Robert Koziel
Employee, President & CEO / Geschäftsführer, GRW Technologies, Inc. - Soehnergroup
Grand Rapids, United States of America
Timeline
Professional experience for Robert Koziel
Current , since Nov 2017
President & CEO / Geschäftsführer
GRW Technologies, Inc. - Soehnergroup
Current , since Nov 2014
Vice President / General Manager / Geschäftsführer
GRW Technologies, Inc. - Soehnergroup
Overseeing the plant operations and leading a team of 190 employees | Quality Management | Performance Management | Staffing | Coordination | Coaching | Developing Standards | Financial Planning and Strategy | Escalation Management | Development of Strategies to achieve company's future goals | Building up Customer Relations and improving them | Supporting company's Plant Management in reaching of the company's goals
4 years and 4 months, Apr 2013 - Jul 2017
Plant Quality Manager / Bereichsleitung Qualität
GRW Technologies, Inc. - Soehnergroup
Part of the Plant Management | Head of Quality | Responsible for 22 employees | Overall responsibility for Quality Systems, Quality Enigneering, in-process Quality Control, APQP and PPAP activities, design, material and supplier change management, test, audit and repair activities (8Ds and problem solving methods 3x5why, FMEA, Ishikawa) | Improvement of scrap and costs of poor quality such as internal/external sorting activities
1 year and 6 months, Oct 2011 - Mar 2013
Production Manager / Bereichsleitung Produktion
GRW Technologies, Inc.
Head of Production w/ 38 injection molding machines and automation lines | Responsible for 110 employees | Overall responsibility for Production, Production Controlling/Planning, Headcount Planning, Logistics | Customer service | Visual management tools on the production floor for KPI tracking | Implementation of Lean Management principles | Productivity increase from 65% to 85% within a time period of six months | Reduction of customer complaints by 66%
1 year and 3 months, Jul 2010 - Sep 2011
Logistics and Production Control Manager / Bereichsleitung Logistik
GRW Technologies, inc.
Head of Logistics and Production Control | Responsible for 14 employees | Overall responsibility for Logistics, Production Controlling/Planning, Capacity and Headcount Planning | Implementation of a material handling "Milkrun System" | Logistics process and material flow improvements | Implementation of a "Customer Service Center" | Decrease of expedited freight costs by 95% within a time period of four months | 5S implementation on the production floor and logistics areas
1 year, Jul 2009 - Jun 2010
Assistant Production Management / Assistenz der Produktionsleitung
GRW Technologies, Inc.
Coordination of Production Planning and Controlling activities | Coordination and Management of continuous improvement activities within the Production Department | Coordination and Mangement of a Take-Over project of 140 injection molding tools | sampling, run@rate, PPAP activities | Work cell layout improvement projects | Driving of productivity increase and scrap reduction tasks
Educational background for Robert Koziel
5 years and 11 months, Sep 2003 - Jul 2009
Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
Fachrichtung Maschinenbau
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
Polish
Fluent
French
Basic