Thomas Knupfer
About
Thomas Knupfer is from Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Thomas works in the following industries: "Automotive". Thomas is currently Global Head | Lean - & Supply Chain - Management & Purchasing Automotive Systems at HOERBIGER, located in Schongau, Bayern, Deutschland. In Thomas's previous role as a Vice President | Operations Production printers & Wide format printing systems at Canon Production Printing, Thomas worked in Poing, Bavaria (near Munich) until Feb 2020. Prior to joining Canon Production Printing, Thomas was a Director | Operations Five-axis machining centres at Alzmetall Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik und Gießerei Friedrich GmbH & Co. KG and held the position of Director | Operations Five-axis machining centres at Altenmarkt a.d. Alz, Bavaria. Prior to that, Thomas was a Global Senior Project Manager | Implementation Lean Supply Chain Automotive - & Aircraft - Systems at Schaeffler, based in Gemany, England, France, Switzerland from Sep 2013 to Mar 2017. Thomas started working as Director | Masterplanning & Logistics Automotive Systems at Schaeffler in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria (near Nuremberg) in Jul 2012. From Oct 2005 to Jun 2012, Thomas was Director | Operations Medical systems at Baxter International Inc., based in Puchheim, Bavaria (near Munich). Prior to that, Thomas was a Director | Operations Laser - Optics & - Machines at TRUMPF, based in Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg (near Stuttgart) from Jun 1998 to Sep 2005.
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Thomas Knupfer's current jobs
Management of the plants‘ (EU & CN) Lean implementation, head of the regions‘ purchasing departments & head of the plants' SCM departments. Improved delivery reliability, lowered lead times.
Thomas Knupfer's past jobs
Head of assembly, industrial engineering, logistics, manufacturing, quality assurance, supply-chain-management with 340 employees. Lowered inventory, decreased production cost and increased delivery reliability.
Head of assembly, industrial engineering, logistics, manufacturing, strategic procurement, quality assurance with 130 employees. Introducing of decentralized production units, make or buy strategy and new products. Eliminated backlog, increased delivery reliability.
Planning, execution, project management of supply chain management OpEx initiative called 'Integrated Business Planning', implementation of lean production; International project organisation to implement 'Integrated Business Planning' in France, Switzerland, England and Germany. Increased on time delivery, reduced inventory.
Head of logistics, operations management, supply-chain-management, customer service, production data management with 350 employees. Introduction of OpEx initiative called 'Integrated Business Planning'. Increased on time delivery, reduction of inventory.
Head of assembly, strategic procurement, quality assurance, logistics and testing with a total of 100 employees. Planning and execution of production process re-structuring and the subsequent implementation of lean production. Grew turnover, reduced manufacturing costs, eliminated waste, increased delivery reliability, slashed the reject & rework rate, cut the complaint rate.
Head of assembly, industrial engineering, logistics, manufacturing, strategic procurement, quality assurance, sheet metal production with 280 employees. Re-engineering of production strategy, introduction of lean production, re-structuring of operations. Overall Winner ‘Factory of the Year’. Raised the level of delivery reliability, reduced tassembly time.