Andreas Langbein - Owner

Bad Rodach, Germany

Experience

May 2019 - Apr 2023

4 years

Owner

LLPcon Unternehmensberatung / Consulting – Automotive

Consulting
Interim management
Quality management
Project management
Sales
Auditing / Certification

Apr 2018 - Oct 2018

7 months

Bamberg, Germany

Quality Manager Plant Germany

Grupo Antolin

Creating reports and management documents.
Ensuring a continuous quality improvement process for the plant and leading employees in addressing major quality issues or critical quality situations.
Responsible for establishing, certifying, further developing and validating the quality management and environmental management systems as well as aligning and coordinating quality goals and programs for the plant.
Systematic application of quality tools and initiation of the escalation process.
Implementing quality improvement projects in coordination with central quality.
Technical and disciplinary leadership and promotion of all assigned employees.

May 2016 - Mar 2018

1 year 11 months

Neustadt, Germany

Head of Quality Management Germany

Federnfabrik Dietz GmbH

Product portfolio: tension, compression and leg springs using the classic coil winding process (cold forming), clips as well as flat and shaped springs in stamping-bending and progressive-die processes.
Leading the quality department with 15 employees.
Reorganizing quality management and restructuring the quality departments in collaboration with production areas.
Maintaining the organization according to ISO/TS 16949:2009 and implementing the new IATF 16949:2016 based on DIN EN ISO 9001:2015.
Responsible for introducing and ensuring compliance with standards and common Q-tools such as QRQC, PDCA, FTA, KVP, etc.
Audit planning and conducting internal audits.
Organizing and promoting communication between quality departments and production.
Reviewing contracts in collaboration with management.

Aug 2014 - Apr 2016

1 year 9 months

Munich, Germany

QMT Purchasing Network (Vehicle Dynamics) (Agency)

BMW

Quality management parts: responsible for quality-related supplier management in the Wheels / Tires commodity.
Active supplier selection in the awarding process up to nomination followed by supplier development.
Identifying risks and critical supply scopes and agreeing on measures to secure these scopes in the PEP.
Enabling series suppliers to ensure qualitative part supply in the industrialization build phase up to SOP.
Conducting and approving process series at the supplier.
Assessing performance and part quality with process partners and escalating assessments in case of deviations.
Monitoring series quality of suppliers up to EOP.
Q-analyses and evaluations across projects within the commodity.
Securing the specification of prototype parts Plant 0.
Responsibility for a body module across all derivatives.
Identifying risks and critical supply scopes and agreeing on measures to secure these scopes in the PEP.

Feb 2013 - Jul 2014

1 year 6 months

Germany

Independent and Freelance Project Manager / Consultant for Vehicle / Motorsport Projects

Project, budget and schedule planning for new builds or modifications of existing vehicles and monitoring planned changes.
Responsible for controlling service delivery across the entire process chain.
In-house manufacturing of turned and milled parts.
Production of CFRP aerodynamic add-on parts and trim components.
Conducting and monitoring test bench runs.

Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

1 year 3 months

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Supplier Quality Manager

IWC / International Watch Co. Schaffhausen Branch of Richemont International SA

Supplier development and supplier management in projects and series production.
Establishing new and further developing existing suppliers.
Conducting initial and follow-up audits in collaboration with purchasing and industrialization.
Tracking complaints.
Defining and monitoring corrective measures with suppliers.
Creating and optimizing specifications and test procedures.
Discussing feasibility analyses and participating in FMEAs.

Oct 2004 - Oct 2011

7 years 1 month

Bad Rodach, Germany

Project QI for Development Projects

Fa. Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH

Quality planning in advance for all BMW projects.
Preparing Q-target agreements for projects and steering to achieve agreed quality goals.
Planning and controlling Q-activities in ongoing projects.
Planning and controlling measures required to achieve quality goals.
Planning and controlling preventive quality work and methodological support.
Planning and controlling project-wide use of quality methods and tools.
Planning and controlling all quality activities.
Creating, processing and executing change requests (change management).
Supporting the project team as a moderator in applying tools such as FMEAs, QRQC, PDCA, FTA, 5 Why.
Coordinating first sample submissions to the customer.
Initiating corrective actions throughout all project phases (from prototype to series launch).
Supporting our sister plant in Mexico as Quality Consultant (period: 10/2006 to 07/2008). Focus: injection molding and assembly processes, quality management, customer communication, management consulting.

Sep 2003 - Sep 2004

1 year 1 month

Ummerstadt, Germany

QMB (Quality Management Representative)

Fa. Mono Holzdesign

Products: fine wood and carbon trim parts for the automotive industry.
Establishing the quality system according to ISO 9001 with subsequent initial certification.
Initiating cross-functional documentation, creating work instructions and inspection reports.
Ensuring series quality from production planning to shipping.
Managing our customers, tracking complaints and monitoring immediate corrective actions.
Coordinating first sample submissions to the customer.
Technical supervisor of the Q-team with 5 employees.

Aug 2001 - Dec 2003

1 year 5 months

Bad Rodach, Germany

Project QI for Development Projects

Fa. Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH

Quality planning in advance for BMW (R50/53) and Volvo (P28) projects.
Creating validation, control and test plans.
Supporting the project team as a moderator in applying tools such as FMEAs, PDCA, FTA, 5 Why.
Coordinating first sample submissions to the customer.
Initiating corrective actions throughout all project phases (from prototype to series launch).

Mar 1994 - Jul 2001

7 years 5 months

Germany

Test Mechanic in Development Laboratory

Setting up test benches and designing measurement setups for validation of new products.
Evaluating optimization measures on prototypes and analyzing measurements.
Vehicle conversions (new technologies e.g. R744 refrigerant circuit).
Noise testing on complete vehicles and components.
System and validation tests in the test laboratory for electrical/electronic components.