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 CV
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.
Profile Summary
Education & Trainings
The following overview reflects my consistent commitment to professional development across quality, innovation and management disciplines – anchored in both international standards and Swiss vocational excellence. It documents my deliberate progression from foundational business education to specialized certifications, ensuring relevance across operational and strategic contexts.
- 2025 → QMS ISO Lead Auditor IRCA → Certificate SGS
- 2024 → Innovation Management → Certificate IBMI
- 2023 → Six Sigma Black Belt → Certificate CSSC
- 2023 → Internal Auditor → Diploma SAQ
- 2018 → Lean Manager → Certificate SGO
- 1999-2001 → MBA → Diploma in General Management
- 1997 → LAN Administration → HP Academy
- 1989-1991 → Marketing → Swiss Federal Diploma Higher Education
- 1988-1989 → Commercial Diploma → Diploma VSH
- 1982-1985 → Advertising Engineer → Swiss Federal Diploma of VET
Professional Milestones
The following points document my professional milestones achieved in Quality Management, Lean Management and global Procurement. They reflect methodically sound implementations based on the principles of KAIZEN and Six Sigma, with a consistent focus on strategic-operational Business Excellence, economic Value Creation and audit-ready traceability in line with ISO Standards.
- Implemented Quality Management System (QMS) → Independently established a cross-functional, cross-country normative QMS geared toward certification readiness for umbrella certification under ISO 9001; selectively expanded to include ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 22000
- Winner of the Swiss Lean Award 2022 → Recognized as one of two winning companies; Switzerland’s sole national award for excellence in Lean Management, awarded for methodical implementation and impact
- Introduced KAIZEN and scaled maturity model → Rolled out and methodically operationalized all KAIZEN instruments; developed and implemented a group-wide KAIZEN evaluation model (maturity levels)
- Established group-wide documentation logic → Implemented a comprehensive procurement manual incorporating trademark-related legal considerations; developed multilingual QM documentation, including a harmonized cross-country QMS manual
- Developed SCM concepts for goods flow and tax optimization → Designed and implemented continent-spanning logic to enhance efficiency in goods movement, transfer pricing and insurance structures; deployed across national subsidiaries
- Negotiated and anchored global trade agreements → Set up KANBAN framework- and call-off agreements, OEM / ODM supply contracts and exclusive distribution rights for certified branded products in fastening technology (Unbrako) and safety footwear (Diadora)
- Deployed cross-country software solutions → VPN with local LAN structures across Asian countries; add*ONE for inventory optimization, MeDaPro as PIM system, MyFactory as ERP solution as well as QMS / DMS Adonis for process and document management in Europe
- Established and operated international procurement organization → Structured sourcing and purchasing offices as well as strategic RHQs in multiple Asian countries to source and supply private-label consumer goods across continents
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. A consistent ability to think Outside The Box has proven essential in leading multicultural teams, optimizing intercontinental Value Creation chains and evaluating new production sites in the Asian sourcing market.
Industries Served
Personality Traits
 My Traits - People have unique personalities. These traits define how I tend to think, feel and behave on a daily, ongoing basis.
 My Traits - People have unique personalities. These traits define how I tend to think, feel and behave on a daily, ongoing basis.“Eric is a clearly contoured individual who consistently exhibits a homogeneous behavior across various situations, driven by a total challenge mindset. He thrives in competitive environments, motivating others and achieving goals, while maintaining security and stability. His strong inner motivation influences people and circumstances, with a resilience that ensures his effectiveness under pressure. His intuitive, creative, and holistic approach to work emphasizes innovation and integration, complemented by a logical and analytical mindset for problem-solving. Eric’s ability to express ideas and teach, alongside his organizational skills, positions him as a thinking, organized creator and commercial entrepreneurial communicator who persuades doers. Gifted according to Stanford-Binet, highly intelligent per Cattell, and very superior per Wechsler, Eric is open to experience, conscientious, agreeable, and relaxed under stress. He achieves targets through determination and analytical focus, often perceived as pragmatic and objective. His top personality talents include implementation, creation, and analysis, with a work environment preference for detail orientation, risk appetite, and factual orientation. Autonomous and influential, Eric enjoys advanced working conditions, balances work-life effectively and consistently delivers performance while favoring self-development and occasionally underestimating work relationships.“
Self-Assessment
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 also 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 by also thinking Outside The Box.
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.





























 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
