{"id":2730,"date":"2023-05-02T09:32:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2023-05-02T09:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:32:26","slug":"koch-has-enormous-potential-that-needs-to-be-nurtured-and-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/koch-has-enormous-potential-that-needs-to-be-nurtured-and-developed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKOCH has enor\u00admous poten\u00adtial that needs to be nurtured and devel\u00adoped.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thomas Winkler, COO<\/h4>\n
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Age:<\/strong> 50
\nFamily:<\/strong> married, two chil\u00addren
\nJoined KOCH:<\/strong> in July 2022
\nThings I\u2019d like to do:<\/strong> I am very grateful for and appre\u00adciate how my private and profes\u00adsional life has evolved, and am open to every\u00adthing that life has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dear Thomas, first of all, welcome once again to KOCH! And now straight to the first ques\u00adtion: What exactly are your duties as Managing Director at KOCH? And what does the abbre\u00advi\u00ada\u00adtion \u201cCOO\u201d stand for?<\/h5>\n

Thank you very much for the friendly welcome. The KOCH commu\u00adnity has given me a very warm and open recep\u00adtion and it feels great to be here, not least because everyone in the company has helped me settle into my new duties. This has made it easier for me to get started and we have been able to make faster progress with the issues at hand. And now to my duties. Gener\u00adally speaking, the job of the Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Board is to estab\u00adlish the essen\u00adtial frame\u00adwork for achieving the company\u2019s goals. Our strategy in this context is geared toward long-term success. That\u2019s what shapes our corpo\u00adrate culture and \u2013 in my view \u2013 is also what makes medi\u00adum\u00adsized compa\u00adnies so appealing. On the Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Board, I and my team are basi\u00adcally respon\u00adsible for running busi\u00adness oper\u00ada\u00adtions in order to meet our customers\u2019 require\u00adments. This is also clearly reflected in the title COO, which stands for Chief Oper\u00ada\u00adtion Officer. In the oper\u00ada\u00adtional busi\u00adness, for example, the depart\u00adments manu\u00adfac\u00adture the neces\u00adsary parts, procure numerous compo\u00adnents, build subassem\u00adblies and machines, commis\u00adsion systems, and provide global customer support for the entire service life of the equip\u00adment. There are also many internal support func\u00adtions required to handle these tasks, like intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics, soft\u00adware devel\u00adop\u00adment, docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, and quality and project manage\u00adment. My vision is that we never rest content with what we have achieved but always aspire to aim higher and continue to move our company forward.<\/p>\n

If you had to describe your\u00adself in just two sentences, what would they be?<\/h5>\n

I am a reli\u00adable, honest and deter\u00admined guy who some\u00adtimes wouldn\u2019t mind being a little more relaxed and less driven. I value collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive team\u00adwork and have little time for people with over-inflated egos. My family, my friends and my job are very impor\u00adtant to me. I am sociable, appre\u00adciate good humor, and enjoy sports. I feel I have an oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to give some\u00adthing back to society and to support those who are less fortu\u00adnate. And, if I have any spare time left, I spend it on my hobbies. And some\u00adtimes I just can\u2019t manage to pack some\u00adthing into two sentences \u2026<\/p>\n

What is impor\u00adtant to you at KOCH, both in terms of strategic goals and day-to-day collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion?<\/h5>\n

Manage\u00adment is tasked with providing strategic direc\u00adtion so that everyone knows where we\u2019re headed and we have a solid basis for concerted action. This, to me, already consti\u00adtutes a key objec\u00adtive, i.e., working with the divi\u00adsions and depart\u00adments to define and imple\u00adment the central elements of this strategy. This may sound simple, but it\u2019s not. Apart from tech\u00adnical skills, successful imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion also calls for effi\u00adcient commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion at all levels, empathy and assertive\u00adness. Another objec\u00adtive in this context is to ensure open and trans\u00adparent action and to do every\u00adthing we can to ensure that we all enjoy working together and building our company\u2019s future. KOCH has enor\u00admous poten\u00adtial that needs to be nurtured and devel\u00adoped.<\/p>\n

One final ques\u00adtion: Can you tell us a bit more about your\u00adself and what makes you tick?<\/h5>\n

