Dr. Axel Boeke

* Leading interdisciplinary, intercultural expert teams in North and South America, 70% women * Development of technology strategies for all international production sites. * Definition of CAPEX projects to develop safety, quality, capacity and costs * Implementation of innovative processes from R&D, digitalization to industrialization * Development and auditing of suppliers in Americas, EMEA, Asia * Intensive and systematic employee development, Mentor for women in leadership * and lot of fun

* Production and cost center responsibility of 4 departments: continuous casting, refractory, scheduling of production orders and quality monitoring * management of approx. 230 employees, 14 engineers and technicians directly * Records: > 1 year accident-free, site production record * Application of an efficient production system, deviation management, coordination of project managers * Intensive and systematic employee development

 Develop the Production System and qualify the CIP organisation. Introduce Lean Management in all production areas of the Business. Work collaboratively with cross functional leaders  Promote Leadership Excellence: Training of Shop Floor Management including foremen and shift leaders as well as heads of department and business unit managers (> 300 employees). Setting up communication cascades  Drive Process Excellence: Operational Excellence scans, value stream analysis, TPM

Group leader of specialists to: • implement change projects in Strategic Maintenance Management • Planned Maintenance • TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) • 5S • SAP R53

Deputy Head of Production (253 employees, 5,5 m. t steel p.a.) - Directly responsible for productivity and the cost centre (> 60 m. € p.a.) - Lead cost reduction programs e.g. improvement of metallic yield, saving of input materials - Deliver on strong site health, safety and environmental performance every day, frequent stand by duty - Support of investment projects - Communicating shift Information to the workforce and integration of their unions - employee development

 Develop the steel making strategy  Optimise process models for hot metal desulphurisation as well as basic oxygen furnace, eliminate bottlenecks  Encourage new work routines for local employees  Support logistic simulation from blast furnace to continuous casting plant  Define 50 projects for value stream optimisation  Deliver high impact business results  Realise production records (10/2015) 47 heats / day,> 410 kt / month

• Construction of a pilot plant • Process optimization • Production, characterization and use of heterogeneous catalysts • Chemical synthesis

• Teaching and training activities for trainees and students • Application-oriented chemical research • Catalysis

Intercultural Competence, Business Environment South America, Managing in highly uncertain environments / Finance, Compliance & Decision Making

Leadership & Soziale Kompetenzen Human Resources Geschäftsmodellinnovation Strategisches Management Technologie- & Innovationsmanagement St. Galler Management-Modell & Unternehmenspolitik Finanzkompetenz Private Equity https://business-school.rwth-aachen.de/en/ https://youtu.be/R-mgjMJyxK4

• Technische Chemie • Heterogene Katalyse • chemische Synthese • Prozesstechnik, chemische Verfahrenstechnik • Arbeiten in einer internationalen und interkulturellen Forschungsgruppe

• Organische Chemie • Anorganische Chemie • Physikalische Chemie • Technische Chemie