Production System Design Expert, Experienced Operational Excellence & Lean Leader (BMW 20 plants worldwide and BBA 5 Chinese plants) and Assembly Plant General Manager (ICE, PHEV and BEV) with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Global rollout experience of lean deployment in different industries, outstanding training, coaching and people development skills combined with strong CIP implementation skills and KPI improvement as a production manager. Trained >> 500 Lean Champions, Green and Blackbelts, 100 Six Sigma x Belts worldwide across industries. GE trained 6S GB, Freudenberg NOK trained 6S BB. Skilled in Lean Production, Administration and Engineering, Operations Management, Shopfloor Management & Digitalization, Total Productive Maintenance, Smart & Predictive MTNC, Value Stream Mapping, Process Mining, Kanban, Zero Defects, PDCA Problem Solving and Six Sigma Black Belt. Educated by Sensei Shungji Yagyu, who was a major driver of Toyota’s NUMMI experiment. Gained deep practical understanding of Monozukuri and the principles of a mechanical and biological Production System with Gemba Standards and Gemba Engineering as the core principles. Strong operations professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Arizona State University, George Washington University and Henley Management College.