Well, I prefer coffee to tea, I like choco\u00adlate, and drink either red or white wine depending on my mood. I enjoy my work and, if possible, having a lie-in on week\u00adends. I don\u2019t use social media much or watch Netflix. I\u2019m good at remem\u00adbering numbers and faces, but not so good with names \u2013 so sorry if I do forget anyone\u2019s name! I prefer to go on vaca\u00adtion where there\u2019s good food and friendly people. I prefer to drive old cars rather than new, and I enjoy listening to music and love my stereo system. I regu\u00adlarly do sports and support FC Bayern and SC Freiburg.<\/p>\n

Thank you for talking to us, Thomas, and good luck with your new duties!<\/h5>\n
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Dr. Tim Wolf, CBDO<\/h4>\n
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Age:<\/strong> 42
\nFamily:<\/strong> married, three chil\u00addren
\nJoined KOCH:<\/strong> in October 2022
\nThings I\u2019d like to do:<\/strong> To see all my chil\u00addren making their way in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dear Tim, once again, a warm welcome to you, too, in the KOCH family. First of all, could you please tell us what your duties are as Managing Director at KOCH and what the abbre\u00advi\u00ada\u00adtion \u201cCBDO\u201d stands for?<\/h5>\n

CBDO stands for Chief Busi\u00adness Develop\u0002ment Officer, and in this role, I \u2013 along with my fantastic team \u2013 am respon\u00adsible for enhancing our appli\u00adca\u00adtion fields, i.e., Services, Contact Lenses, Consumer and Health\u00adcare. Specif\u00adi\u00adcally, this means devel\u00adoping our sales and account manage\u00adment inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adally, building part\u00adner\u00adships, success\u00adfully carrying out internal and external projects, and ulti\u00admately strength\u00adening our posi\u00adtion on the market. Basi\u00adcally, it\u2019s about contin\u00aduing the KOCH success story into the future.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to join KOCH?<\/h5>\n

I was lucky enough to get to know the Uhlmann Group and KOCH over a period of two years. KOCH is a real gem in the pack\u00adaging machinery industry, and I am convinced that I can make an impor\u00adtant contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to its future success here. All the employees I have had the oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to meet so far have confirmed that I have made a very good deci\u00adsion. I am very happy to be part of the KOCH family.<\/p>\n

What do you aim to achieve for KOCH and what moti\u00advates you?<\/h5>\n

A chance to shape our joint success, and to grow person\u00adally and profes\u00adsion\u00adally, and the plea\u00adsure I get from my work. I\u2019m a very goal-driven person. Once I have set myself a solid goal, I will do every\u00adthing I can to achieve it. And I am not one to give up easily. Setbacks and mistakes are an inte\u00adgral part of life and only inspire me to do better next time. I think it\u2019s so impor\u00adtant to cele\u00adbrate every mile\u00adstone on life\u2019s journey \u2013 whether big or small \u2013 and the successes at KOCH. One thing I really believe in, for example, is sharing our project successes with everyone at KOCH \u2013 and that\u2019s what we intend to do, very shortly, with our \u201cWinning Post\u00adcards\u201d. For me, though, it\u2019s really not just about cele\u00adbrating great achieve\u00adments, but about waking up and starting every day with enthu\u00adsiasm and energy and also appre\u00adci\u00adating the little things in life. I also believe in creating an envi\u00adron\u00adment where everyone feels comfort\u00adable, and where everyone is moti\u00advated to give their best and expe\u00adri\u00adence this kind of joy and satis\u00adfac\u00adtion in their work.<\/p>\n

How would you describe your lead\u00ader\u00adship strengths?<\/h5>\n

My motto is to culti\u00advate a chal\u00adlenging and supportive envi\u00adron\u00adment. It is impor\u00adtant for me to under\u00adstand where each indi\u00advidual stands and where they want to go. My role, as I under\u00adstand it, is to support this approach and harmo\u00adnize it with our company\u2019s objec\u00adtives. I have often encoun\u00adtered people who are unsure about where their full poten\u00adtial \u2013 and, indeed, their limi\u00adta\u00adtions \u2013 lie. And I am happy to support anyone willing to embark on this journey. I also expect all managers to be passionate about expanding their own capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. It\u2019s OK to make mistakes, but prefer\u00adably only once. Most impor\u00adtantly, I want all our managers to embody our KOCH values each and every day and act as role models, and this is how I measure my own perfor\u00admance.<\/p>\n

