Timo Kübel

Global Head of Quality Audit @Hitachi Energy

Zurich, CH

Global Leadership: As the Head for an international team, we manage and executed audits across 250+ manufacturing, service, and project sites. These audits were conducted in alignment with relevant audit standards.Quality Function Establishment: Spearheaded the creation of a global quality audit function from scratch within a post-merger/carve-out environment. This initiative not only added value to the organization but also yielded tangible results.Cultural Transformation: Set the tone for success by fostering a collaborative culture within the team. Focus on continuous quality enhancement led to improved processes and outcomes.Local Collaboration: Working closely with local teams, drove continuous improvement efforts and validated the effectiveness of existing processes.Process Optimization: Identified and leveraged best-in-class processes, implementing them across the organization. Additionally, addressed functional competency gaps to enhance overall performance.Compliance and Risk Management: Assessed systems, processes, and procedures for compliance with relevant audit criteria, including global governance procedures. Training and Knowledge Transfer: Maintained the annual training plan, conducting training sessions for all business units. Ensuring knowledge transfer between business units and documenting processes (including online training) were key responsibilities.Strategic Leadership: Led and managed various strategic internal audit and continuous improvement projects, driving impactful changes across the organization.Root Cause Analysis and KPI Evaluation: Supported and coached local process owners in developing robust root cause analyses and process improvements. Additionally, evaluated key performance indicator (KPI) data to assess the effectiveness.Digital Transformation: Championed the digitalization of audit performance by creating transparency through deep dive data evaluations.

Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln

Production & Management