Frank Hellmann
Project Manager
Experience
Sep 2018 - Mar 2022
3 years 7 monthsProject Manager
Self-employed
- Client: Guldberg GmbH, Munich
- End customer: Dräxlmaier in Sachsenheim, battery assembly for E-Porsche
- Coordinated 12 manual and automatic stations and 4 suppliers
- System completion, ramp-up, final acceptance, and expansions
Jul 2016 - Sep 2018
2 years 3 monthsLudwigsburg, Germany
Project Manager
alpha-tec Krimpmann GmbH / Eisenmann alpha-tec GmbH
- Led the core project team of about 25 internal and external staff
- Main contact person for the client and negotiator
- Reviewed contracts and ensured compliance
- Overall budget responsibility and preparing cost outlook
- Cost estimation and quote preparation for additional or reduced services
- Scheduling and coordination, technical and quality coordination
- Aligning interfaces between different system scopes
- Shipping coordination, cost assessment, and preparing commercial invoices
- Coordinated and contributed to package awards to subcontractors
- Business trips for on-site project support (South Africa, Italy)
- Prepared internal and external status reports
- Managed remaining issues and coordinated handover
Oct 2011 - Jun 2016
4 years 9 monthsBietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Head of Operations
Dürr Systems GmbH / Broetje-Automation GmbH
- Managed 2 departments and 1 overseas branch (about 20 employees)
- Led projects and site management, overseas branch in Irkutsk, Russia
- Budget responsibility: about EUR 2 million per year
- Overall responsibility for all customer orders (total sales about EUR 30 million in 2015)
- Organized and conducted monthly project review meetings
- Regular business trips to clients and sites at home and abroad
- Employee and goal-setting discussions
- Investment responsibility and training/continuing education planning
- Responsible for certification, auditing, and defining KPIs
- Integration and process alignment during restructuring into Broetje-Automation GmbH
- Approval and signing of CE certificates
Apr 2006 - Sep 2011
5 years 6 monthsBietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Senior Project Manager
Dürr Systems GmbH
- Led international core project teams of up to about 50 members from different business units and suppliers
- Main contact person for the client and negotiator
- Reviewed contracts and ensured compliance
- Overall budget responsibility and cost estimation and quote preparation for additional or reduced services
- Cost reconciliation between involved Dürr business units
- Secured key dates, schedule coordination and alignment
- Overall responsibility for technical and quality aspects
- Aligned interfaces between different system scopes
- Coordinated import deliveries and cost control of commercial invoices
- Managed projects using in-house software “Dürr-Projects” (Punch Points, Change Requests)
- Regular business trips for meetings and site visits abroad (China, South Korea, USA, Russia, Poland)
- Prepared internal and external status reports
- Managed remaining issues and handed over the project to service after final acceptance
Jan 2002 - Mar 2006
4 years 3 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Head of Electrosystems
Dürr Systems GmbH
- Managed 5 departments (about 100 employees)
- Handled electrical work for process and conveying technology
- Development, control cabinet manufacturing, assembly/installation, and commissioning
- Control systems (MES)
- Budget responsibility: about EUR 7.5 million per year
- Overall responsibility for control systems of customer orders (total sales about EUR 25 million in 2005)
- Product owner for standardization and harmonization of control systems worldwide
- Developed new standard software for PLC controls and own visualization platform
- Employee and goal-setting discussions at department head level
- Personnel planning, selection, and investment planning
- Training and development planning for staff
Apr 2001 - Jun 2002
1 year 3 monthsRoetgen, Germany
Self-employed
Firma IBH
- Project lead for electrical and plant planning
- Company founding, management, strategy, accounting preparation, and controlling
- Portal planning and creation for online travel agencies
- Experience in web design, HTML, JavaScript, Apache web server, MySQL, PHP, Windows 2000, Linux
Mar 2000 - Mar 2001
1 year 1 monthAachen, Germany
Self-employed
ART GmbH
- Project lead for electrical and plant planning
- Portal planning for online travel agencies
- Experience and contacts in the travel industry
Jan 1986 - Feb 2000
14 years 2 monthsMarkgröningen, Germany
Electrical Project Lead, Electrical Designer
Dürr Systems GmbH
- Project lead for electrical and electrical design
Jan 1984 - Dec 1985
2 yearsKariega, South Africa
Production Electrical Engineer, Electrical Planner
Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Electrical production engineer and electrical planner
Languages
German
NativeAfrikaans
AdvancedEnglish
AdvancedPortuguese
Advanced Education
Jan 1999 - Dec 1999
University of Cape Town
Master of Business Administration · Business Administration · Cape Town, South Africa
Jan 1980 - Dec 1983
University of Natal
B.Sc. Electronic Engineering · Electronic Engineering · Durban, South Africa
Certifications & licenses
Machine Directives Basics CE
MS Project 2010 Transition PFS Schedules
Incoterms 2010
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Health & Safety and Environmental Protection in Projects and on Sites
Product Liability - Compliance in Plant Engineering
Intercultural Training for China
Labor Law for Managers
Contract Law for Buyers
Leadership
Teamwork
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