EURO project for Ford Motor Company. Heinz gained great experience with companies in the US.
Heinz then changed to Böllhoff as Head of the Business Profitcenter Plant Construction. He created a sales volume of 40.5 million USD with remarkable results per annum.
In 1993, Heinz was with ABB Power Generation in Switzerland. He was the Project Manager of Plant Arrangement and Civil Works responsible for 4 power plants, executed in parallel, in Libya with the total budget responsibility of 175 million USD. At the same time, Heinz was also Section Manager of Project Management to insure the continuous improvement programs of project management processes by gathering and assessing the experience feedback from other international projects.
After a long experience in Project Management, Heinz changed to the area of Supply Management and moved from ABB Switzerland to ABB Germany to take over the function of Head of Supply Management & Purchasing. Under his responsibility, the operational Purchase Order Volumes increased from 250 to 450 million Euros per annum.
After Alstom Power Generation took over the power plant business of ABB, Heinz’ main department was nominated as the Supply Management Lead Center of Supply Management departments in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Poland and USA. His area of responsibility included the development, implementation and execution of global supply strategies by using international Supply Management and Sourcing Concepts but also the execution of operational purchasing based on establishing strong supplier relationships and effectively managing costs. Heinz also developed, implemented and maintained many internal consulting projects like cost reduction programs, E-Purchasing, new methodologies and tools for optimization of quality, delivery and costs including harmonisation of sourcing processes and metrics, but also new databases for Purchasing Controlling and Reporting.
Heinz is the founder and Owner of KUZIO-CONSULTING. In 2002, Heinz started KC in Germany to help German companies become more efficient and successful.
In the last few years, KC has been quickly expanding its consulting services throughout Europe and North America. KUZIO-CONSULTING provides a broad range of consulting services to executives, teams, and organizations undertaking transformation and performance improvement initiatives in the areas of Management Consulting, Project Management, Purchasing & Supply Management, Contract & Claim Management, Change Management, Human Resources and Global Sourcing.
In the consulting area of Global Sourcing, KC creates business partnerships between Western European, Eastern European and Asian companies. KC helps slow growing Eastern European companies compete against well-established Western companies and also helps Western European companies find appropriate Eastern European suppliers.
KUZIO-CONSULTING creates implements and monitors competitive advantages for clients by improving business organizations and business processes. Heinz has been described by clients as being “street smart”, “a person with uncommon perseverance”, “having a unique ability to quickly implement realistic solutions”, “people-oriented”, “a team builder”, “having bold approaches to problems”, “having the courage of telling clients ‘as it really is’”, and “professional at all times”. |
