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Lars Langhans

Bad Bramstedt,SH

Summary

Deliberate Business Executive with 23 years of experience collaborating cross-functionally with team members to run all aspects of organization. Clear communicator with detail-oriented team leadership, conflict resolution and project oversight expertise. Growth-minded budget manager with clarity in market-focused planning and collaborative strategy development.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Business Unit Aerospace & Defence

FIT AG
05.2023 - Current
  • Built and strengthened relationships with industry partners to drive growth.
  • Launched new products or services that contributed significantly to the company''s bottom line while maintaining a strong competitive edge.
  • Set and monitored annual budgets for departments and entire business.
  • Established performance metrics to evaluate progress towards goals and make necessary adjustments for continuous improvement.
  • Led end-to-end project management for customer projects in the aviation aftermarket (retrofit/modification).
  • Managed project lifecycle from sales support to on-site product installation, ensuring high customer satisfaction.
  • Developed specific product solutions tailored to client needs.
  • Additive design and manufacturing of Aerospace and Defence components
  • Business development (national and international)
  • Engineering project lead

Head of Project Management

FIT AG
01.2019 - 04.2023

Core business of the company: Innovation, engineering and manufacturing projects in the field of industrial additive manufacturing

  • Conducted post-project evaluations to identify lessons learned, areas for improvement, and opportunities for future growth or development.
  • Championed process improvement initiatives by identifying areas of inefficiency and proposing innovative solutions for optimization.
  • Team lead of innovation, project- and sales and manufacturing engineers
  • Introduced and established project management methods
  • Established sales strategy and processes
  • Organization an expansion of customer base in the multiple market including Aerospace and Defence
  • Hands-on project management and design work with engineers
  • Hands on work with machining engineers and tooling engineers

Chief Sales Officer

Bionic Production AG
09.2017 - 12.2018

Organization an expansion of customer base in the following markets

  • Introduction of sales processes
  • Introduction of CRM
  • Introduction of Key Account Management
  • National and International Sales

Senior Business Manager

Altran
11.2014 - 05.2017
  • First „pure“ sales manager in Altran Group
  • Diversification and new customer acquisition
  • Design of a product-based strategy (consulting and engineering products)
  • Conceptional lead of turn-key projects
  • Cross-industrial sales
  • Domestic and international sales including Germany, Turkey, UAE
  • Generated more than 1.000.000€ turn-over p.a. at new customers

Head of Engineering, General Manager

Kalay Anlagenbau GmbH
05.2007 - 10.2014
  • Established and lead the engineering division from scratch
  • Developed the company from a build-to-print to a systems supplier for the aerospace industry
  • Creative, organizational and disciplinary lead of the engineering team at two company sites
  • Introduced and established project management
  • Hands-on CAD and CAM work in projects
  • Introduced 3D CAD (CATIA V5) incl. all processes
  • Introduced 5-Axis CAM and performed CAM programming
  • Responsibility for conceptional- and detailed design activities

Team Lead Mechanical Engineering

ASKON
01.2006 - 04.2007

Consultant / Engineer

CCS Service GmbH
11.2002 - 12.2005

Tooling Engineer

SMB Modell- Und Werkzeugbau GmbH
09.2001 - 10.2002

Education

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, Arizona
08-2001

Skills

  • Advanced manufacturing technologies
  • Operations management
  • Project management
  • Business planning
  • Business development

Languages

German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Upper intermediate (B2)
Turkish
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Head of Business Unit Aerospace & Defence

FIT AG
05.2023 - Current

Head of Project Management

FIT AG
01.2019 - 04.2023

Chief Sales Officer

Bionic Production AG
09.2017 - 12.2018

Senior Business Manager

Altran
11.2014 - 05.2017

Head of Engineering, General Manager

Kalay Anlagenbau GmbH
05.2007 - 10.2014

Team Lead Mechanical Engineering

ASKON
01.2006 - 04.2007

Consultant / Engineer

CCS Service GmbH
11.2002 - 12.2005

Tooling Engineer

SMB Modell- Und Werkzeugbau GmbH
09.2001 - 10.2002

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Lars Langhans