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Mohammad Khan

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Last update: 21.11.2023

Technical Consultant/Product Development/Management Automotive Sealing (Rubber/Plastic)

Graduation: PhD in Polymeric Materials
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Full Professional) | English (Full Professional) | Hindi (Native or Bilingual)

Attachments

lebenslauf-sohail-khan_211123.pdf

Skills

1. Produktion, Verarbeitung, Technik
Expertenkenntnisse                                                      PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)
Expertenkenntnisse                                                      Erstbemusterung, Produktion, Fertigung, Prüfverfahren
Erweiterte Kenntnisse                                                   Fertigungs-, Auftragssteuerung, Fertigungstechnik, Produktionsplanung, Qualitätsmanagementmethoden/-werkzeuge, Qualitätsprüfung, Qualitätssicherung, Versorgungstechnik

2. Wirtschaft, Verwaltung
Expertenkenntnisse                                                      Produktmanagement
Erweiterte Kenntnisse                                                   Kundenberatung, -betreuung, Projektmanagement
Erweiterte Kenntnisse                                                   Marktforschung, Materialwirtschaft, Produktionslogistik, Produktionsplanungssysteme (PPS)

3. Wissenschaft, Forschung, Entwicklung
Expertenkenntnisse                                                       Analyse, Entwicklung,  Forschung, Grundlagenforschung
Expertenkenntnisse                                                       Anwendungstechnik, Anwendungsberatung, Evaluation, Verfahrenstechnik, Versuchsplanung

4.Soziales, Erziehung
Expertenkenntnisse                                                       Lehrtätigkeit (Hochschule/Universität). Gastdozent an einigen universitäten im Pakistan), Wissenschafts-, Forschungsmanagement, Fachpublikationen erstellen

5. Persönliche Stärken                                                 Motivation/ Leistungsbereitschaft
Leitungsarten                                                                Technische Leitung
Führungserfahrung                                                      bis 2 Jahre
Personalverantwortung                                               bis 4-5 Mitarbeiter/innen
Reise-/ Montagebereitschaft                                       uneingeschränkt vorhanden
Führerscheine                                                               Fahrerlaubnis B PKW/Kleinbusse (alt: FS 3)
Vorhandene Fahrzeuge                                                PK

Project history

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
Fully available

Other

  1. Education
1.2005-2009    Technical University Dresden, Germany
Doctorate(Elastomeric / Polymeric materials)
Degree: Dr.-Ing
Note: “magna cum laude”

2. 2003-2005    Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Applied Polymer Science
Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

3. 1996-2000    NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar; Pakistan
Chemical Engineering
Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

B. Expertise       
  • Operation, management and technical business process management skills in automotive TIER-1 sealing industry.
  • R&D, engineering design, and product development skills related to weather-strips and sealings exclusively for automotive OEMs.
  • In-depth insight of product planning, market orientation and future trends of automotive sealing industry.
  • Innovations, benchmarking, process developments and optimizations to gain performance and business values specific to EU market.
  • Technical support/troubleshoot and coordination to seal production/manufacturing on material, quality and processing issues.
  • Material R&D, custom compounding and mixing of rubber compounds forinnovative sealing applications.
  • Project management experience in leading global product and material R&D projects. Led cross-functional teams from China, US, & EU.
  • Continuous improvement initiatives targeting cost-efficiency measures, process improvement, and formulation/compound optimizations.
  • Strong B2B interaction with OEM. On-site support to VW and Audi on technical, design, assembly, quality and supply-chain/logistic issues.
  • Cross-cultural management & cultural intelligence. Soft-skills acquired from close interaction with multinational teams.
  • Training & coaching skills: Conducted workshops & seminars to R&D, rubber production and engineering teams in China on regular basis.
  • Close collaboration with external R&D sources, universities, societies & research institutes to troubleshoot complex R&D /design issues.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.Comfortable with presentations, technical & quality report writing skills.

C. Technical Skills
  • Automotive Sealing products:
  • Weather-Strips/Body Seals:Dynamic sealsincludes primary&secondary door seal, Liftgate & Deck Lid, Hood Seals; while static seals include glass-run, outer/inner belts, glass encapsulations.
  • Powertrain Seals/gasket:Engine and transmission seals such as cold gasket for engine oil pan, intake manifold, rubber-coated metal gasket, crankcaseseals;hot-gaskets (cylinder-head gasket, steel-elastomer gasket, exhaust etc.);as well as rubber-metal-bonded clutch piston.
  • Automotive Sealing Systems Technology:
  • 2K TPE /PP based outer-waist-belt: Combining rigid and flexible material technologies.
  • Decorative and functional foils: Aluminum styling trim/strip 
  • Sealtex: Textile surface like design alternative with superior wear performance. Blacksurafce to non-black surface textures.
  • Solid-Light: Weight-reduced optimized sealing profiles.
  • Variosection: Changing profile cross-section during extrusion.
  • Sealmatic: Automatic winding of seals in roll-form for easy transportation and assembly.
  • Varioproof. Online application of butyl sealant during extrusion. No additional step required. No-Offline application.
  • Product development tools: APQP, Run @ Rate, Automotive Business/Supply Chain, Technical Customer Specifications, Technical Drawings, Writing Product Requirement Document (PRD).Supported and coordinated all material engineering functions for more than 10different sealing projects for6 major customer programs with Audi, BMW, VW, Daimler, and Ford.
  • Project Management: MS Project, Stage-Gate Model.On-Site support at oversees location and managed over six verification prototypes builds in Europe, US, China, India.
  • Quality Management: ISO 9001, ISO / TS 16949 standards, Six sigma, DMAIC, FMEA, 8Ds& customer-complaints. Worked cross functionally with R&D, Quality, and manufacturing to setup a quality management program for Audi 1 Glass-Run channel seals.
  • Resident Engineer: Participations in design meeting at OEM. Documentation and implementation of the changes at the OEM.Support & coordination on design changes, prototyping and assembling issues.
  • Continuous Improvement Process: Managed and drove global raw-material continuous improvement andbench-markingprograms.Technical support, supplier identifications, material selection, material development, and technology transfer cooperation. 
  • Material R&D:Material development of rubber, blends, TPE,TPVs, adhesion, bonding and slip-coatings for automotive sealing applications. Identified and prototyped bonding TPE and slip coatings for specific glass-run channels and door-seal application.
  • Rubber Mixing and Compounding:Serial production& prototyping. Troubleshoot in rubber mixing/compounding problems. Developed and implemented test-plan/material-specificationstargeting rubber quality.
  • Extrusion and Processing:Over seven years of experience in rubber processing,extrusion, Injection molding, production& manufacturing of automotive technical rubber-seals.
  • Material Testing & Data Management:Custom Testing, Characterization tools, analysis, testing, processing, morphology.Compound development tools such as ECLIPSE, COMPOUND and Material-Testing Data-Management (MPDM) software, Technical/ Laboratory report writings.
  • Computer: MS Windows, MS Office, ORIGIN, ChemDraw, ChemWindow& XARA graphics software. ARAMIS for deformation analysis of polymeric-structures.
Profileimage by Mohammad Khan Technische Berater (Elastomer-Technik und Polymerwerkstoffe) from Wolfsburg Technical Consultant/Product Development/Management Automotive Sealing (Rubber/Plastic)
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