and process optimization
- Cost optimization in all areas of business
- Implementation of new operating models (insourcing/outsourcing, shift model, and others)
Lines of Business
- Machine / plant engineering
- Primary industry (lime, cement)
- Project business
- High-volume production
- Special machines
With the unbiased view of the external staff member I will work out customized solutions for your specific task assignment quickly, systematically and efficiently – with full commitment to your goals, with passion and the feel for corporate challenges.
Your Benefits
- Unbiased, external view
- Clearly defined time frame without long-term commitment
- Consistent implementation of agreement
- Fast results
- Long-term, sustainable strategies
- Calculable costs
My Competence
- Neutral, systematic analysis
- Results-oriented working style
- Integrative approach
- High personnel competence
- Open communication structures
- National and international experience, for instance in dealing with foreign authorities (building permits, investment subsidies, tax issues, etc.) and management mindsets in Europe, overseas and Asia
Dr. Bernd Thurat – Interim Executive
Background
- Apprenticeship tool maker
- Study of Mechanical Engineering with focus on production technology, company organisation, business administration, RWTH-Aachen
- Business Management IMD, Lausanne; INSEAD, Fontainebleau, and others
- USW, Schloss Gracht
- Interim Executive, ebs
Professional background
- Assistant and group leader, Chair for Machine Tools of the RWTH, University of Aachen
- Company and corporate management, among others at KHD AG, Wilo AG, RWK Kalk AG,
Cooper Tools EMEA, Leybold Vakuum GmbH - 20 years of experience as Interim Executive and management consultant.
