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Heraeus Excellence Team

As experts, we advise and support Heraeus business units in striving for excellence in all functions and areas of work. Our consulting projects competently cover a wide range of business-relevant topics: From supply chain and commercial excellence to process management and administration excellence to the digitalisation of all functional areas.

Our Corporate Consulting Team was established at Heraeus in 2015 with the support of the renowned management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Since then, we have been working on the continuous optimization of Heraeus business areas worldwide on the basis of sound methods and tools. In 2019, the Heraeus Digital Hub was added to the team, and in 2022 it was finally spun off into the new central business unit Heraeus Consulting & IT Solutions GmbH.

What we stand for

"Excellence" is the name of our in-house consulting team and also the overarching goal that unites all of the portfolio company's business units: Together, we strive for world-class levels in processes and products. As the Heraeus Excellence team, we pursue long-term strategies and the core idea of getting better every day. We strive to lead by example and encourage others to do the same. In doing so, we always take the perspective of our customers and collaborate at eye level. We are a reliable partner for the business units and question the status quo - always with the aim of generating the greatest possible added value for our Heraeus customers.

Sounds interesting? Then strive for excellence together with us.

What we do

As a corporate consulting team at Heraeus, we bring expertise, experience, project management skills and the often important view from the outside, but at the same time the knowledge of Heraeus portfolio structures, to all consulting projects.

Our core task is to work together with the business units on projects to improve performance and processes at all levels of the organization. This includes above all:

  • Ensuring and strengthening competitiveness - in the short and long term
  • Focusing strongly on customer benefit and satisfaction
  • Providing knowledge and best practices
  • Developing an efficient and robust process culture
  • Challenging the status quo
  • Driving a global high performance and continuous improvement culture

How we do it

The team is primarily concerned with optimizing the entire Heraeus supply chain, including planning and scheduling, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.

Sales, marketing, pricing, and sales support as key components of the commercial value chain are the focus for this team.

The team is focused on optimizing Heraeus support processes, involving Corporate Functions such as HR, Finance, IT, as well as administrative teams in Heraeus business units, such as customer service.

The team supports the various Heraeus business units in implementing the digital transformation. In doing so, they act as digital delivery unit, digital consulting partner and tech pioneers.

Even though each group has substantive differences in its way of working, some common standards apply to all of them. We follow a standardized project approach, place the lean philosophy at the center of all activities, and value knowledge sharing and an open-minded culture.

For this we offer the following services:

  • Short analyses (ca. 1 week)
  • Classic optimization projects (ca. 3-4 months)
  • Long-term transformation support (especially for digital)
  • Implementation of digital solutions
  • Ad-hoc support and interim Management
  • Capability building and coaching

In the medium term, all projects will be transferred to the responsibility of the business units. The final implementation is thus the responsibility of the respective business unit management. They are supported by our Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure the sustainability of the changes initiated.

Who we look for

A colorful team of interesting and bright minds - that's us. Does that sound familiar to you? Then we should get to know each other.

We are looking for personalities who bring expert knowledge with them and have a desire to learn new things. Are you curious, do you have a structured working approach, and do you enjoy the challenges of different, frequently changing projects in consulting? And most importantly, do you have the desire to drive change together as a team?

Get to know our team

What I particularly appreciate here, are the short paths and open doors: in our "open space" there is plenty of room for teamwork and creativity. In this office setup, the lead team is right in the middle of things. This means that many things can be solved in an uncomplicated way and, what's more, we grow closer together as a team.

What really excites me here is the opportunity to work with international colleagues from completely different cultural backgrounds. For me, that's what makes the work so much fun.

Working together with our operational employees in different places is always exciting for me. Because shaping change on site is our principle. For example, we are on site at the global Heraeus plants for our production & supply chain projects. This makes traveling part of our work and adds variety to our daily routine.

After maternity leave and parental leave, I took over the role as Head of Digital Business and Service Excellence. I particularly enjoyed familiarizing myself with the new topic. Thanks to flexible working models, I can combine family and work well.

After several years in management consulting, I joined the Commercial Excellence team as a Senior Manager. Due to our diverse business areas and target markets, the variety of project topics is just as high as in my previous position. At the same time, there is a constant exchange with international colleagues on commercial topics - even beyond our projects - which makes it very easy to build up a network within the company.

As a global portfolio company, we offer the ideal space for your personal development and, in addition to the stability of a family-owned group, many other benefits: Attractive remuneration, various additional benefits, exciting tasks and, finally, strong, international teams.

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