The China Desk
Interim Management & Consulting for the Chinese Market
The China desk of BRAINFORCE is focusing on business activities in conjunction with China.
Various project management functions
- Leading the cash collection project (securing account receivables) for a Fortune 500 American telecom subsidiary in China
- Implementation Manager as part of a German management consulting team at a German-Chinese Automobiles OEM Joint Venture with the goal to increase productivity of their assembly lines
- Key account management in Europe for a Chinese electric cable manufacturing JV (market entry)
- Sourcing project for a premium lady handbag accessory in China for a European SME trading company
- Distribution channel management project at a Swiss watches SME company in South China; mandate included investigations regarding IPR violations and online grey sales of local Chinese distributors
Interim Management & Consulting for China
– various successful mandates
Interim Management function at SMEs in line management
- Taking over interimistically the GM function and restoring transparency at the subsidiary of a German SME company in Zhejiang Province, after the existing local GM was dismissed on the spot due to compliance issues
- General manager of a German Automotive manufacturing company for post-merger integration in Shandong
- General manager of a glass processing industry company in Shanghai
- CFO of a German Automotive manufacturing company in Northern China
- Turnaround CEO for a Swiss subsidiary in high precision coating of metal parts for the printing industry
- General Manager of a Swiss startup company in Robotics in Suzhou
- Marketing & Sales Director Asia Pacific for a European Automation systems provider in Hong Kong
- Supply chain management in a chemical applications Joint Venture company in Changzhou
- Head of Technical Department in a German LCD/LED module design SME in Shanghai
- Head of R&D automotive at a European technology group in Suzhou
- Operations management to increase productivity and ensuring qualityNew factory layout concept and planning in Changzhou
- Project Management of the relocation of a factory from the existing location into a new industrial zone assigned by the authorities in Jiangsu Province
- Planning and implementation of Lean Production concepts, including launch of new products
- Process improvement in production and supply chain
- Implementing advanced Quality management processes and tools
- ERP (Navision) system upgrade and training with written manual
Project management for setting up greenfield factories of several European manufacturing companies in machinery
- Factory location identification and selection
- Interaction with local authorities regarding permits
- Turnkey production line relocation from Europe to China, including commissioning and production startup
- Operations management in a cable manufacturing plant during the initial 6 months after commissioning
- Contract negotiation with local construction engineering suppliers, design institute, etc.