Simon Isch

• Budget responsibility of a total investment of 25 Mio USD in new machinery and building • Ensure transfer of key manufacturing know-how from Switzerland (lead plant) to the US • Recruitment and training of the manufacturing team of 100 people (supervisors, technicians, maintenance, engineers and operators), • Installation of machinery and ramp up production

• Manage a global product development team of 17 people in 3 locations (Solothurn, Sank Niklaus, Hangzhou CN) • Lead and steer product development of a portfolio with 250 Mio turnover • Understand user pain points by using methods like design thinking • Define a technology roadmap based on technical feasibility and economical / user needs • Design a new process (based on scrum) to assure agile and user focused product development

• Lead regional Product Managers (Asia, Nord- and South America) • Develop a global Marketing strategy for a product segment • Turnover responsibility for 80 Mio EUR • Conduct marketing and competitor analysis to derive a segment strategy based on findings

• Manage several international projects with responsibility for costs, timeline and quality from initialization to production start • Manage an international project team to ramp up production in Saratov, RU • Manage international and interdisciplinary teams • Monthly status reporting to Business Unit Management

• Product engineer for new Power Tools such as hammer drills and circular saws • Understand user needs in cooperation with product management and design innovative products to command a premium at point of sale • Define concepts and develop final design for mass production

Main subject: fluid technique Elective subject: psychology/conflict management and marketing