KVP is not an endless process. Continuous improvement is a passion and not a mission and begins with the development of one's own person.

This sentence is not a marketing line for me, but the essence of what I always see in practice: Sustainable improvement capability does not arise through a program - but through people who gain clarity, take responsibility, make problems visible and consistently translate them into action. Only then does it become an organization.

KVP that grips in everyday life - instead of fizzling out in activism

Professional Short Profile

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From the Shopfloor to Overall Responsibility and why that's what makes the difference today

I am Gökhan Yücel. My professional path has grown consciously in practice: I come from production, know the reality on the Shopfloor (time pressure, disturbances, quality problems, goal conflicts) - and also the perspective of leadership (key figures, budget, capacity, stability, standards, HSE, maintenance, transformation pressure). Exactly this combination characterizes my work: down-to-earth in content, clear in structure, consistent in implementation. My conviction: KVP only works permanently if it is understood as a system - not as a collection of methods. It needs a clear 'why', leadership in everyday life, clean routines, visible control (KPIs) and an anchorage that is independent of individual persons.

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Roles & Responsibilities
  • Director of Operations: operational overall control, KPI systems, budget/costs, transformation and improvement programs, site/area management, interfaces DE/USA
  • Plant Management / Plant Responsibility: production system, quality, delivery performance, maintenance/facility, personnel development, standardization and stabilization of processes
  • Project and Process Responsibility: industrialization/change processes, customer requirements, structured implementation under time and result pressure
Education & Studies
  • Realschule (2000)
  • IHK Training and Further Education (2009 - 2013): Machining Mechanic, Industrial Master - Metal, Technical Business Economist
  • Part-time Studies (2013 - 2020): Industrial Engineering - Focus on Production Management (B.Eng.), Technical Management - Focus on Production Management (M.Eng.)
  • External doctoral candidate (Dr.-Ing.) at the TU Dortmund: "Simulation-supported reference model for process-oriented lot size determination along the value chain."
Certifications & competencies
  • ​Lean / KVP / REFA further education - including Lean roles, shop floor logic, standards, effectiveness control
  • LEAN Six Sigma (GB/BB) - problem-solving, stabilization, reducing variability
  • Project management (PRINCE2 including Agile) - implementation security, structure, stakeholder management
  • Train-the-Trainer / Leadership / Change - empowerment instead of "just advising"
Fachliche Mitgliedschaften

Ich bin Mitglied im Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI), im Verband Deutscher Wirtschaftsingenieure (VWI) sowie in der Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR). Diese Mitgliedschaften spiegeln meine fachliche Ausrichtung an der Schnittstelle von Technik, Management, Prozessoptimierung und wissenschaftlich fundierter Entscheidungsunterstützung wider.

Tools & languages
  • ​Experience with MS Office / MS Project / MS Visio / SAP / SAGE b7 / Tisoware / Babtec / CAD / CAM / CAE
  • Languages: German / Turkish (mother tongue), English (B2), Spanish (A2)

About me - personal

Born in 1983 in Recklinghausen, today I live with my wife and our 2 children in Dortmund

My roots lie in a Turkish-German family history (3rd generation in Germany) - shaped by cultural diversity and the claim to build bridges

Values that guide me in everyday life: respect, tolerance, empathy, appreciation, integrity, sense of responsibility, reliability, openness and willingness to learn - not as buzzwords, but as a lived practice in a multicultural environment

Why improvement begins with people - and then becomes organization

​Organizations do not change through a new tool. They change when people start thinking differently, leading differently and acting differently - consistently, repeatedly, measurably. That's why KVP starts for me with the development of one's own person: attitude, sense of responsibility, courage to truth and the ability to consider problems as a learning opportunity. 

In practice, a pattern emerges: improvement initiatives often start under pressure - complaints, delivery dates, costs, inventory. This creates short-term energy. But when it remains just "firefighting", the traction decreases as soon as it calms down. Sustainability arises only when impulses become a system: clear priorities, daily leadership routines, standards, clean key figure logic, structured problem-solving - and an anchorage that remains. 

My claim is therefore not to "convey knowledge", but to generate empowerment: managers and teams should be able to control improvement in everyday life after training or coaching - without tool hopping, without activism, without overburdening.

How I work in Training & Coaching

​I work with industrial process logic: understandable, structured, effectiveness-oriented.

That means:

My current focus is on training and coaching formats. An additional consulting offer is planned prospectively - in the same logic: pragmatic, measurable, sustainable.

Ready - to make KVP effective?

If you want to establish KVP/Lean not as a campaign, but as a reliable way of working that also works in day-to-day business, then let's get started - structured, pragmatic, and with a clear focus on anchoring. 

You are interested in my seminars? 
On the respective page of the online seminar, you will find the current dates and can register directly online.

You have questions about my services or would like to arrange an initial consultation? 
Call me or write to me - I will get back to you as soon as possible.