Axel Löbel

Management of Hygiene Paper Products Global Operations at 19 production locations in Europe, America and MEA, as well as the associated supply chain, EHS, quality and engineering | Integration of production plants and supply chain as an independent division | Establishment of a clustered structure and defining of interfaces with the sales divisions | ...

Responsible for a 100,000m² WHSE building constructed in 2016 with a capacity of 23 million items. Responsible for health and safety, inventory control, costs, service levels (delivery accuracy) and employee morale with a seasonal and flexible workforce | Completion of development and final commissioning | Creation of a clear vision for the location in order to implement a culture focused on safety, quality and delivery of results, as well as respect for every employee

Management and optimisation of the supply chain (operations, planning & logistics and quality management, as well as the purchasing of international production locations) | Head of research & development for various consumer goods and small electrical appliances | Sales responsibility for the “Industrial Papers” division | Responsible for paper production and paper processing | Management of a plant in Asia for the production of small electrical appliances

Planning, construction & leadership of a Pampers plant with 700 em-ployees today | Preparation and completion of the entire factory building | Construction & commissioning of 8 manufacturing lines with a total value of approx. USD 120m, starting with 120 employees | Introduction of a production-/work system similar to TPM | Regular execution of audits for HS&E and Q audits | Introduction of a zero accident strategy | Animation of an interdisciplinary and worldwide Plant Manager team for new plants

Schooling & coaching of 10 Plant Managers worldwide for the Product line “Pampers Premium” in the common production & work processes | Developing of a new generation of “Pampers Premium” in close coop-eration with R&D, Finance, Sales and Logistics | Definition and implementation of worldwide product standards neces-sary to increase productivity

Schooling and Coaching of 16 Operations Managers worldwide for the Product line “Pampers Mainline” in common production & work processes | Developing of a new generation of “Pampers Mainline” in close coop-eration with R&D, Finance, Sales and Logistics | Definition of worldwide product standards to increase productivity

Construction and commissioning of a new generation of converter lines to improve productivity with a total value of USD 100mio

Responsible for materials planning and supply for 11 production sites in EMEA in close collaboration with Sales & Operations Planning | Implementation of SAP/R3 | Production planning for 3 locations (2 in Germany, 1 in the UK)

Responsible for employee planning and organisation development of 8 respectively 12 production lines | Horizontal responsibility for safety, quality and manufacturing costs

Staff and results responsibility for 2 Pampers production lines | Production / safety / quality and cost in the top three production lines in Europe (out of 50 lines in benchmark pool)

Acceptance of new diaper machines in Italy, responsible for the electri-cal commissioning in Euskirchen | Responsible for electrical support and maintenance of production lines | Management of employees

Specialisation: Communications | Subject of the diploma thesis: “Design of a multispectral colour analyser”