Volker Ganz
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Professional experience for Volker Ganz
- 5 years and 4 months, Mar 2019 - Jun 2024
Vice President Global Service Operations & Digital Solutions
KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH
• Transformation of the global service organization into a P&L and process-driven performance entity. • Award winning recognition as frontrunner in digital transformation and decarbonization. • Service portfolio management, digital solutions, global spare part operations, remanufacturing, used machine business and service process excellence. • Implemented spare part warehouse hubs in Europe, America, and Asia. • New customer-centric business models, e.g. pay-per-use service offerings.
- 5 years and 9 months, Jun 2013 - Feb 2019
Vice President Service, Sales & Innovation Consulting
SIEMENS
• Built high-performance team >80 consultants in GER, US and CN. • Digital business models innovation projects • Service reorganization and service process optimization projects. • Customer journeys and customer value co-creation projects. • Established 'Siemens Operating Model' driving operational excellence and digital transformation. • Guided company-wide 'Service Business Excellence' & 'Sales Excellence' program. • Digital Transformation Leadership Training for Siemens' top 200 executive leaders.
- 3 years and 2 months, Apr 2010 - May 2013SIEMENS
Global Head of Corporate Research ‘Product & Service Innovation’
• Led international innovation and research groups, with >50 employees in Germany, United States, and China. • Defined and rolled out the 'Smart Data to Business' approach, serving as a precursor to the concepts of 'Digitalization' and 'Industry 4.0'. • Developed and rolled out the Siemens business modeling method and toolbox (BizMoTM).
- 2 years and 11 months, May 2007 - Mar 2010SIEMENS
Global Head Business Development, Strategy & Communication, Oil & Gas
• Led strategy and business development for a multinational service organization with over 3,800 employees and a turnover of over €1 billion. • Drove strategy development and strategic planning, benchmarking, M&A, regionalization, portfolio development, pricing, sales support, and internal and external communication and marketing. • Implemented global strategic IT projects, including salesforce.com.
- 4 years and 8 months, Sep 2001 - Apr 2006SIEMENS
Head of Competence Field ‘Service Process Optimization’
• Managed numerous service process optimization and performance measurement projects in headquarters and over 20 regional companies. • Ramped up the competence field ‘Service Process Optimization.’ • Developed and rolled out a company-wide service process optimization method and toolbox (SERVOR(R)) to enable end-to-end process and KPI standardization, optimization, and leverage synergies.
- 3 years and 5 months, Apr 1998 - Aug 2001
Principal Consultant for Process Optimization
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting GmbH
• Executed functional module responsibility (service management, sales & distribution, material management, quality management) for SAP R/3 projects.
- 1 year, Jan 1997 - Dec 1997
Business Promotion Consultant
German British Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Supported sales promotion projects and trade fairs on the UK market for small and medium-sized German companies (e.g., sales push projects for the 'metal industry' and 'consulting engineers').
Educational background for Volker Ganz
- 2004 - 2006
Master in Finance and Accounting
University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität)
- 1993 - 1995
Sportscience
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- 1991 - 1996
Volkswirtschaftslehre - Economics
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
French
Basic
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