Dennis W. - Factory Planner and Overall Project Manager: New Factory Planning

Oelde, Germany

Experience

Sep 2025 - Feb 2026

6 months

Gronau, Germany

Factory Planner and Overall Project Manager: New Factory Planning

EPRO Emerson

Conduct inventory: Detailed recording of all existing machines, equipment, layouts, utilities, and processes
Technical analysis: Assessment of the performance, efficiency, and utilization of machines and their interfaces
Process recording and mapping: Documentation of material flow, lead times, bottlenecks, and waste
Layout optimization: Analysis of the existing arrangement, simulation of material and personnel flows, and development of an improved factory layout
Economic evaluation: Cost-benefit analyses for replacement, modernization, or modification of equipment
Stakeholder management: Involvement of production, maintenance, logistics, safety, and management
Create roadmap: Planning of implementation phases, milestones, investments, and downtime
Prepare change management: Employee training, communication plan, and support of cultural change toward modern processes
Conversion plan and tracking

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025

6 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Staff Role as Team Lead at the Operational Level

Schaeffler

Shopfloor management and operational excellence for sub-line 1-3
Holistic improvement of the lines
Coordinate and plan maintenance shifts
Customer reporting and audits
Support in implementing new manufacturing technology in the SiC area
Creation and maintenance of work instructions and standard operating procedures
Error identification and correction
Process optimization using lean methods

Aug 2024 - May 2025

10 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Overall Responsibility for Production Hall SB20

Vitesco Technologies

Project management from hour zero
Communication with customers and suppliers
Equipment pre-acceptance
Project coordination of all involved trades in hall renovation, equipment installation, and production ramp-up
Reporting to the steering committee and senior management
Coordinate and take responsibility for production ramp-up
Stakeholder management

Sep 2023 - Present

2 years 4 months

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Wolf Consulting - Drive to Create

Industrial Engineering
Factory planning
Assembly planning
Production manager
Workplace design using 5S, MTM, and REFA
Setup time optimization and implementation of SMED
Industry 4.0 through modeling and analysis
Restructuring and coaching
Factory and layout planning: Analysis of the current situation and target state, structuring and dimensioning technical processes, integration of lean concepts, functional diagrams, and layout planning in 2D and 3D
Shopfloor management: Use of 5S and lean management, visual shopfloor management and KPIs, analysis and optimization of waste types, error prevention through poka-yoke design
Quality management: Screening of quality documents, creation of audit materials, implementation of customer requirements, back office for supplier qualification

Sep 2023 - Mar 2024

7 months

Back Office Support

BOMAG GmbH

Preparation of documents according to VDA 6.2, VDA 6.3, and VDA 2
Streamlining or development of process flows in supplier qualification
Creation of work instructions and presentations

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years

NPI Manager and Industrial Engineer

WILO SE

Design of production lines
Leading product design reviews
Leading process design reviews
Process cost calculation
Reducing variant diversity
Sub-package lead for injection molding, painting, final assembly, and project controlling

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 2 months

Line Coordinator and Line Optimization

Aixtron SE

Line optimization
Set up the shop floor coordination department
Switch from batch production to flow production
Planning and implementation of processes and creation of new workstations (CJ20N Project Builder)
Material substitution
Training employees
Harmonizing documentation
SAP-based coordination

Mar 2021 - Sep 2021

7 months

Industrial Engineer

SAS Autosystem GmbH

Revising MTM analyses
Planning and implementation of processes and creation of new workstations
Maintaining data and line balancing in TiCon
Developing my own rationalization and optimization scenarios
Direct communication with customers and suppliers (e.g., VW Saxony, Audi, Seat)
Investigating quality-related issues and developing solutions

Aug 2020 - Aug 2024

4 years 1 month

Medior Technology Consultant IE

SALT and PEPPER Technology GmbH & Co. KG

Line optimization
Department setup
Determining basic times
DMAIC projects and optimization projects
Implementation of processes according to ISO 9001
Training employees in work management topics
Project management for large projects
Designing work organization based on Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt), REFA, MTM-1, and MTM-AUS
New Product Implementation
Shopfloor Management

Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

7 months

Industrial Engineer for Work Management & Series Planning in Battery Assembly

Akkumotive GmbH & Co. KG

Recording basic data for each station across all lines
Capturing relevant workstations and optimizing them from a work management perspective (ergonomics, anthropometry)
Supporting the Mercedes Production System teams
Developing own rationalization and optimization scenarios
Training new employees (mentoring)
Administrative tasks for department setup (creating templates, establishing structures and reporting channels)
Collaborating with other departments and customers (process planning, MPS, logistics, maintenance)

Apr 2020 - Aug 2020

5 months

Quality Manager for Metrology and Quality Assurance

Schieffer GmbH & Co. KG

Preparation of EMPBs & PPAPs
Tactile, optical and manual measurements
Creation of work instructions
Project management
Sampling according to VDA 2
Responsible for QA of material-handling systems

Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

10 months

Student Assistant and Bachelor Thesis Student in Metrology and Quality Assurance

Schieffer GmbH & Co. KG

Preparation of measurement reports
Training of employees
Conducting optical, tactile and manual measurements
Evaluation, design and implementation of module components to optimize a CAQ system
Training on the new systematics

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

4 months

Working Student in Industrial Engineering

Brand KG

Independently creating work instructions for the heat treatment process of springs and wire-bent parts
Recording tool downtimes
Collecting and documenting machine parameters

Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

4 months