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.

Summary

  • Professional experience at BMW Group & Valeo GmbH
  • Professional experience in quality management
  • Professional experience in stamping & forming technology
  • Professional experience in plastic-processing, metal and electrical industries
  • Professional experience abroad
  • Professional experience in interior / surfaces
  • Many years of leadership experience

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Jul 2000 - Sep 2004

SBBS Sonneberg

State-Certified Technician · Electrical Engineering · Germany

Certifications & licenses

1st party auditor IATF 16949:2016

IATF

2nd party auditor IATF 16949:2016

IATF

First Aid and Fire Protection Training

Fundamentals of Refrigeration Technology Course A

Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2015

ISO

Process Auditor VDA 6.3

VDA