Andreas Höhl
Paint Department Manager
Experience
Paint Department Manager
Montaplast GmbH
- Disciplinary and technical leadership of the painting production area, including series production, polishing and rework, surface engineering, robot application technology, and paint line engineering
- Weekly reporting of key metrics such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), machine utilization, setup times, scrap/rework rate, productivity per employee, and absenteeism rate
- Ensuring availability of personnel, materials, equipment, and paint lines
- Continuous development of employees, processes, standards, and organizational structure
- Implementing and establishing lean management principles for zero-loss production and continuous improvement process (CIP)
- Planning and executing investments with budget responsibility
- Targeted project coordination through successful completion
- Deriving and achieving annual targets and setting individual objectives with employees
- Fulfilling corporate obligations regarding occupational, environmental, and health safety
Production Manager
Grammer Interior Component GmbH
- Leading and coordinating production areas for metal, glass, plastics, painting, and assembly, as well as technical departments for maintenance, facilities, and infrastructure
- Managing over 400 employees through four department heads
- Acting as deputy site manager and member of the parity commission
- Monitoring and analyzing key metrics such as productivity, OEE, TEEP, scrap rate, quality, headcount, overhead costs, backlogs, and customer complaints
- Capacity planning and ensuring smooth product launches
- Managing suppliers and customers, and participating in tool and fixture approvals
- Budgeting and investment planning, and implementing lean management principles to increase efficiency
- Developing processes, technologies, and organizational structure
- Promoting employee development, including succession planning and setting specific goals to implement corporate strategy
- Responsibility for occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and health regulations
Consultant
Selbstständig / Freiberuflich
- Interim management in production, shop floor, change, and lean
- Project leadership and task force assignments
- Managing product launches and bottlenecks
- REFA deployment and operational organization
- Building departments and functional coaching
- Team development and interdisciplinary expertise
- Implementing production lines and series modifications
- Feasibility studies and relocation of products and production sites
- Audit preparation and acceptance tests for products and machines
- Performance optimization and troubleshooting strategies
- Process engineering and focus on process robustness
- Maintenance and service concepts
- Creating technical specifications and requirements documents
- New construction and renovation of production facilities
- Expertise in plastic coating, interior & exterior, industrial painting, smart repair, paint process technology, and surface engineering
- Overall paint line project and process auditor VDA 6.3: 2023
Head of Coating Technology
Bolta Werke GmbH
- Developing, operating, maintaining, and optimizing paint lines across Europe
- Executing projects to enhance existing systems and processes, and modifying equipment components
- Leading personnel restructuring and setting up technical conditions to meet quality requirements and audit readiness
- Designing and planning a modular new paint line for the site in Hungary
- Coordinating layout design with the paint line manufacturer
- Creating a 160-page technical requirements document, rated "very good" by Fraunhofer IPA
Team Leader Process & Automation Engineering
Faurecia Exteriors GmbH
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of the process and automation engineering department, including building and qualifying a competence team
- Organizing and overseeing robot-assisted painting processes and the continuous improvement process (CIP)
- Project management from customer inquiry to series painting
- Ensuring robot functionality and cost-oriented execution
- Budget planning, cost control, and investment decisions
- Handling customer and cost estimation requests up to series readiness
- Employee training on ISO 14001, occupational safety, environmental protection, and risk assessments
Surface and Robot Technician
Dynamit Nobel Kunststoff GmbH
- Supporting the series launch of new products, ensuring color matching, and monitoring paint quality
- Project lead for implementing robotics in the flame treatment and painting area, including retrofits and employee training
- Analyzing and fixing production issues, developing paint systems, and optimizing material consumption
- Creating and customizing painting programs as well as safety instructions
- Handling robot faults, maintenance, preparing quotes, determining project costs, planning, and implementation
REFA Technician
Presswerk AG
- Planning, managing, and monitoring production orders
- Creating and maintaining work plans, bills of materials, and production documents
- Optimizing production processes and supporting the rollout of new products through to series maturity
Shift Supervisor/Machine Operator
Presswerk AG
- Ensuring smooth production flow on the production lines
- Ensuring availability of staff, machines, and materials
- Quality assurance during product manufacturing
Summary
With over 40 years of experience in industrial production, including many years in leadership roles, my focus is on the structured development and realignment of production processes and organizational units. I guide change—from analysis and design to implementation—with the goal of robust, auditable processes that stand the test of time.
With deep expertise in coating technology, surface engineering, and automated manufacturing, I combine operational excellence with sustainable organizational development. I train teams, develop solid structures, introduce lean principles, work based on metrics, and establish effective target systems.
I take responsibility for people, processes, and results—knowing that real change takes time, clarity, and consistency. This approach creates a solid system of technology, organization, and leadership.
Skills
- Hands-on Mentality
- Ability To Motivate
- Communication Skills
- Self-discipline
- Conflict Management Skills
- Intercultural Competence
- Technical Application Knowledge
- Extensive Experiential Knowledge
Languages
Education
Industrie und Handelskammer (IHK)
Technical Business Administrator · Business Administration
Fachschule für Technik
Mechanical Engineering Technician · Manufacturing Engineering
REFA-Institut
REFA Technician · Work Study & Operational Organization
Certifications & licenses
Process Auditor VDA 6.3: 2023
German Society for Quality (DGQ)
DGQ Internal Auditor ISO 19011 2020
German Society for Quality (DGQ)
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