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Andreas Reger is the current President of BBB Industries and Former CEO of multiple manufacturing companies, including Alpla N.A., Durr, Pollmann and more. Andreas walks us through his upbringing in Germany and shares how he was able to capture the attention of European based manufacturing companies who wanted to create breakthrough results in the U.S. In this interview Andreas goes fairly deep in describing strategies and ideas that help push businesses towards success. He holds multiple business degrees including his Doctorate of Business Administration from Lawrence Technological University.
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Show Summary:
02:25 : Early years and constraints of growing up in Germany
12:45 : Making the jump from Europe to U.S. through a U.S. market study and creating breakthrough results
16:40 : Leading sales for a new division for a big player – Seimens
23:47 : Overcoming lost quotes by understanding the manufacturing OEM
31:55 : Learning how to ask for help and the importance of listening when in leadership roles
41:00 : Developing a playbook and uncovering common manufacturing issues and strategies to solve problems.
52:01 : Alpla challenge and closing it out
Rob Edwards
President | Executive Search
Rob is currently the President of Molding Search Group’s Board, C-Suite and Leadership Executive Search Services. MSG specializes in plastic manufacturing leadership search, and has earned a national Top 10 ranking. With over 3,000 placements our Executive Search Team is passionate about building talented businesses by working with Stakeholders, Executive Teams and HR to place and developing top leaders in the plastics industry.
Rob also serves on the Forbes Coaches Council.
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