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Klaus Steinhauser has nearly 40 years’ C-Suite experience in multi-plant manufacturing operations in multiple industries that include the following:

• Automotive, including Tier 1 OEM Auto Parts.

• Consumer Products.

• Food Processing & Packaging.

• Retail, including Apparel.

• Industrial manufacturing, including, Chemical, Plastics, Metal.

He has served in various operationally focused management & consulting capacities for such global companies as:

• TRW Automotive – ZF

• Rassini – NHK Automotive

• Thyssen Automotive

• Volkswagen

• Mercedes Benz

• BMW

• Audi

• Trans Technology

• Valeo Thermal Systems

• CRW Engineering Group

• Protev International

• Aryzta Foods Group

He is Certified in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and in several Quality Tools, including:

• SPC- Statistical Process Control

• MSA- Measurement System Analysis

• FMEA- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

• PPAP – Production Part Approval Process

• APQP – Advanced Product Quality Planning

• Global 8D – 8 Disciplines for Problem Solving

• JIT – Just in Time

Klaus helped achieve significant increases in:

• Customer savings of $390M and Gross Margins to 19% in:

  • Equipment efficiency improvements from 35% to 86%

  • Production output from 42% to 85%

  • On time delivery from 65% to 98%

  • Prices to 20%

• Reductions in:

  • Parts per million defects of 55%

  • Inventory of 37%

  • Machine and tooling downtime of 22%

  • Maintenance spare parts of 50%

Klaus led projects that increased revenue by 25% and 47% at Rassini-NHK and Thyssen, respectively, with new product development launchings. He also generated $880K in new business within 3 months at Aryzta.

• Klaus served as CRO – Chief Restructuring Officer for private equity, Brazilian Partners, in which he advised regarding Aryzta Group, an international food & retail company, in which as CRO he managed 6 plants focused on cost reduction to:

• Secure contracts over $550M.

• Achieve annual savings of $10.5 Million.

• Attain recurring EBITDA of $12 Million

• Provide board advisory involving new investments of $1.2 Billion.

Klaus is a Certified Advisory Counsellor. He holds degrees, including advanced degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Automotive Engineering; General Administration; MBA in Business Management.