Joachim Pohlmann

United Cement Group is the leading cement manufacturer in central Asia with 7 cement plants operating in 4 countries. The cement capacity is around 7 Mt per year. Leading the company as the CEO together with a highly qualified and motivated team is a big challenge for an internationally minded person in a multicultural environment.

Industrial performance improvement projects in industrial operations using benchmarks and key performance indicators; OEE implementation; world class maintenance projects

Managing a greenfield expansion project (300 M€) by building a new 2 Mt cement plant in Ukraine and a fuel conversion project (25 M€) for the existing production

Managing the companies operations of 11 plants and 2 terminals with productivity increase due to increase of asset reliability and utilization, prcess improvement as well as alternative fuel use, optimization of energy supply conditions and headcount reduction

COO for a privately owned medium sized cement company with strong efforts in productivity increase in severe market conditions; after decision of shareholders to sell the company stromg support of the integration of the company into the structure of an international global player

Managing 6 Mt of cement production per year and the technology branch for the whole company covering cement, aggregates and concrete; leading due diligence teams in large scale acquisitions; cost improvement for cement production by implementation of alternative fuel utilization

Lime plant turnover of 150 M€ per year; headcount reduction from 1000 - 620 employees; strategic development project for plant expansion; member of divestment committee for significant parts of the company