Ruven Kloettschen

• • End-to-End Project Execution: Leading the complete project lifecycle from initiation to go-live, ensuring strict adherence to timeline, budget, and quality targets while actively guiding teams through implementation

• • Smart Manufacturing Digitalization Strategy: Developing realistic, multi-phase implementation roadmaps for Industry 4.0 solutions to ensure digitalization goals are met while safeguarding production continuity and manageability

• • Vendor Selection & Tender Management: Managing software selection processes (RFP, evaluation) and guiding the client-side pre-sales phase, including technical due diligence to validate feasibility beyond standard sales promises

• • Process Optimization & Standardization: Analyzing manufacturing and IT processes to unlock efficiency potential, strictly adhering to industry standards to guarantee long-term stability and success

• • Requirements Engineering: Bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution by translating complex manufacturing needs into precise IT specifications

• • Test & Quality Management: Planning and coordinating integration and user acceptance tests to ensure system stability

• • Leadership Responsibility: Managing the business unit with full profit & loss accountability, including strategic resource allocation and talent development

• • Multi-Project Oversight: Supervising the entire project portfolio to ensure strict adherence to project plans and successful delivery across all active implementations

• • Efficiency & Margin Optimization: Increasing efficiency and project margins by driving the optimization and standardization of implementation methodologies

• • Governance & Escalation: Serving on internal and external project steering committees and managing high-level escalations

• • Sales Support & Negotiation: Supporting pre-sales phases and contract negotiations with Key Accounts

• • Strategy & Representation: Contributing to the strategic development of the product roadmap and representing the company in VDMA committees (German Engineering Federation)

• • Project Management & Functional Consulting: Acting as vendor-side Project Lead and functional consultant from pre-sales to go-live, serving as the central client contact

• • Analysis & System Architecture: Designing holistic system architectures based on requirements analysis to position the MES as the seamless link between ERP and shop floor

• • Requirements Engineering: Translating business needs into technical specifications and guiding implementation, leveraging deep knowledge of software architecture and coding logic

• • Test & Quality Management: Planning and executing integration and acceptance tests for both standard and custom solutions