Frank H. - Project Manager

Karlsruhe, Germany

Experience

Sep 2018 - Mar 2022

3 years 7 months

Jul 2016 - Sep 2018

2 years 3 months

Ludwigsburg, Germany

Oct 2011 - Jun 2016

4 years 9 months

Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Leadership responsibility for 2 departments and 1 foreign branch (approx. 20 employees)
Project management and site management, foreign branch in Irkutsk, Russia
Budget responsibility: approx. EUR 2 million per year
Overall responsibility for all customer orders (total sales approx. EUR 30 million in 2015)
Organization and execution of monthly project review meetings
Regular business trips to customers and sites at home and abroad
Employee and target agreement discussions
Responsibility for investments and training/continuing education planning
Responsibility 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 months

Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Leading international core project teams of up to approx. 50 employees from various business units and suppliers
Main contact for the customer and negotiation partner
Contract review and ensuring compliance
Overall responsibility for the budget as well as cost evaluation and quotation for additional and reduced services
Cost reconciliation between participating Dürr business units
Ensuring key deadlines, schedule coordination and alignment
Overall responsibility for engineering and quality
Interface coordination between different system scopes
Coordination of import deliveries and cost control of commercial invoices
Project management using in-house software tool “Dürr-Projects” (punch points, change requests)
Regular business trips for meetings and sites abroad (China, South Korea, USA, Russia, Poland)
Preparation of internal and external status reports
Management of remaining points and handover of the project to service after final acceptance

Jan 2002 - Mar 2006

4 years 3 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Leadership responsibility for 5 departments (approx. 100 employees)
Handling electrical systems for process engineering and conveyor technology
Design, control cabinet manufacturing, assembly/installation, and commissioning
Control systems (MES)
Budget responsibility: approx. EUR 7.5 million per year
Overall responsibility for control technology of customer orders (total sales approx. EUR 25 million in 2005)
Product manager for standardization and harmonization of control technology worldwide
Development of new standard software for PLC controls and own visualization platform
Employee and target agreement meetings at department head level
Staff planning, recruiting, and investment planning
Training and continuing education planning for employees

Apr 2001 - Jun 2002

1 year 3 months

Roetgen, Germany

Project management for electrical systems and plant design
Company formation, management, strategy, financial accounting preparation, and controlling
Portal planning and development 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 month

Aachen, Germany