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Michal K

Turning operations into profitable, resilient businesses. Industry4 integration.

About Me

Seasoned Managing Director with 30+ years’ experience in key operation industries. A successful track record in success team build, engineering, operations, crisis, and project management, lean, plant relocation, cost and P&L control. Excellent problem solver. Experienced in KAIZEN, Continual lean improvements and Industry 4.0 practical implementation. Strong communication, management, and leadership skills, supported by Copilot tools usage.

Jurisdiction

Region: Europe

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Managing DirectorCTDI (USA)
2016 - Present

CTDI Czech s.r.o. branch, Krupka, Czech republic B2B ICT services • Managing 100 employees, 8 direct reports, • Revenue 5+ M €/y, NIAT 8%, last 2 years annual Revenue grow by 23% • KPI – safety (EHS), Quality, OTD, TAT, Productivity, Lean.

General ManagerDANAHER (USA)
2013 - 2016

SpofaDental a.s. branch, Czech republic • Managing 350 operation employees, 6 direct reports, • Revenue 16 M €/y • KPI – safety (EHS), Quality, Delivery, WC, Inventory, Productivity

Operation managerOptaglio (UK)
2013 - 2014

Optaglio s.r.o., branch, Czech republic • Managed 60 oper staff, • Revenue 20M € Achievements: • Customer service and operation restructuring • New factory hall established and Operation relocation in CZ • Nanodots production Automatization

Plant ManagerSTANLEY BLACK&DECKER (USA)
2000 - 2011

TONA, a.s., branch, Czech Republic • 350 employees, 6 direct reports, • Revenue 22 mil €/y, EBITDA 3,45 mil. €/y, • KPI – safety (EHS), Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity Achievements: • Operation restructuring using KAIZEN and Lean, safe 1,5k sqm green space • Overcome Crisis 2008-2009, 50% volume decline, black 0 P&L • Inventory reduced by 50% • ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 implementation • New production line CapEx 330k€ • Mechanical Manufacturing relocation from France to CZ, 40 production machines,

Operation Manager & Member of Board of DirectorsZPA Pečky, a.s.
1988 - 2000

• Production restructuring, CNC machining established. • New product line go-live • Backlog in orders elimination

Education

Masters of Mechanical engineeringČVUT Technical University, Prague
1984 - 1988
Masters of MBACambridge Business School Prague
2016 - 2018

Skills

Core skills0
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Languages3

Languages

English
Czech
Russian