Our Team
Any Project is Unique as a Fingerprint, so are each and everyone of our Team Members.
Guenter Trautmann
PRESIDENT - SENIOR CONSULTANT
As a Goal driven Executive-, Program-, Crises- and Project Manager, I founded Carolinas Business Consultants USA right here in the Heart of the Carolinas. Charlotte, NC, to support small to midsize Companies.
Working as a Project Manager for Tier 1&2 Manufacturing Companies, feeding the supply chain of Luxury Brand Automotive OEM's, I found it exciting and with Joy, seeing engine components and parts from napkin drawings to Series production.
Projects in distress, as well as crises Management is my specialty. Dissecting Projects and Processes using all available tools like Root Cause Analysis, Ishikawa etc., bringing them back in the profitable zone is essential for each and every Project and the financial health of a Company.
Specialties:
Automotive/Aerospace:
Plastics:
* (conventional Blow Molding, 3D Blow Molding, Injection Molding)
* Engine Components (clean/dirty/hot/cold air ducts, etc.) engineered with conventional or engineered resins.
Steel:
* (flexible baffled tubes, knitted and woven steel products etc.)
Aerospace:
* Jet Propulsion Systems
Water:
Disinfection Equipment/Installations/Operations for Waste- and Drinking Water Plant for Municipal/Industrial and Private use
Appliance:
Dishwasher components (spray arms, feed tubes and system components, etc)
Manufacturing Plant:
Interims Management, manufacturing process concept development, Supplier Logistics, Warehouse Logistics, Packaging Studies, etc.
Quality Management:
ISO 9001, ISO TS 16949, VDA 6.3, 14001
Project management/Economics/Financials:
Project Economics and Feasibility evaluation, Management Restructuring, KPI driven Organizational Process Evaluation, Lean Management principles, etc.
Formal Education:
Mechanical Engineer (Applied Science)
Business Analytics (Harvard Business)
Commercial Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor (FAA)
Quality Management (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.3 Audit (VW))
Vanessa Trautmann
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR
Counting and Listening to YOUR unique voice and perspective, to help you and your Team become even better.
Build an exceptional experience for your Team, and a healthier world for all.
* Learning & Org Effectiveness evaluation, for ensuring LOE programs are in place to enable the achievement of:
* key initiatives
* promote a healthy culture
* help drive engagement, growth and retention.
Together we will design, develop and deliver any of your department's portfolio services.
Essential Functions Design and implement key LOE initiatives supporting multiple priorities with significant impact on the organization and its ability to serve internal and external customers:
* e.g., performance management,
* succession management,
* leadership integration and development
* team performance, etc.
Provide coaching and consultative support in all areas of:
* organization effectiveness to individual contributors, leaders and teams throughout the organization (as well as the LOE team)
Review feedback from internal customers and develop proposals for:
* revising, enhancing, or modifying the existing LOE services based on that feedback
* Build strong relationships with HR leadership and Centers of Excellence (COE) teammates to provide strong partnership when developing integrated HR solutions and processes
* Partner with HR Business Partners and management to assess organizational performance problems through various information gathering methodologies such as:
- focus groups, surveys, and employee interviews in order to provide appropriate recommendations.
Coordination and implementation of:
* key strategic goals including:
* leadership development programming
and / or
* facilitation of classroom instruction as needed.
Markus Lietza
SENIOR CONSULTANT
With a main Focus on Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Markus has over 24 Years of exceptional Experience in Leadership and Management responsibilities in various functions.
His Special knowledge of the automotive industry, proven successful worldwide assignments to Companies like:
* MAGNA (Cosma, Inter Automotive, Exteriors)
* Etimex
* Schweizer Group
* BMW
* Daimler AG, VW
* HTTP Automotive etc.
Markus special Areas of Excellence are:
* Interim Management
* Quality management
* Resident Engineering
* Supply Chain Management
* Process optimization (Lean Management)
* Product Start Management
* Restructuring and Initial Certification of TQM Systems like ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 / VDA 6.3 Audit
Markus mainly operates out of Germany, to support all our Automotive Industry Customers in the European Region.
Himself coming from the beautiful Town of Hueckeswagen (which dates back to 1085 BC), located in the very scenic regions of North Rhine Westphalia in Germany.