
Daniel Wueringer
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Professional experience for Daniel Wueringer
- Current 7 years and 5 months, since 2018
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- 6 months, Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
Chief Operating Officer
GlassesGroupGlobal
My first startup experience. Left after only a few months to found another startup. Built the ERP system and laid the foundation for the company's operational improvement.
- 3 years and 4 months, Feb 2011 - May 2014Struktur Management Partner GmbH
Strategic turnaround management, corporate restructuring
Project management in corporate turnaround. Upon the financier's demands my team embedded within the client for 5-24 months and delivered hands-on operational turnaround, process optimization, cost-cutting, corporate financing and financial engineering. Became an industry expert for renewable energy turnaround projects.
- 1 year and 4 months, Sep 2009 - Dec 2010
Lean Production/Kaizen Expert
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
★ Optimized current and future production plants using 3P-workshops, value stream mapping, Kanban and various other lean methods resulting in reduced investment and processing time and increased worker and machine productivity ★ Successfully reworked capacity expansion plans for South America’s largest automotive transmission plant, resulting in savings of EUR 19M ★ SELECTED SKILLS: ✓ Production Optimization ✓ Lean Manufacturing ✓ Risk Mitigation & Management ✓ Business Transformation ✓ Cost Savings
- 8 months, Jan 2009 - Aug 2009
Head of Production Optimization China
Volkswagen Group China, Beijing, China
★ Oversaw and managed all aspects of production optimization, driving productivity, efficiency, and profitability ★ Led team of 4 KVP instructors and 43 KVP coaches region-wide regarding 7 car plants and 9 power train plants ★ Directed 350+ workshops and analyzed 30,000 workplaces: average productivity increase of 10% ★ SELECTED SKILLS: ✓ Production Optimization ✓ Lean Manufacturing ✓ Operational Alignment ✓ Kanban ✓Stakeholder Management ✓ Manpower Task Optimization ✓ Executive Coaching
- 7 months, Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
Interim Director Production Systems
Volkswagen Group China, Beijing, China
★ Built the production optimization office for VW Group China, including full operating management responsibility for the start-up, strategic planning, development, and management ★ Organized production optimization kick-off workshops for all 7 car plants and 9 power train plants ★ SELECTED SKILLS: ✓ Production Optimization ✓ Lean Manufacturing ✓ Operational Alignment ✓ Kanban ✓Stakeholder Management ✓ Manpower Task Optimization ✓ Executive Coaching
- 1 year and 7 months, Jun 2007 - Dec 2008
Executive Assistant to Executive Vice President Production & Logistics
Volkswagen Group China, Beijing, China
★ Contributed toward shareholder restructuring (both joint ventures), planning of new powertrain projects in China, oversight for capacity/investment planning, department overhaul/restructuring, and management of crisis teams which mitigated need for plant shutdown ★ Oversaw pre-kickoff planning and project management support of new automatic transmission plant in China ★ Orchestrated supplier negotiation in China and Japan, resulting in annual sales increase (100,000 transmissions)
- 1 year and 5 months, May 2004 - Sep 2005
Assistant Production Manager
REHAU AG+CO, Germany
★ Oversaw production planning and scheduling, materials management, inventory, manufacturing, assembly, and test procedures for polymer bumper systems for Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen ★ Managed monthly production volume of 100 tons and managed an 80 employee production team ★ Coordinated and organized production starts for DaimlerChrysler, Audi, and Volkswagen ★ Catalyzed process improvements (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen) and provided technical instruction/guidance to production staff
Educational background for Daniel Wueringer
- 5 months, Sep 2007 - Jan 2008
MBA (Master of Business Administration)
School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- 1 year and 6 months, Aug 2006 - Jan 2008
MBA
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Best Business School in Asia, Top Ten worldwide (Financial Times Ranking 2010-2013). Exchange to School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- 5 months, Sep 1999 - Jan 2000
Chinese Studies
Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China
- 5 years and 9 months, Oct 1996 - Jun 2002
Electrical Engineering
Technical University Graz
Specialization on Biomedical Engineering; 1996-2000 studied at Vienna Technical University and transferred all credits to Graz
- 3 years and 9 months, Oct 1996 - Jun 2000
Chinese Studies
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
Merit-based scholarships for two university programs in China.
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
Chinese
Basic
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