Dr. Sebastian Simon

- Hidden Champion: approx. 2.000 employees, 450 Mio. EUR turnover, family-owned, premium brand - Tippers, container-handling systems and trailers for construction, recycling and agriculture - Close collaboration with truck manufacturers (Daimler, MAN, Scania, Volvo, Renault, DAF, Iveco)

- Hidden Champion: approx. 12.000 employees, 2.2 bn EUR turnover, family/stock market, premium brand (Palfinger AG) - BU responsibility: Truck-mounted aerial work platforms up to 100 m height for building maintenance, telecom, wind turbines (approx. 350 employees, 70 Mio EUR turnover)

Managing a department of approx. 220 associates, responsibility for order fulfillment, production planning, procurement and physical material flows, restructuring of processes to reach targets of on-time-delivery, inventories, logistics costs as well as lean and efficient structures, supporting relocation and ramp-up projects in the product areas of hydraulics and wind energy

Managing a group of 25-30 associates, responsibility for production program planning, assembly scheduling and intercompany deliveries, support of production relocation activities, cooperation with key customers and suppliers on supply-chain-optimization

Supporting the commercial leadership of the hydraulic drives product unit, preparing reports on the topics human resources, financials, purchasing, logistics, coordinating cross-functional projects inside the lead plants

Coordination of strategic projects in the areas of product development, purchasing, production, leading cross-functional teams of 5-10 external and internal experts at the client-site, supporting global market-leaders of automotive, high-tech and manufacturing industries to bring their businesses to the next level of growth and profitability

Internship in the department of finance and controlling, working on straightforward topics independently (e.g. calculation of overhead costs for operational accounting)

Research into the optimized configuration of manufacturing systems under varying parameters (e.g. manufacturing locations, product variance, volumes), cooperation with leading machine tool manufacturers

Grades: Intermediary exam on top of the class, Graduation passed with distinction / Activities: International Placement Center e.V. (managing director), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (scholarship), Research assistant (supply chain management), Tutor (technical mechanics)