Dr. Ulrich Koops
Dipl. Ing. Chem.
TU Darmstadt – Physical Chemistry
Customer centric
- Understanding the customer needs beyond the pain points and adjusting the value proposition according to the individual needs to ensure the vision comes true.
- seamlessly synchronized with product management, production, sales and service for best customer experience.
Wide experience in the product life cycle
- Successfully led people and teams of across interfaces in R&D, quality assurance and quality management, engineering and production, product management, supplier qualification, sales enablement and sales.
- Six Sigma Black Belt, experience in LEAN management and Design for Experiments.
- Always aligned with the regulatory requirements, especially for medical devices.
Strategic planning and execution improving results and efficiency
- Established new product portfolios according to the corporate strategy.
- Established and maintained business plans under consideration of regional aspects of customer demands and sales capabilities.
- Interface management along the PLC, including R&D, application and service, quality assurance and management, supply chain, sales and finance.
- Established and prioritized the development roadmap.
- Top and bottom line responsibility for >21Mio€ sales.
International experience
- Intercultural competency with long-term experience, especially in Europe, North America, Japan, China and India.
- Skilled in hosting small and large groups with numerous methods (e.g. World café, Open Space, The Circles of CICI, Process Design, responsibility allocation).
- Successfully networked on international scale with customers, sales, service, suppliers and subsidiaries.
- German native speaker, English business fluent, French basic skills.