Renovation of My Own Properties

• Independently planning and executing renovation projects on multiple residential properties
• Coordination of trades
• Budget and schedule management
• Site supervision and material procurement
• Quality control
• Experience in interior finishing, building services, and outdoor facilities
• Compliance with construction and energy efficiency standards

Project management consulting / Interim Project Manager "System Relocation from Stutensee to Eschbach"

• Leadership and coordination of the project team, planning work packages and schedules
• Defining project deliverables
• Monitoring project progress
• Regular reporting
• Ensuring adherence to the defined project schedule and budget framework

Project: Interim Head of Acquisition for the AMG rear seat project (Daimler) and consulting on "Optimizing Project Management – Overall Project Management" Team composition: Sales, Development, Industrialization, Quality, Production, Controlling, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, IT, Program Management

• Leading the cross-department acquisition project
• Responsibility for cross-department control of the project in terms of schedule, technical aspects, cost and quality
• Responsibility for delivering the agreed project results at the corresponding acquisition milestones (ISRI / end customer)
• Responsibility for the holistic coordination of project work across all phases of the acquisition
• Creating a detailed project plan (aligning ISRI gates with the customer schedule)
• Developing and coordinating the project schedules and budget planning with the departments as well as suppliers and customers (timeline)
• Continuous project monitoring and conducting plan vs. actual analyses
• Defining, implementing and monitoring measures in case of deviations (schedule, technical, cost, quality), coordinating and tracking action plans
• Regular involvement in the revision of the project business case
• Regular project reporting and tracking
• Regular project meetings with the sub-project managers of the departments
• Regular project meetings with the customer
• Regular preparation of customer reports
• Participation in customer meetings as part of the job description
• Executing / tracking / implementing change management

Projects: Door lock (automatic door unlocking); automatic door opening, humidity sensor, Biofresh Plus, door light module, radio remote control, relay module Team composition per project: systems, hardware, software, integration, components, testing, procurement, quality, and mechanical and product management as needed

• Leadership, management and monitoring of the project team: conducting regular project meetings and documentation in Confluence
• MS project plans: creation and updating of the project plan and coordination within the team
• Participation in creation and finalization/approval of requirements and functional specifications
• Participation in component cost calculation
• Conducting risk management in the project: recording project risks and defining countermeasures, deciding on priorities
• Project budget controlling
• Creation of project reports for management
• Internal consulting and support in setting up project management

Results:

• Creation of MS project plan per project up to SOP
• Management of the project up to the B-sample phase

Manufacturing of individual components with leather and textile surfaces, up to delivery of complete systems (center console, arm rests, storage compartment, headliner, sun visors, grab handles, interior mirror, door trim, sill trim, parcel shelf, trunk shelf, seat covers, console, headrests, instrument panel, trim strips, steering wheel rim, steering column, gear lever, handbrake lever, navigation trim) Selected clients: Audi, Bentley, BMW, Daimler, EvoBus, Lamborghini, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Volkswagen, Dräxlmaier, Faurecia, SMP, AIS

Interim: Deputy Head of Data Organization (3 employees) Coordination of ERP (SAP), IT information systems, standards and consulting for work plans/BOMs, standards and consulting for materials management

Interim Project Manager in work preparation (approx. 8–15 employees per project and task)

• Training of project managers regarding BOM creation
• Process analysis and development of specialist concepts regarding SAP
• Participation in creation of standards, guidelines and methods, especially technical input for creating technical BOMs, machine hour rates, workstations, work instructions, input parameters for cost calculation, and development of training materials
• Performing calculations in SAP
• Collaboration with industrial engineering, purchasing, production, sales, controlling and warehouse departments
• Reviewing and setting up BOMs, plan groups/work instructions, manufacturing versions in SAP
• Project and client specific analyses: materials management MM, production planning PP, sales SD, controlling CO, Industrial Solutions IS (EDI, Idoc, EMJIT, JITM, EMFOR)

Projects conducted: Lamborghini LB636 door trim and pillar trim / LB636 seat trims / LB636 seat back cover / CT Porsche grab handle, air outlets, louvers, sill trim / AU536 armrests / Porsche PO992 roll-over protection / Bentley BY635 front header and tonneau cover

Special tasks:

• Inventory support during audits / warehouse location organization / SAP target concept: optimization of warehouse management
• Inventory postings Project management after insolvency/company sale: planning from signing to closing: conversion and new start of Schäfer-Oesterle GmbH to a new legal entity
• Deputy overall project manager

Production optimization

• Recording and analyzing the current state: time studies using the REFA method, actual cycle times, processes, workstations, work instructions, work plans, comparison of standard times according to work plan / time study
• Creating the target concept and recommendations for the examined products / production processes. Result of optimization: about 10% reduction in standard time.

