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Clemens Saur

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

Managing Director

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152-848 Korea
South Korea

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Personal information

Wants

Functional Safety, Automotive SPICE, Organizational Change Management, Lean-Six Sigma, Innovation Management
Haves

Functional Safety, Automotive SPICE, Organizational Change Management, Lean-Six Sigma, Innovation Management
Interests

Kiting, Marathon, Snowboading, Wakeboarding, Karting
Groups

Professional experience

Apr 2010 - present
(2 years, 2 months)

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Aug 2008 - Mar 2010
(1 year, 8 months)

Director

Kugler Maag Cie, http://www.kuglermaag.com

Industry: Consulting, Automotive, Aerospace
2008 - Jul 2008

Executive Organization & Improvement

Continental Corporation

Industry: Automotive
Sep 1993 - Dec 2007
(14 years, 4 months)

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Siemens VDO

Industry: Automotive

Employment status

Executive

Educational background

Sep 1990 - Mar 1993

Georgia Institute of Technology
Industrial Engineering, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

Languages

English (Fluent), German (First language), Japanese (Good knowledge), Korean (Basic knowledge), Chinese (Basic knowledge)

About me

Currently I work at Kugler Maag Cie, the leading European Process Consulting Company for Automotive.

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Before Kugler Maag Cie, I was working at Siemens VDO, which has been acquired by Continental.

From 2005-2008 I lived in China. China has taught me, anything is possible, if we put our mind to it, empower our teams, give them vision, direction and support. Even an industrial giant like Siemens known for its bureaucratic, unyieldingly slow movements, can compete against small local Chinese competitors with all its unfair practices of IP theft and corruption, if we focus on our strength - people, knowledge and empowerment.

In China I set up a development center for Siemens VDO. We were late comers to the market, we were too expensive, and we had the wrong product mix. To enter the market and catch up to the competitions I focused on four criteria:
- Reduce Time to Market by 50%
- Reduce Product Cost by more than 50%
- Rely on Mature & Reliable Technologies for our Solutions
- Go for Quality – No Sacrifices - Zero Defects at Zero Hour
Impossible? Not at all.

With quick, small, effective, fully integrated development teams in a "One Room Setting", the right mindset, access to technology information, coaching, auditing and support we made it.
Limiting the team size achieves speed. Increasing functionality, while decreasing functional complexity reduces costs and enhances value. Not compromising on quality ensures our image. And access to reliable technology gives us the competitive advantage.

We targeted 56% average growth. We made it. We targeted profitability within two years. We made that. We became an Asian development hub for two product groups after only three years... thanks to the team.

I left my team with good memories, and quite a few tears. I am very proud of my achievements, personally, strategically, and financially.

C. Saur