Axel Kuhnert

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ABOUT AXEL KUHNERT

H&S Manager with a rich experience in EHS, Supply Chains, and IT. Has been managing change, limiting risk, and optimizing business processes for 20+ years. Companion for management boards in developing businesses and bringing companies to the next level of organizational development.Implemented many complex projects concerning EHS ensuring safety for people and companies. An expert in risk assessment, legal aspects of the business and industry expertise aimed at ensuring the companies’ business continuity. Participated in trans-formation and restructuring processes. Has rich experience working within an international environment.KEY FIELDS OF EXPERTISE- EHS: numerous EHS projects, knowledge of transport regulations, compliance with legal requirements confirmed by governmental and corporate audits, environmental protection, tenders, stimulating a strong safety culture, optimizing costs related to safety management IT: managing global project at BASF SE with a budget of 9 mln EUR, gaining approval by commission on board level for multiple stages of the project, successful negotiations Supply Chain: leader of a team identifying possibilities to improve the distribution process, transferring knowledge to the EMEA transport management community people], identifying harmonized distribution processes + successfully implementing it in 7 stages, pragmatic solutions considering local equirements, reducing distribution costs in the EMEA region by 15%KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS- Restructuring project: assigning EHS functions, negotiations, preparing the team for change, ensuring compliance → guaranteeing the full EHS service, ↓3 FTEs Crisis management: implementing a sanitary system independent from Polish law → maintaining continuous production over 2 years [Covid19] Restructuring project: transferring EHS functions to the new company → preparing the plant from a legal standpoint, creating a new EHS structure, outsourcing services: savings approx. 75% YoY Project to implement a global IT application for managing incidents and reporting: defining EHS requirements, selecting the optimal product + implementation plan → replacing 50 different applications in EHS with one, reducing maintenance costs by ↓30% in 3 years, budget: 9 mln EUR, international team: 25 members PSI Reduction Project: reducing the number of incidents from 32 to 4 within 2 years Transferring knowledge to the EMEA transport management community people] Member of a project to reduce distribution costs in the EMEA region by 15%