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Torsten Scherl, Director Operations & QHSE

Torsten Scherl

Director Operations & QHSE·Air Drilling

Switzerland

Master's degree, Business and Management Executive Track

Work experience

Total years of experience: 23 years, 0 months

Director Operations & QHSE

January 2009 - Present

Air Drilling

Indonesia

January 2009 - Present

Responsibilities:
- Manage drilling site operations in Asia / Pacific with all necessary HR and material logistics
- Ensure operations run efficiently, equipment preventive maintenance and project inventories are up to date
- Hold regular operations meetings, attend operations meetings with clients and deploy field personnel efficiently and effectively
- Implement norm ISO 29001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 in all departments
- Regularly evaluate individual performance of field personnel
- Develop and implement company wide training plans to ensure optimal utilization of talent

Successful in:
- Only one medical treatment since Jan 2009
- Implemented companywide KPI scorecard
- Managing rapid growth in multiple countries
- Improved margins by better management of resources
- Developed Quality, HSE and Operations Manual as Intranet pages
- Implemented new software for workforce scheduling
- Defined companywide training and development program
- Based on above promoted 20% of workforce in 2010 and 2011
- Implemented intense auditing program for drill site operations in Quality, HSE, Inventory and Maintenance

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Management

Operations Manager

November 2006 - December 2009

Services Algoa Int., Anstalt

Angola

November 2006 - December 2009

Responsibilities:
- Managing departments onshore construction fabrication, painting,
scaffolding, offshore installation, machine shop, maintenance with 250
positions (466 employees)
- Implementation norm ISO 9001:2000 in all departments
- Develop strategy, business plan and budget
- Direct customer responsibility, preparation of tenders, price
negotiations, customer service, events
- Direct responsibility for recruitment of expatriates
- Implementation of company wide training program

Successful in:
- Increase turnover from monthly $2 Mio. to $ 3.5 Mio.
- Doubling income
- Growth of business from 150 to 250 positions
- Reorganization and implementation flat organization structure
- Increase of productivity by installation of new machines
- Recruitment of 30 highly qualified Indian craftsmen

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Management

Operations Manager

June 2003 - October 2006

Gebr. Pletscher AG

Switzerland

June 2003 - October 2006

Responsibilities:
- Managing departments die casting, assembling, tool shop,
maintenance, logistics with 30 (before 50) employees
- Direct responsibility for planning, purchasing, quality management,
safety and environment
- Implementation and maintenance of norm ISO 9001:2000
- Develop strategy, business plan and budget
- Managing with metrics like productivity, reject, on-time delivery, inventory,
use of capacity, open orders, training progress
- Project management outsourcing 50% turnover to China, technical
know-how transfer, quality management, price negotiations, audit of
suppliers, research of market prices and second sources, training,
coordination of logistic and export

Successful in:
- Implementation of ISO 9001:2000 in 3 month
- Increase of productivity in die casting department by introduction of
metrics in 4 month 10% up
- Restructuring from 65 to 40 employees, increase of turnover per
employees from 175 k$ to 210 k$
- Development of business plan for establishment of new sister company
in Czech (2004) und China (2006)
- Transfer of production of 4 models to China in 8 month and
development and production of 2 new models

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Management

Education

University of Maryland

August 2008

August 2008

Master's degree, Business and Management Executive Track

United States

GPA (point): 3.94 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.94 out of 4

GSBA

October 2005

October 2005

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration

Switzerland

GPA 3.6 Best student of the semester award

Technical College

July 1994

July 1994

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Germany

Skills

Operations Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Drilling
Expert
Drilling
Expert
Die Casting
Expert
Die Casting
Expert
QHSE
Expert
QHSE
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
MS Office
Intermediate
MS Office
Intermediate
Operations Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Drilling
Expert
Drilling
Expert
Die Casting
Expert
Die Casting
Expert
QHSE
Expert
QHSE
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
Quality Management
Expert

Languages

German
Expert
Indonesian
Expert
Dutch
Intermediate
French
Intermediate
English
Expert