Stefan Paul

Stefan Paul

Dipl.-Ing.

Geschäftsführer / CEO

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  • 71063 Sindelfingen
  • Germany

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Personal information

Professional experience

  • Employment status
    Entrepreneur

Educational background

  • Oct 1986 - Dec 1993
    TU Braunschweig, Raabeschule

    Mechanical Engineering, Dipl.-Ing.

    Production & Organisation

  • Languages
    German, English, Spanish, Portuguese

About me



HIGHLIGHTS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Internationalization
- Plant startup in Mexico
- Market studies Brazil
- Financial & operational restructuring Brazil
- Operations in Brazil
- Compliance audits in Brazil & Mexico

Controlling/Finance
- Integration after acquisition
- Financial planning & cost accounting
- General Accounting, IFRS/US-GAAP, closing, group standards
- M+A analysis, make-or-buy studies
- Balanced Scorecard
- Definition of a SAP client for worldwide rollout (FI/CO/IM/AA)
- Financial & operational restructuring

IT
- Plant startup in Mexico (infrastructure, SAP R/3, Services)
- SAP R/3 implementations
- Definition e-business strategy

Production/Logistics
- Turnaround of a 160 mil Euro plant in Brazil (quality & profitability)
- Effective Change Management and employee motivation
- Six Sigma, Lean, Kanban, Kaizen projects, FMEA
- TS 16949:2000 certification

Purchasing
- Implementation MRO purchasing including audit-safe processes in SAP R/3
- „Professionalization“ of the purchasing department in Brazil (100 mil Euro purchasing volume)

R+D
- Elaboration of product strategy for the south American low-cost market
- Cost optimization through re-design (e.g. value analysis)
- Implementation of Target Costing und change cost controlling

Sales / Marketing
- Formulation of sales planning for South America
- Quotations and product concepts
- Market- and competition analysis for automotive safety electronics in Brazil
- Member of council of Sindipeças (supplier organization in Brazil)
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY


GENERAL DIRECTOR

Continental do Brasil
March 2006 – February 2008 (24 months)
Automotive Industry (Brakes)
(Location size: 1.500 direct employees)

- Productivity increase by 30-60% in all areas of the plant
- Sales increase of over 30% to 140 million Euros
- Training system implemented
- Strategy development based on BSC
- Continuous improvement implemented (e.g. Six Sigma, Lean)
- Product innovations for low cost market
- Quality system enhancements implemented
- etc.


BUSINESS UNIT CONTROLLER

Continental AG (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees)
February 2005 – February 2006 (12 months)
Automotive Industry

Worldwide responsibility for finance and controlling of a business unit (700 mio sales), including
- quotations
- operations controlling and plant support
- controlling process harmonization
- financial analysis and proposal for corrective measures if necessary
- strategic and operational planning for the business unit
- target costing
- benchmarking
- investment analysis


FINANCE DIRECTOR

Continental Automotive Mexicana (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees)
October 2000 – January 2005 (4 years 4 months)
Automotive Industry

- start-up plant and legal restructering after acquisition
- legal representation
- cash management
- taxes (consolidation of 3 plants)
- controlling organisation implementation
- cost reduction programs
- controlling/planning
- accounting
- IT/SAP
- ...



SR. CONTROLLING MANAGER

Mann + Hummel (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees)
1993 – 2000 (7 years)
Automotive Industry

1) Project manager in the plannig department (2 years):
- production relocation
- lean production
- make-or-buy studies
- worldwide reporting process implementation
- operational planning

2) Sr. Plant Controller in Brazil:
- build up controlling
- implement SAP R/3
- reorganize purchasing
- price negotiations with customers
- value analysis
- cost reduction programs
- etc.

3) Sr. Group Controlling Manager

- Reporting/Budgeting
- SAP R/3 template definition and roll-out in Germany
- E-Business study
- Target costing implementation
- etc.


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EDUCATION

TU Braunschweig
Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Enginering, September 1987 – March 1993


SOFT SKILLS

  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills
  • Reliability & Responsiveness
  • Strong leadership & mentoring skills
  • Value driven & customer focussed
  • Open to different cultures
  • Effective in a fast paced environment


EXTRACURICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Bonding e.V.: Association to encourage contact between students and industry. Served as Finance Manager and moderator for meetings, networking and seminars.
  • Skiing: participation in various ski-marathon competitions in Germany and in the Wasa-race (90 km cross-country skiing) in Sweden and managing skiing classes
  • National & international photo exibitions including awards such as AFIAP, Norddeutscher Fotomeister etc.


 

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