Dariusz Knitter

Background

About Dariusz Knitter

22 years of professional experience across production and service companies (General Electric, ALSTOM Power, BRUSH Group, currently VTS Group). Highly efficient senior executive director with 14 years of management experience (executive director of global engineering, head of R&D and product development, head of application engineering, senior engineering manager). Long-term experience in leadership (transformational and visionary type) and people management (incl. large, multi-cultural and cross-functional engineering organizations / offices, leading up to 120 employees). In-depth knowledge of operations and business processes at all levels. Proven, successfully generated unique values, such as: in 2 years new international engineering & operations organizations (up to 120 people) successfully built and integrated, doubling the number of orders, revenues from 60 to €120 million annually and net profits proportionally with net margin increase (from 2% to 20%), multi-million reduction in costs (€5-7M annually) through new Value Propositions such as Value Engineering & Value Add extension,(through using more Engineering & Operations potential & “hidden” know-how, improving products / complex solutions and optimizing production processes (with successfully applied Value Stream Mapping, LEAN 6 Sigma and Kaizen processes)), 50-100% shortening of Time-to-Market with new products (from 24 to 12 months), New Product Vitality Index (NPVI) increased from 0% to 20% and many others. An entrepreneurial approach to optimal profitability, highly focused on strategic goals and people management (maximization of “Concern for Results” and “Concern for People” with Talent Management; management of the "golden balance"), P&L results and sustainability. Ambitious team leader, proficient in creating strategic alliances with organization leaders and successfully matching and supporting key business initiatives. Detailed knowledge in energy & power generation, including power plants, CHP, industrial plants, oil & gas applications, electric generators & motors, steam & gas turbines, control & automation systems, incl. production, services with repair technologies, tools and processes, R&D / New Product Introduction / New Technology Introduction, Value Add & Value Engineering, Lean / Cost-Out / Process Optimization activities and global overview of Operations & Engineering technologies, tools and processes.