Successes
- Global repositioning (mechanical engineering, plant engineering, specialty paper)
- Global sales experience (in over 40 countries, activ own sales, cold calling, setting up agencies and cooperations)
- Successful renovation (Swiss paper factory)
- Production setup, reorganization and market development in Asia (lived and worked in South Korea and China for 5 years)
Professional experience
- Mechanical engineering, plastics industry, industrial process and control engineering, engineering industry, plant engineering (chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical)
- Specialty paper
- Service
Professional career
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R&D and sales project management for an Austrian company in the field of solar-powered, mobile systems, mechanical engineering (2024)
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Foundation of Pleiger-Consulting e.U. (2024)
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Temporary consultant activities since 2013
- Strategy development, project management (plant construction / sales), setting up a supplier (2022)
- Reorganization and digitalization of sales / R&D / repositioning on the market with new types of paper with a focus on China / Taiwan / USA and Europe
Head of Sales & Marketing, R&D, QS, Co-Managing Director, specialty paper, Switzerland 2017–2020 - Repositioning on the market with a focus on Asia and USA with new technology / reorganization and digitalization of sales
Head of Sales & Marketing, authorized officer, plant engineering (Linde Engineering AG Group), Switzerland 2014–2016 - Repositioning on the market with a focus on Asia and India / reorganization and digitalization of sales
Business Manager, authorized officer, plant engineering and construction, Switzerland 2007–2013 - Market development / set up of local production and supply chain / reorganization / establishment of QM/QA structures and ISO certifications Mechanical engineering, plastics, electronics & control technology
- Senior employee of a medium-sized group of companies, Germany 1999–2005
- Liaison Officer, Pusan, South Korea & Shanghai, China 2002–2005
- Engineer QM and Sales, USA 2001
- Engineer in quality management and certification, plastics, Germany 1999–2000
Continuous professional development
- Agile project management
- Process optimization
- Change management
- Digitalization
- Leadership seminars
- Contract law
- NLP sales training
- Project management training (ABB)
- Various business training courses
- Training as a quality manager at TÜV-Nord in Hamburg
