K>MOBIL 30 - Kirchhoff Group

K>MOBIL 30 | KIRCHHOFF Automotive
KIRCHHOFF expands personnel expertise
r Attendorn. Getting prepared for the growth of the future
Left: Jürgen Dröge
Head of Personnel Management
Middle: Dr. Heiko Engels
Liaison Manager
Right: Bruno La Motte
Customer Group Director
In order to provide the high degree of technical
competence necessary to meet the organizational
demands of the high level of growth planned
during the coming years and to remain focused
on the highest objective, i.e. customer satisfaction,
KIRCHHOFF Automotive has consolidated its
personnel in essential areas.
People: New on the team
where performance in the form of schedules, quality,
engineering and costs are concerned – his main task
is to optimize common resources and the flow of
information and work between the partner companies.
Dr. Engels will be employed by KIRCHHOFF
Automotive and located at Van Rob Stampings in
Aurora/Canada. On completion of his vocational
training as a toolmaker at Bruno Willmes GmbH in
1991, Dr. Engels commenced his general studies in
mechanical engineering at the University of Siegen
and completed these in 1998 with an engineering
degree. He received a doctorate in engineering in
2003 and then joined ISE in Bergneustadt, where
he was able to gain additional practical experience.
In his last position he was head of the technology
center for tooling and was responsible for tool design,
process technology and calculation.
Plants: Organization K>MOBIL 30 | Automotive
New organizational structure for S & E
r Attendorn. Matrix organization for Sales and Engineering
With effect from August 2007, KIRCHHOFF Automotive
introduced a new Sales & Engineering
organization concept, which enhances the previous
organization from a single line system to a
matrix organization and results in the stronger
involvement of sales and engineering staff in our
overseas plants.
Directors and Customer Group Teams:
the Customer Group Director and the members of
his or her staff are responsible for the day-to-day
business within their customer group. The Sales
Director and his or her team are responsible for the
sales-specific aspects just as the Engineering Director
and team are responsible for the specialized
engineering aspects. The Executive Regional Vice
President and staff are responsible for all organizational
aspects.
Womanpower in KIRCHHOFF
Automotive Sales: Peter Gauchel,
Executive Vice President Sales &
Engineering in discussion with
(left to right): Alexandra Klein-
Teske, Silvia Rauterkus, Petra
Knappstein
On 1 October 2007, Jürgen Dröge took over the posi-
This new organization enables KIRCHHOFF Autotion
as head of personnel management. Among his
motive to adapt in an improved, more flexible way
other functions he is also responsible for person-
when dealing with customer requirements in
nel operations, personnel development, personnel
future. The company group will continue to grow
acquisition and management support for both
over the coming years and the optimization of busi- With this new organization, we are certain to
KIRCHHOFF Automotive Deutschland GmbH and
ness workflows and management principles will achieve our objective of more efficient customer
KIRCHHOFF Witte GmbH.
be critical factors in determining the success of the orientation: standardized project processing with
After graduating from commercial high school and
group.
greater involvement of the overseas plants, stable
completing his training as office administrator,
processes, a stringent management with a lean hi-
Jürgen Dröge was active in the personnel depart-
The organization is intended to enable KIRCHHOFF erarchy, clear responsibilities and shorter decisionment
of the German Federal Armed Forces in Mün- As part of the re-organization of the Sales and
Automotive Sales & Engineering to concentrate making processes.
ster until 1992. During this period, Dröge pursued Engineering Division, Bruno La Motte took up his
their performance more effectively on the require-
Peter Gauchel
further education to become a qualified person- position as Customer Group Director for French
ments of customers. Clearly defined responsibilinel
administrator. In 1992, he matriculated and customers on 1 October 2007. After completing his
ties for management executives and their staff are
subsequently studied at the Administration and engineering degree at the UTC (Université de Tech-
intended to increase working efficiency and avoid
Business Academy in Essen. In 1994 he completed nologie de Compiègne), La Motte began his career
wasteful double working. Furthermore, our increas-
his studies, qualifying as a business economist for in 1984 with a consortium led by General Electric,
ing internationalization demands the competent,
personnel (VWA).
which worked for the aircraft industry, includ-
decentralized presence of our Sales & Engineer-
From 1993 onwards, the new KIRCHHOFF man ing Airbus. In his further positions at Ciba-Geigy,
ing staff in the various regions directly on-site at
worked for a number of well-known medium-sized Valeo and Arvin Meritor he was responsible as
customer locations.
companies as personnel officer, personnel manager Sales Director for PSA, Renault, Nissan, Toyota, GM,
Strategic discussion (left to
for salaries, divisional manager for personnel and Hyundai, Ford and other companies. Finally, Bruno
Important deciding factors in the configuration
right): Knut Stinn, Klaus Lötters,
finally as HR Director Germany.
La Motte worked for Converteam, Paris (previ-
of the new organization are the matrix design
Peter Gauchel, Ludger Engels,
ously Alstom Power) as Commercial Director in the
”customer orientation versus sales and engineering
Peter Otto Schmidt
equipment division for the steel industry.
functions“, the implementation of our ”one face to
On 1 August 2007, Dr.-Ing. Heiko Engels joined the
the customer“ principle and the guarantee of short
company as liaison manager between KIRCHHOFF We would like to give a hearty welcome to these
and clearly defined reporting channels.
Automotive and Van Rob. His task is to improve new members of our staff to KIRCHHOFF Automo-
and intensify cooperation for continued success in tive and wish them every success in the perform-
In conjunction with the objective of the new
the global automotive business through increased ance of their duties.
organization to guarantee a stronger focus on the
utilization of common synergies and services. Apart
Kerstin Rinscheid
customer‘s requirements, one of the essential com-
from monitoring common projects – particularly
ponents is the nomination of Cus-tomer Group
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