Jürgen Buss

Experience

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  Continental

  Jul 1992 - Jan 2008

  Multinational automotive company with 10.000 employees 2,8 b€ in sales, responsible for controlling, foreign trade, import and export, reporting to the regional CFO. Achievements:o Implementation of standard cost accounting and profitability analysiso Design and Implementation of Balanced Scorecard and Executive Reportingo Implementation of SOX, successful auditedo Freight Cost Reduction of 35% through restructuring of foreign trade processo Implementation of Management Reporting Systems for the Americas Regiono Creation of a regional reporting shared service center Weniger anzeigen Multinational automotive company with 2000 employees and 500 mil € in sales, responsible for controlling, finance, accounting, purchasing, logistics, IT, and A/R Shared Service Center for the NAFTA. reporting to the country CFO. Achievements:o Production transfer of the US to the Guadalajara plant, set up of all logistic processes including in- and outbound, nationalization of supplierso SOX successfully implemented and auditedo Leading “ Local Sourcing Mexico” initiative having after 2 years 15% nationally sourcedo Managing of the Accounts Receivables Service Center for NAFTA with a reduction of the overdue by 66% through constant process improvementso Implementation of transfer price for the Guadalajara PITEX plant Weniger anzeigen o Implementation of "transfer price"o Implementation of Product cost Controlling and Feasibility Studies for Investment Projectso Consolidation of the finance functions Mannesmann VDO and Siemens Automotiveo Integration of local Business Field into WW Business Field Administrationo Support in SAP implementation through defining Cost Accounting architectureo Establishment of sales and material cost controllingo Implementation of Logistics (Material Flow) and Cost Accounting for new business segment of reassembled products (~5m Euro revenue, 40 employees) Weniger anzeigen

  • Head Financial Officer – Business Unit

    Feb 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Deputy Financial Director

    Apr 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Plant Chief Financial Officer

    Jul 2002 - Jan 2005

  • Controlling Manager

    Jul 1992 - Jun 2002
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  BASF

  Feb 2008 - Jul 2010

  Regional Corporate Controller – South America

  Multinational chemical company with 5000 employees and 3.0 b€ in sales; leading teams in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia, reporting to the regional CFO.Achievements:o Implementing regional reporting and business analysis one day after closingo Elaboration of the “Regional Strategy 2020”, the BASF strategy for the finance function in the regiono Implementing a functional regional leadership for Controllingo Strong business partnering in various M&A projectso Implementation of a Cost Sharing Agreement, allowing the local company to charge out corporate costs back to Germany Weniger anzeigen

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  DYWIDAG

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2014

  Regional CFO

  Multinational mining & construction company, private equity backed; leading teams in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Colombia. Responsible for all the finance and administration functions in the region, reporting directly to the group CFO.Achievements:o Interim regional CEO for South America (Jun/11 – Dec/11)o Restructuring and refinancing of Peruvian and Chilean entitieso Implementation of finance processes and policieso Implementation of financial planning and reporting for business segmentso Implementation of regional tax and cash planningo ERP implementation for 2 Brazilian entitieso Business expansion including entity set up new market Colombiao Finance lead for acquisition projects in Brazil Weniger anzeigen

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  Vibracoustic

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2017

  Managing Director and Regional CFO South America

  Multinational Automotive Company headquartered in Germany currently with 480 employees in Brazil and 60 m€ in sales.Achievements:o continuous restructuring and downsizing of more than 50% of the company according to economic environment and company strategyo consolidation of 2 business entities with independent production sites into 1 legal entity/production site, terminating 1 legal entity/production siteo responsible for the business of the Brazilian Aftermarket Division continuously increasing sales by 2-digit year on year and increasing profitabilityo balance sheet restructuring for assets and shareholder equityo ERP (TOTVS12) implementation with quality traceability in the ERP systemo cash and tax management and forecasting; recovery of approx. 10 mBRL in tax credits o structuring of the legal department and implementing labor litigation managemento coordinating HSE activities in alignment with government authorities Weniger anzeigen

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  Voestalpine Automotive Components Nagold

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2019

  General Manager

  Voestalpine Automotive Components Nagold GmbH & Co. KG, a company of the Voestalpine group. Automotive supplier for stamped and welded parts as well as supplier for inline bonded lamination stacks for e-mobility. The site achieves an annual turnover of 30mn € with 140 employees.Achievements:o Full P&L responsibility for the site managing sales tier 1, production, logistics, and administration.o Reporting directly to the management board of the Voestalpine Automotive Components Cold Stamping Group.o Achieved turnaround by improving operation processes using SAP und FORCAM and by implementing improvement measures defined by a consequent lean management.o Achieved IATF certification.o Established the operating business unit compacore – inline bonded lamination stacks – with successful customer PPAP approval. Weniger anzeigen

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  FAUDI Aviation GmbH

  Jan 2019 - now

  Managing Director

  FAUDI Aviation GmbH is a family-owned, medium-sized company specialized in the filtration of civil and military aviation fuels headquartered in Stadtallendorf, Germany.

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  FAA do Brasil

  Apr 2022 - now

  Managing Director

  A FAA do Brasil fornece o único sensor capaz de monitorar a qualidade do QAV abastecido à aeronave. Além de ser a solução mais segura para prevenir e detectar a presença de água livre no QAV, o sensor AFGUARD® também é a alternativa mais sustentável.