Elevator Pitch
“I align strategic direction with operational workflows throughout your organization. With My Background from various industries across international markets – such as consumer goods, technical supply and logistics – I bring global experience and a pragmatic mindset to solving complex business challenges. What sets me apart? My Traits combined with entrepreneurial thinking, cross-functional execution and a relentless focus on Value Creation. Driven by my Core Competencies, I deliver measurable momentum on performance, efficiency and team dynamics. I offer a customized Professional Engagement package for SMEs and organizational units seeking not just improvement – but transformation with impact. If you’re ready to elevate your business to the next level, check My Availability and explore how we can collaborate. You’ll find all the details on my Name Card. Let’s turn vision into strategy, strategy into action and action into lasting results. Let’s embed Business Excellence into your company’s DNA.”
My Background
Conclusion
Due to my career spanning continents and various industries, I bring a pragmatic, hands-on approach rooted in global experience, continuous learning and proven methodologies such as Lean Management and Quality Management.
My work has consistently focused on optimizing Value Creation across the Supply Chain, enhancing operational excellence, and fostering intercultural leadership. Whether steering strategic Procurement in Asia or shaping Business Excellence in Europe, I remain committed to delivering thoughtful, reliable and innovative solutions.
My goal is simple: To make a meaningful impact – challenge by challenge – with a strong emphasis on cultivating Corporate Culture and advancing Sustainability. To support this, each direction of My Compass reflects a principle I return to when the terrain shifts: Integrity, Curiosity, Empathy and Pragmatism. Together, they guide how I show up – professionally and personally.
All this shapes the lens through which my Professional Engagement is applied today: Practical, human-centered and designed for complexity.
My Competencies
Extensive international leadership experience in global Procurement and Quality Management with a clear focus on Lean Management principles based on KAIZEN and Six Sigma → Recognized with the Swiss Lean Award for professional excellence. A particular strength lies in building and leading cross-border organizations, implementing efficient structures, and developing and executing sophisticated Business Excellence concepts aligned with ISO Standards, especially ISO 9001.
This includes conducting and coordinating internal and external audits, introducing group-wide contract frameworks and ERP systems in Supply Chain Management and embedding Sustainability and Corporate Culture into strategic operations. The profile is further enhanced by solid experience in leading multicultural teams, optimizing intercontinental Value Creation chains and evaluating new production sites in the Asian sourcing market.
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General Management
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SC & Trade Mgmt
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Finance & Projects
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Contractual Matters
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Global Procurement
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OPEX / QM / Lean
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Marketing
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Distribution
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HR Management
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EDP / IT
Industries Served
Personality Traits
“Eric is a well-defined individual with a challenge-driven mindset, consistently demonstrating resilience and motivation. Thriving in competitive environments, he inspires others, achieves goals, and maintains stability. With a blend of creativity and analytical problem-solving, he excels in innovation and integration.”
Honors & Awards
Co-winner of the Swiss Lean Award in 2022, where two winners were honored instead of one. As Switzerland’s sole national award for Lean Management excellence, it gathers top industry expertise annually and recognizes companies that embody and apply lean management in their processes.
(Self-)Assessments
Strengths
“Autonomous and able to assume responsibility. Communicate on various hierarchy levels addressee related. Strategic, analytical, curious and enjoy learning. Approach situations in a solution-oriented and pragmatic manner. See the big picture and Think Outside The Box.”
Weaknesses
“Sometimes quite details oriented and due to that often seem serious and factual. Somewhat high expectations towards people surrounding me and occasionally impatient as I like to see things done rather than just being talked about.”
Ninja Services
Silent Precision. Strategic Impact. In a world full of noise, true professionals act with clarity and purpose.
The name Ninja Services says it all: Equipped with ninja-like qualities – agility, adaptability, and strategic focus – I cut through complexity to drive Business Excellence and master Supply Chain Management. My approach is pragmatic and solution-oriented, built on global experience, continuous learning, and proven methods such as Lean Management (KAIZEN and (Lean) Six Sigma) as well as Quality Management – all grounded in the quiet strength of ISO Standards. I foster operational excellence and actively shape optimal Corporate Culture – whether in strategic Procurement across Asia or in other business driving key roles in Europe. My actions are rooted in a commitment to Sustainability and the principle of Antifragility: Not merely resilient but thriving through constant change.
My Compass is guided by four principles: Integrity, Curiosity, Empathy and Pragmatism. These values shape both my professional and personal conduct, enabling trust-based collaboration – intercultural, human-centered and built for complex environments.
No wasted motion. Just results and Value Creation.
