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Sebastian Lepsien

Sebastian Lepsien

Wemmel

Summary

Fortune 50 trained P&L and People Leader with demonstrated EBITDA growth in various assignments in diverse vertical markets in large public company and small pre-private/family and start up arenas. Domain expertise with Service turnkey solutions, aftermarket product management, Supply Chain Management, solution development and deployment and operational leadership.

Passionate about blending LEAN methodologies, talent management and technology to integrate and turnaround underperforming product lines. An inclusive leader with demonstrated hands-on engagement and partnering with all level of an organization.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Service Leader EMEA

Thermofisher
02.2022 - Current
  • Regional Service Leader responsible for all service activities in an emerging business of >10 Mio€
    * Lead and re-organize teams of >20 Field Service Engineers within the Gauging product line serving Web, Metal and Lithium Ion Battery applications
    * Field Service: Oversee daily operations with the supervisors and develop KPI framework.
    * Team development: Manage & build up talent pipeline and ensure new engineers training
    * Health/Safety & Integrity: Lead by example and build and foster culture on company’s values & expectations
    * Business Development: Responsible to grow service sales by increasing market penetration within Lithium Ion Battery applications. Strong support in creation of Global Tech Support organisation. Partner with sales teams.
    * Digitalisation: Responsible to drive implementation and use of SFDC within the region

Career Development

self-employed
04.2021 - 01.2022

Lead renovation projects on residential real estates and run facility management and rental business
Learned new language Dutch until B2-level

Service Director Europe /RCIS

Waygate Technologies (former GE Inspection Technologies)
Cologne
04.2020 - 03.2021

Regional Service Leader in charge of all services within the region (HC>150). Own safety, strategy, operations and results and all communication such as HSE, Integrity and Culture. Partner with Sales for business growth. Push digitalization of global processing. Streamline SLA offering and drive SLA penetration. Extend Service portfolio. Define Channel Partner strategy.

Service Manager Europe CoE

GE Inspection Technologies
Cologne
03.2015 - 03.2020

Service P&L Leader and aftermarket product manager in EU Inhouse Service CoE. Developed role model process and performance within the global company. Build up constantly high performing team. Close collaboration with EU Sales Team and Channel partners across EU and personal CRM lead to constant revenue growth YoY and increasing customer happiness.

Service Improvement Leader Germany

GE Inspection Technologies
Cologne
03.2014 - 02.2015

Change Management: Operations-Leader in transfer of work project. Start-up a new EU Inhouse Service CoE. Hired new team, set-up of site and facilities, build up the processes and rebuild the customer relationsship.

Materials Leader

GE Inspection Technologies
Cologne
03.2011 - 02.2014

Lead start of new Materials organization in the global HQ site driving with team OTD >90%, past dues and inventory levels to target. Managed all material aspects within ERP system in SAP introduction.

Manufacturing Operations Manager

GE Inspection Technologies
Cologne
01.2008 - 02.2011

Transformed underperforming production lines into delivering and highly motivated best in class departments. Using LEAN methods and blending this with talent management and technology.

Education

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering & Management

University Of Applied Sciences
Cologne, Germany

GE Management Development Institute - Crotonville
Ossining NY, USA

Skills

Drive for results

Customer first mindset

Agile Leadership

Change Management

Passionate Leader

Learning, Teaching, Coaching

Effective collaboration

Strong communication

SAP

Salesforce

Tableau

Entytle

Languages

German
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Elementary
A2
Dutch
Upper Intermediate
B2

Certification

APICS CPIM, Six Sigma Green Belt,

LEAN Advocate, ATEX I, UTSP Level 1

Affiliations

Enjoying nature with my family & friends. Love playing drums & guitar. Passion for cars & bikes.

Timeline

Service Leader EMEA

Thermofisher
02.2022 - Current

Career Development

self-employed
04.2021 - 01.2022

Service Director Europe /RCIS

Waygate Technologies (former GE Inspection Technologies)
04.2020 - 03.2021

Service Manager Europe CoE

GE Inspection Technologies
03.2015 - 03.2020

Service Improvement Leader Germany

GE Inspection Technologies
03.2014 - 02.2015

Materials Leader

GE Inspection Technologies
03.2011 - 02.2014

Manufacturing Operations Manager

GE Inspection Technologies
01.2008 - 02.2011

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering & Management

University Of Applied Sciences

GE Management Development Institute - Crotonville
Sebastian Lepsien