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Last update: 11.07.2016

Project Leader, Interim Manager, Program Manager

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Limited professional) | Japanese (Elementary)

Skills

Acquisition and customer support / service, communication- and negotiation method, logistic, marketing and advertisement, leadership, organisation, presentation method, project management, engagement management, quality management, quality assurance, task force leadership, rhetoric, teamwork, sales

Project history

4/2012 Freelancer - Neapco Europe GmbH - Project Leader

Acting as Project Leader for Multiprogramms Management

• Build and implementation Lean Six Sigma Project structure
• Creation, rollout and establish Process for Project management
• Planning and Moderation of Workshops like “Terminworkshops”
• Set up spec review
• Main responsible for internal and external supplier, partners and customers regarding cost, quality and all technical and commercial issues
• Supervised 8 employees and 3 international plants in China, Poland and Germany
• 45m Euro project Budget


12/2011 Freelancer - Daimler AG - Interim Manager

Acting as right hand of lead engineer hybrid

• industrialisation alternative drive systems - range extender, battery electrical vehicle fuel cell technology
• start up coordination Hybrid
• Consultant for car configuration B-Class REEV, BEV and FCEV
• Audits at critical supplier with several visits in China, Mexico, East Europe


06/2011 Freelancer – Bombardier Transportation - Lead Engineer for Primove On board Systems

Acting as technical team leader

• Project team lead for on board systems (inductive high voltage supply)
• Budget planning responsible
• Program responsible for development of pick up
• Supervised 11 employees


03/2011 Employee – MAGNA -Program Manager for electrical vehicle & hybrid

Acting as program manager

• Project lead
• Budget responsible (16m Euro)
• Program responsible for development power electronics
• Supervised 8 direct and 45 extended team members
• Process Support FMEA, APQP, PPAP, TS 16949, ISO /TS 26262, Spice


12/2010 Freelancer - Daimler AG - Interim Manager

Acting as right hand of lead engineer hybrid

• industrialisation alternative drive systems - Hybrid technology
• start up coordination Hybrid
• plant integration of hybrid vehicle in the production plant USA (9m Euro)
• Audits at critical supplier with several visits in USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Europe



10/2009 Freelancer - Daimler AG - Interim Manager

Acting as engagement manager

• implementation of quality improvement in development phase for a full hybrid development. (8m Euro)
• hybrid start up coordination in the Facility in Tuscaloosa AL- USA
• plant integration
• project coordinator of several task forces
• Main responsible for internal customer (plant Tuscaloosa), regarding all technical and commercial issues


03/2007 Freelancer - Visteon GmbH - Interim Manager

Acting as program manager / task force leader

• program leader drive shaft's for BMW-MINI Cooper
• responsible for 15 development and engineering employees - and for a project team of 45 employees to build drive shaft's
• task-force leader NVH (noise vibration harness) 25 Team members
• customers support for BMW and MINI in Munich and Oxford on side
• attend internal process like: FMEA, Gate Review’s, support of APQP, PPAP, QRQC, SQA, G8D, and Process-Audit according to VDA 6.3
• coordination of department: Development, application engineering, purchase, material planning & logistic, construction, manufacturing in Germany and in Poland


04/2006 Freelancer - automotive supplier - Interim Manager

Acting as project leader assistant and as task force leader

• project leader research and development for top column module -customer PSA (Peugeot / Citroën)
• responsible for 25 development and engineering employees - and for a project team of 60 employees to build plastic top column modules for PSA
• task-force leader at the Hungarian manufacturing plant to ensure division quality targets and to support the quality process
• project coordinator China to ensure tool quality with travel to China
• customer support of Peugeot und Citroën on-side
• attend internal process like: FMEA, Gate Review’s, support of APQP, PPAP, QRQC, SQA, G8D, and Process-Audit according to VDA 6
• coordination of department: development, application engineering, purchase, tool purchase, material planning & logistic, construction, manufacturing in Germany and Hungary


08/2005 Freelancer - Airbus Germany GmbH - Interim Manager

Acting as manager A380

• configuration manager development A380 for electric and electronic components
• responsible for changes in system electric (ATA 44)
• work on open modifications of the electric system to ensure the certification A380
• continuous meetings with the central program manager in France on side
• coordination of departments: Change management, Design and Development


04/2005 Freelancer - Schefenacker AG - Interim Manager

Acting as project lead responsible

• project leader and sales manager for BOSE Sound systems,
• lead responsible for 5 development employees
• supervised a Team of 15 employees
• customer support: Fiat, Maserati, Lamborghini und Ferrari on side
• coordination of department: purchase, tool purchase, material planning & logistic, construction
• lead responsible for 6 projects, each in a different build phase (SAF-Job1) (17m Euro)
• attend internal process like: FMEA, Review’s, support APQP, PPAP

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