Oliver Diehm

• Lead Controlling, Finance and IT for Brose North America (USA, Mexico, Canada)
• Responsible for North America Strategy
• Jointly implementation of short term measures and long term strategic goals, with NA Management in alignment with global board
• Measure tracking and cost improvement
• Joint responsibility with legal department for regional compliance matters.

• Lead transformation phase of service center to function driven best cost location hub
• Initiate cost reduction measures for North America
• Prepare for Regional CFO role

• General Manager and Legal representative of Brose Service Company in Mexico
• Representing BSM in all matters towards authorities
• Leading restructuring from internal Outsourcing Company to become Specialized Service Company after legal reform in Mexico (2021)
• Enhancing efficiency of this Internal Service Company to support group cost targets
• Supporting Headcount shifts from Detroit (USA) to Queretaro (Mexico)

Efficiency increase and cost reduction for Brose Group by

• Building up Regional Business Service Center for Controlling, Finance, Purchasing
• Building up regional services for Sales and HR and expand these regional services to global services for whole Brose Group
• Currently 90+ employees are bundled at BSM in Mexico to enhance processes and ensure cost efficiency through leveraging Best Cost Location footprint

• Advice plant management and increase profitability through measure tracking and cost down initiatives
• Ensure accurate external reporting to authorities and internal reporting to stakeholders
• Develop team consisting of Controlling, IT and Foreign Trade

• 2015 - 2016 Head of Project Controlling China
• Responsible for Project Controlling of 3 Business Divisions in China
• Ensuring correct, plausible and competitive calculations and advising customer teams in commercial matters
• 2017-2019 Head of Controlling China
• Responsible for Project Controlling of 3 Business divisions, Regional Central Controlling and Plant Controlling
• 2018-2019 Head of Cost Management China
• Responsible to establish Cost Management and Cost Analyst team and processes for Brose China
• Leading cost reduction activities at our JV DBA in Wuhan
• April/2018 – Aug/2018: Interims regional CFO China
• Responsible for Finance, Tax, Legal, IT, Organization and Controlling department in transition time before new CFO was on board

• Commercial project lead ensuring competitive offers by making flawless calculations and pointing out cost improvement potentials in all cost items
• Responsible for Project Controlling of the Power Tailgate Business (TP1)
• Customer Team P&L analysis and recommendations
• Support business planning
• Execute, supervise and approve project calculations

• Product Controlling of TK5 Customer Unit; responsible for Project Controlling of French and Japanese OEMs of Business Division Door and for the emerging markets of Brazil and India
• Constant cost pressure to be counteracted by critical cost review and cost down ideas with all customers
• Leading Controllers on 3 continents
• Customer Team P&L analysis and recommendations
• Support business planning
• Execute, supervise and approve project calculations

• Lead the project team for Window Regulator in development phase for critical project (VW GOL)
• Successful customer negotiation and supplier follow up

• Responsible to create correct, plausible and competitive calculations as responsible project controller of the Brazilian Brose Entity
• Achieving significant cost reductions by benchmarking and best practice implementation
• Important Project awards ensured continuity of Brazil business of Brose

• Division Doors training on the job, Hallstadt
• Training as Project Controller for Business division Door to prepare for Expatriate time in Brazil

• Business Division Controlling for Roof Systems
• Controlling of Business Division cost, series project cost and production related cost
• Participation in planning
• Project Controlling support

• Support in monthly reporting, forecasting
• Special analysis in field of logistics

• Working as English teacher to finance Portuguese language course