Selected products, processes

• Setup: unloading, restocking, feeder setup, line setup (SMD placement machines)
• Single workstation: setup and teardown of placement table, module placement, order preparation, adhesive absorber gluing, pre-soldering, assembly, soldering, SQC inspection, electrical testing, reporting and delivery, label printing
• Motorola: pre-assembly of antenna, RF board and cover plate, assembly, functional testing, completing for shipment

Assembly of seat covers, pillars and door panels, armrests, headliners, headrests, bellows, parcel shelves, sun visors, assembly of leather steering wheels

Production optimization

• Recording and analyzing the current state: time studies using REFA method, organization, processes, line balancing / cycles, workstations, work instructions, work plans, materials, products, hall layout, product area layout ....
• Identifying optimization potentials in workflows
• Creating target concepts and recommendations for the examined areas, including job descriptions, training plans, organization. Introducing and training central industrial engineering staff in methods for optimization / studies / analyses. Result of optimizations: about 35% space reduction, about 15% reduction in standard time and material savings.

Selected products, processes E63 pull handle, E63 door side trim, E88 transport bag, Nissan lead console, Comag adhesive robot

• Managing about 25 project manager candidates and about 15 project managers Pre-development budget approx. €5 M.
• Planning and controlling pre-development projects 2007/2008 Supporting project managers with project descriptions, capacity, schedule and budget planning, benefit contributions / utility value index, feasibility comparisons. Entering projects into the database, compiling all project data for decision-making.
• Cost comparisons of in-house / external manufacturing and evaluations of interior parts (seat, cockpit, door panel, center console, glovebox), creating evaluation matrix
• Conducting interior benchmarking (seat, cockpit, door panel)
• Preparing presentations for committees / project steering board
• Support services for idea teams Idea generation / consolidation / networking / prioritization / evaluation Input to pre-development
• Scenarios / calculating plant capacity and flexibility
• Implementing WPS value-oriented production system (KVP, Kaizen, 5S) in the office

Project: Consulting and support services in quality management:

• Development of a procedure plan (guideline for qualification and validation)
• Coaching and support of the project from development to series release
• Preparation and summary of results after each milestone, and presentation to the responsible managers
• Process and test plan for the qualification of equipment and processes
• Test preparation, coaching during tests, statistical process control (SPC): process capability (CPK) and machine capability (CMK) studies
• Analysis of results and proposed measures

Result: Shortened development time, documentation structure based on QM methods, creation of standard document templates (MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) for current and future projects. Creation of a menu-guided validation manual on CD-ROM

Selected products, processes: Door trim with PU cast skin system, new product and process development.

• Internal department organization: creating guidelines for data collection and analysis, procedural and work instructions, interface matrix, responsibility matrix, and throughput and training plans for I.E. staff (headquarters/foreign plants), as well as preparation for VDA Volume 6.2 certifications and budget planning
• Project manager for the entire process chain and assembly in large-scale projects
• Planning, introduction, and support of new production technologies
• Planning, maintenance, and optimization of the equipment base for foreign plants
• Conducting analyses (production, logistics) and cost-effectiveness calculations
• Packaging specifications for domestic and international transport
• Developing and evaluating production-related improvement proposals
• Creating work instructions/process standards for production in domestic and foreign plants
• Setting work step time estimates using the 'compare and estimate' method and the MTM method, performing time recordings according to REFA, determining planned time values, maintaining the customer-specific planned time catalog, and training catalog users.

Teaching business administration, economics and social studies, specialized math, building physics, metal technology, technical drawing, and electrical engineering

• Press and stamping work

• Machine material processing, maintenance, and quality control