Overview of Experience
JENS OLIVER HAPPE
Tel: +49-152-04930485
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Education:
Diploma in Industrial Engineering, trained driver, Project
Management Manager (PMB, CTI, B3, Mach3, George
Washington University), Disruptive Management (Harvard
University), 35 years of professional experience in production and
contract logistics (warehousing and transportation).
Experience:
• Management skills in small, medium, and large corporate
structures.
• Financial and operational turnaround experience in
corporations and family businesses.
• Several years in an international environment (Americas,
Asia, East & West Europe, and MEA) working with
international colleagues and clients.
• Operational excellence in the business fields of automotive,
industrial, high tech, aerospace, healthcare, and fashion.
• Customer relationship management for new and existing
customers based on contracts, calculations, and
implementation projects.
• Detailed knowledge in all departments within a contract
logistics environment, with a deep focus on production
logistics, spare parts logistics, textiles with warehousingprocesses, packaging, and transportation (B2B & B2C & last
mile).
• Practice-oriented mentality with a strategic perspective and
visions for the realization of organizational changes (change
management).
• Personnel management with personnel development for
direct and indirect reporting lines, including necessary
training measures.
• Customer acquisition and development of existing
customers from proposal creation, implementation, and
optimization.
• Innovation and future orientation of companies into the new
era of their respective industries.
• Extensive sales experience in customer acquisition through
personal outreach, trade fairs, and congresses, as well as
workshops and conducting discussion rounds.
Clients and Employers:
Freight Forwarding Schrader, Schenker International, CPS & PAC
& Barkawi (Production/Logistics Consultancies), DHL,
Kühne+Nagel, Geodis, Meyer&Meyer, Karl Vögele AG, abc
Logistics, Home24, van Eupen/sesé.
Clients:
Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, DaimlerChrysler,
Fiat, CNH, BMW, Claas, KraussMaffei, Hayer, BAT, Philip Morris,
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, GE Healthcare, Velux, Seeber,
Schnellecke, Interspe Hamann Group, Nestlé, Hugo Boss,
Zalando, Amazon, KaDeWe, Outfittery, Alpine, Holy Fashion
Group, AMAG Shoes, Betty Barclay, Mustang, IBM, HP, Airbus,
Porsche, Colgate, BWI, Bosch Rexroth, Bosch Messe, Omega
Pharma, Marché.
Project Overview (Excerpt):
Work Experience (10 years):
Driver, employee in production and logistics (automotive, retail),purchasing department (automotive UK), sub-project manager,
layout planner, proposal calculator, train-the-trainer and
leadership seminars, project management training and university
lectures.
Consultant and Senior Project Manager (>10 years):
• "Transparent Factory"; Dresden; Automotive; planning and
implementation of conveyor technology (12 months).
• "Factory Planning for Joint Production"; Braunschweig;
Automotive; production and logistics planning and
implementation for the entire manufacturing and material
supply (18 months).
• "Shopping Cart/JIS/Replenishment Planning"; Bratislava;
Automotive; material flow planning for assembly (6 months).
• "Production Process Optimizations"; Qingdao; Consumer;
lean/Kaizen implementations to improve production (3
months).
• "Material Supply Planning"; Mannheim; Automotive trucks;
material flow planning and implementation for an entire
manufacturing process (5 months).
• "Reorganization of Warehouse Processes"; Gärtringen;
Consumer; optimization of warehouse processes
considering existing fully automated processes (18 months).
• "Reorganization of Warehouse Processes"; Euskirchen;
Telecommunications; optimization of material flow to
prevent errors (2 months).
• "Implementation of Distribution and Warehouse Logistics";
Hannover; Cigarette industry, complete implementation of
processes including integration of a WMS (10 months).
• "Implementation and Lean Optimizations"; Oberhausen; E-
Commerce, planning and implementation of a 24/7 E-
Commerce location (12 months).• "Optimization of Warehouse, Packaging, and Distribution
Processes"; Lüdinghausen; FMCG, continuous
improvement of operational processes and process
analyses for WMS improvements (9 months).
• "Implementation of Distribution and Warehouse Logistics";
Malsfeld; Automotive Spare Parts, complete implementation
of processes including integration of a WMS (13 months).
• "Implementation of Distribution and Warehouse Logistics";
São Paulo + Bangalore; Automotive Spare Parts, complete
implementation of processes including integration of a WMS
(7 months).
• "Planning and Implementation of Warehouse and Shipping
Logistics"; Peine; Luxury Retailer, process planning and
integration of a fully automated storage system.
"Re-negotiation of logistics contracts
Various locations and clients
Contract evaluation and establishment of the necessary steps, as well as renegotiations with clients (including minimum wage, cost structure, etc.)
Top Management (>10 years)
CEO, COO, CSO, CTO
International companies; 2x corporations and 2x family businesses
Revenue: 10-500 million
Employees: 10-2000
Logistics areas: 100,000 - 1,000,000
Locations: 7 - 40 international
Continents: Europe (West & East), Americas (North & South), Asia, South Africa, Dubai
Top management experience (>10 years):
- Reorganization of a national organization (170 million € turnover per year; 1200 FTE) with profitable turnaround +x% EBT
- International project management (approx. 500 million € CHF turnover per year; 3500 FTE) with time management, cost management, and active opportunity request management. Consistent method development, training, and utilization.
- Reorganization of operational contract logistics processes (100 million € turnover per year; 800 FTE) with integration of automated solutions for new clients and further focus on optimizing existing clients with space utilization.
- Profitable optimization of a regional organization of a corporate national organization (80 million € turnover per year; 400 FTE) through optimization of sales structures and streamlining of process landscape.
Happe Projects (>3 years)
Freelance experience with Happe Projects (>3 years):
- KVAG; Uznach; Retail Fashion/Shoes; development of a logistics concept and logistics strategy considering a new web version, new ERP/WMS, and integration of a new logistics provider (55 MT).
- Home24; Berlin; E-commerce furniture/household, support in logistical processing and technical integration (20 MT).
- Meyer&Meyer; Osnabrück; logistics provider for fashion, consulting for a holistic alignment of the company with the establishment of a new project management method (10 MT).
- Abc Logistics; Düsseldorf; logistics provider; structural analysis of contract logistics (5 MT).
- vanEupen/sesè; Essen; logistics provider, development of a sales structure with adjustment of the corporate identity for trade fair appearances, as well as organizational consulting of the national organization with 4 business areas (59 MT).