The managing partners of JUMO, Bernhard Juchheim (70) and Michael Juchheim (51), have appointed Dimitrios Charisiadis (52) as the third Managing Director with effect from 1 January 2020. He will be responsible for the areas of "Sales, Development and Production".
Bernhard Juchheim will be responsible for "Human Resources" in the future, while Michael Juchheim will be in charge of "IT and Finance". Together, the three Managing Directors will increasingly focus on the topics of "Corporate Strategy and Development". Dimitrios Charisiadis has been working at JUMO as "Head of Sales Germany and Global Product and Industry Management" since 2017.
JUMO has developed very positively in recent years. "Since 2008, our turnover has increased by 70 million euros. Over 600 new jobs have been created, 240 of them in Germany," emphasises Bernhard Juchheim.
However, this success is not a matter of course, but the result of the tireless commitment of all employees and the continuous change and improvement of the company. "Our declared goal is to position JUMO in the market in the long term in such a way that the entrepreneurial future is secured for the fourth generation of the founding family."
Constant challenges
However, according to Michael Juchheim, the challenges have increased significantly in recent years: "The Competitive pressure - especially from the Asian region - has intensified enormously, issues such as the Brexit or Global trade conflicts are causing additional uncertainty. In addition, digitalisation offers enormous opportunities, both internally and externally, which we must seize now."
New opportunities through external managing director
In order to cope with this diverse range of tasks, the managing partners have decided to spread the management responsibility of the group of companies over additional shoulders. "This expands our room for manoeuvre and enables us to Greater flexibility and a faster response time" says Michael Juchheim, explaining the decision.
"In Dimitrios Charisiadis, we have gained a managing director who has extensive industry and product knowledge as well as many years of professional experience in a family-run, medium-sized company."
Bernhard Juchheim, Managing partners of JUMO
Dimitrios Charisiadis sees Excellent opportunities for the family business"The JUMO Group has enormous potential to make a successful start into the digital future and I am looking forward to working with a great team. I would especially like to thank Bernhard and Michael Juchheim for the great trust they have placed in me."
According to Bernhard and Michael Juchheim, it is a significant step for JUMO to appoint an external managing director for the first time in the company's more than 70-year history. The new management structure will now lay the organisational foundations for further growth and thus for the future of the company. Creating and securing jobs realised.
Source: JUMO GmbH & Co. KG