You hold a doctorate title. What subject did you get your doctorate in and what does the title mean to you?<\/h5>\n

Thanks for asking; I actu\u00adally get that ques\u00adtion quite often. The title of my paper in English is \u201cBusi\u00adness Model Design Prac\u00adtices in Strategic Manage\u00adment \u2013 An Activity Theory-based Case Study Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion.\u201d As a grad\u00aduate in busi\u00adness adminis\u0002tration, I studied company strate\u00adgies. And although the title may not sound like it, it was very much founded on prac\u00adtice. But as it\u2019s over 600 pages long, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d recom\u00admend reading it, unless you have diffi\u00adculty falling asleep. It would make a great doorstopper, though! Joking aside: If you are inter\u00adested, I will gladly provide you with a short abstract. But I think this descrip\u00adtion pretty much shows how I person\u00adally view my title. I wrote the thesis for myself, but it\u2019s not a subject I find partic\u00adu\u00adlarly impor\u00adtant when I\u2019m talking to other people.<\/p>\n

How does your wife feel about you spending most of the week in the Black Forest?<\/h5>\n

My wife and our three kids are used to this way of life, and I have always trav\u00adeled a lot during the week. I have a great wife who supports me. However, the week\u00adends \u2013 and Fridays, when I work from home \u2013 are sacred to me. Each and every one of us has a different lifestyle and work-life arrange\u00adments that require different levels of flex\u00adi\u00adbility. And that\u2019s some\u00adthing we, as a modern employer, can offer. And there are always ways and means of recon\u00adciling work and private life if we can work together to find flex\u00adible solu\u00adtions.<\/p>\n

What kind of person is Tim Wolf and how does he spend his leisure time? Is there enough time for hobbies?<\/h5>\n

I\u2019m a family man through and through and have a wide range of inter\u00adests. And I can get enthu\u00adsi\u00adastic about almost anything. When I do some\u00adthing, I\u2019m really passionate about it and deter\u00admined to succeed \u2013 both privately and profes\u00adsion\u00adally. I enjoy both the small and the big things in life. In my spare time I do lots of different things: Playing soccer with my kids, or a game of table foot\u00adball, visiting rock festi\u00advals, building things with Lego, working in the garden, chop\u00adping wood in the forest, laying paving stones or tiles, listening to audio books, prac\u00adticing the guitar with my son, sailing or skiing, sitting by the fire, and cooking. My \u201csecret passion\u201d is building natural stone walls. And, just a little tip: I partic\u00adu\u00adlarly enjoy playing table foot\u00adball in the KOCH-Wald \u2013 but please don\u2019t let me win! However, going by my previous KOCH matches, there\u2019s little chance of that happening, anyway. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Is there anything you really dislike?<\/h5>\n

Gener\u00adally speaking, I\u2019m not a big fan of nega\u00adtive formu\u00adla\u00adtions \u2013 even though I may occa\u00adsion\u00adally use one myself. But, since you are asking me so directly: I am some\u00adwhat allergic to point\u00adless discus\u00adsions that don\u2019t lead anywhere, and when people fail to keep their side of an agree\u00adment.<\/p>\n

What hopes do you have for the coming years?<\/h5>\n

A happy, healthy family. And a successful KOCH family that has made me feel so welcome and with whom I can help build a successful future.<\/p>\n

And now one final ques\u00adtion: What\u2019s your motto in life?<\/h5>\n

I don\u2019t really have one. But some time ago, a dear colleague of mine said this \u201cLife\u2019s too short for bad wine\u201d. I like that.<\/p>\n

Thank you for talking to us, Tim, and good luck with your new duties!<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Group Company KOCH Pac-Systeme regu\u00adlarly reports in the employee maga\u00adzine \u201cKOCH talks\u201d about things that are of interest throughout the Group. We publish this content here in pactuell in a loose series. Here: In the inter\u00adview, the new managing direc\u00adtors Thomas Winkler, COO, and Dr Tim Wolf, CBDO, intro\u00adduce them\u00adselves. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Read More\u2026 from \u201cKOCH has enor\u00admous poten\u00adtial that needs to be nurtured and devel\u00adoped.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pactuell"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}