Eugen Pilarski

Project Manager / Program Management

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Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland

Experience

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024
7 months
Landshut, Germany

Project Manager / Program Management

SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH

  • Development, industrialization, and production of helicopter seats (military)
  • Responsibility for an innovative seating system: weight < 15 kg, 100% crash safety per EASA, side-facing, from concept to SOP
  • Full recovery of a project 2 years overdue: concept approval and prototype testing in 4 weeks, certification testing in 8 weeks, 100% EASA certification
  • Management of global BCC development resources (> 60% share) and optimization of development cycles including FEM
  • Streamlining the supply chain, on-time EASA and production approval, adherence to the NRE budget, on-schedule delivery including FAI
Sep 2022 - Sep 2023
1 year 1 month
Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Interim Head of Process Engineering Electronics Production

SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH

  • Leading 40 employees
  • Implementation of multi-project management based on the stage-gate process
  • Re-design of industrialization processes in sync with global development processes in the electronics and software segment
  • Establishment and upgrade of processes to automotive standards
  • Implementation of cost-down projects with a 65% production increase over the previous year (OEE, scrap rate, capacity, qualification, procurement)
  • Building the production footprint for SMT production in Dalian/China and Mexico
  • Pre-design of operational processes for S4/Hana transformation (end-to-end)
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
1 year 3 months
Reutlingen, Germany

Interim Manager

SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH

  • Restructuring and professionalization of industrialization and production processes along the value chain
  • Focus on output increase and backlog reduction
Jan 2019 - Present
7 years 1 month

Interim Manager

SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH

  • Restructuring / relocation / cost down / turnaround management
  • Factory planning / greenfield / brownfield / agile project management
  • Production footprint / digitalization / process mining
  • Lean management / change management / S4/Hana transformation
  • In-house consulting
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
2 years 1 month
Munich, Germany

Global Head of Manufacturing Engineering

Schlemmer Gruppe

  • Global setup of the manufacturing engineering and supply chain group in the company, focusing on extrusion, plastic injection molding, and assembly technology
  • Global integration of plants into a production network in the context of a production footprint, focusing on efficiency, manufacturing costs, and supply chain
  • Integration and realignment of the in-house special machine building unit and expansion of the service portfolio in the automation and software segment
Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
8 months
Höchstadt, Germany

Plant Manager

RWG Höchstadt an der Aisch

  • Introduction of the One Piece Flow production system
  • Span of control: 135 employees, 5 department managers, sales €28 million/year
  • Project management of brownfield approach in forming technology for joint bearing production
  • Increased rod end production by 135% in four months while reducing staff by 25%
  • Shopfloor Management SQCDP to create transparency and operational strength
Dec 2017 - May 2018
6 months
Rimpar, Germany

Plant Manager for Component Manufacturing and Assembly

GRW Rimpar

  • Digitalization of production processes, flexibilization and industrial automation in one-piece flow
  • Realignment of manufacturing strategy along the supply chain
May 2012 - Jun 2016
4 years 2 months
Grenchen, Switzerland

Plant Manager

Sinterwerke Grenchen AG

  • Leadership and realignment of the plant with focus on flow-oriented production as a Value Stream Unit
  • Increased output of operational units by 35% through operational excellence programs and reduced cycle times from 34 to 6 days including supply chain
  • Span of control: 180 employees, 8 department managers, sales €50 million/year
May 2004 - Aug 2006
2 years 4 months
Stolberg (Rhineland), Germany

Operations Engineer

Aurubis AG

  • Project management for investments and overhauls in the production environment
  • Product and process development of copper collectors for electric machines and industrialization (continuous forming process)
  • SAP rollout in operations at the Stolberg site
Apr 1998 - Apr 2000
2 years 1 month
Baesweiler, Germany

Industrial Mechanic

Eltro GmbH

  • Maintenance of production equipment in a 5-shift system
  • Final assembly of PVD/CVD systems

Summary

Several years of leadership experience as plant manager for component manufacturing and assembly of rolling bearings, passenger car/truck transmissions, shock absorbers, and hybrid electric drives, and SMT electronics production.

Global responsibility for manufacturing engineering and special-purpose machinery.

Key areas: product development, production management & supply chain, engineering, multi-project management, change management, lean management, and quality, as well as broad practical knowledge in Industry 4.0 in a manufacturing environment.

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, over 30 years in operations and technology in automotive, industrial, and aerospace sectors.

Expertise in primary and forming processes, powder metallurgy, hard and soft machining, heat treatment, sheet metal processing and coating, SMT electronics production and development, ICT and EOL test equipment, plastic extrusion/injection molding and assembly technology, production IT, 25 years of which were in automotive.

Hands-on doer, strong in execution, high technical competence, clear and reliable communication at all levels, cooperative leadership style.

Skills

  • Technical Reliability

  • Product Development

  • Shopfloor Management

  • Asset Management

  • Leadership Theory

  • Supply Chain And Quality Management

  • Robust Development Processes In The Context Of Synchronous Implementation

  • Manufacturing Engineering

  • Corporate Management And Controlling

  • Change Management

  • Lean Management

  • Agile Project Management

  • Digitalization In An Industrial Environment

  • Industry 4.0 On The Shopfloor

  • Isa-95 Model For Field Device Integration

  • Human Factors In Aviation (Part145)

  • Aviation Regulations Awareness

  • Sap Fi/co, Mm, Pp, Pm (Sap Plant Trainer)

  • Ms Office Applications (Very Good Skills)

  • Celonis Data Engineer (Process Mining)

  • 2d/3d Cad/cam Systems: Autocad Inventor 3d, Hsm Cam

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Polish
Intermediate

Education

Mar 2001 - Feb 2006

Rheinische University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Faculty of Engineering

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Cologne, Germany

Feb 1997 - Nov 1999

Aachen Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Industrial Master Craftsman in Metal · Metal · Aachen, Germany

Sep 1991 - Jan 1995

William Prym Works

Industrial Mechanic, specialization in Mechanical and Plant Engineering · Mechanical and Plant Engineering · Stolberg (Rhineland), Germany

Certifications & licenses

Industrial Master Craftsman in Metal

Aachen Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Aviation Regulations Awareness

Celonis Data Engineer (Process Mining)

Human Factors in Aviation (Part145)

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