Fuat Demir
Program Manager
Experience
Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 10 monthsDresden, Germany
Program Manager
Joynext GmbH
- Overall product & program responsibility of product development projects for Seat, Skoda, VW and BMW groups
- Managed development budget of upper range of two digits millions of Euros
- Quality, cost, monitoring & controlling responsibility of overall project activities
- Planning, execution of product life cycle activities, ensuring product development from scratch up to product launch
- Responsible of project/program profit/loss and negotiator for project success
- Face to customer concerning overall project/program and product development related topics
- Improved project efficiency by introducing short meetings, efficient activity planning and processes
- Reporting of product development progress to C level management
Mar 2018 - Mar 2022
4 years 1 monthStuttgart, Germany
Senior Lead Program Manager (Program Management, Sales & Marketing)
Alps Alpine Electronics GmbH
- Head of program management team for central infotainment displays and cluster instrument projects
- Overall program responsibility for infotainment systems product development for German premium car producers
- Leading projects/programs with size of over 150 members for each product development
- Execute sales & marketing activities to generate new businesses (strategy, roadmap, promotion activities)
- Steering of sophisticated high-tech product development programs from RFI/RFQs until product launch
- Responsible of staffing, planning, execution of all project activities, ensuring product life cycle processes & quality
- Executing business cases, product cost calculations and commercial quotations
- Responsible of project/program profit/loss and preparation of development budget
- Effectively managing & coaching several dedicated project managers and sub-project leaders
- Responsible of program and product related technical and commercial negotiations with customer
- Face to the customer decision makers concerning all project related commercial and development topics
- Profound expertise on product development processes of all premium German OEMs & their quality expectations
- Hands on approach to project execution in compliance with ASPICE and PMI processes
- Self-motivated, proactive, solution-oriented and disciplined with DOER-Attitude
Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
3 yearsKarlsbad, Germany
Program Manager, Connected Car Division
Harman International GmbH
- Program manager for the car infotainment & telematics programs with focus on Volkswagen-Group
- Active steering during RFI/RFQ phase to compile feasibility studies and to complete product specification
- Responsible of planning, executing, and monitoring of customer programs until SOP + 90 days
- Steering of cross-functional teams and external suppliers
- Responsible to deliver the product according to agreed targets (schedule, product costs, budget costs, quality)
- Align technical and commercial program targets with all functional departments
- Controlled and monitored the budget, scope, target bill of materials, investments, and business case
- Responsible of top-level planning of program milestones and deliverables
- Program execution and documentation according to PMI/PMP processes
- Reported and presented status towards customer and internally incl. management board (SVP/C-level)
Jul 2014 - Dec 2014
6 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Senior Project Lead, Priority Account BOSCH
The MathWorks GmbH
- Account responsible of BOSCH Corporation for business development
- Identified new use cases within BOSCH as new business opportunities for model-based design software tools
- Contributed to planning and executing of the sales strategy
- Worked with prospective customers in Germany and Austria; successfully expanded business into new markets
- Demonstrated The MathWorks products at customer meetings, seminars and public marketing events
- Coordinated the facilities between client, the technical sales team, and development in USA
Aug 2011 - Jun 2014
2 years 11 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Senior Project Manager
ESG Elektroniksystem- & Logistik GmbH
- Project and process coaching for ADAS projects at Mercedes Benz Cars
- Project marketing and business development activities for Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Opel and Valeo
- Project management consultation for Opel, Valeo, Mercedes-Benz
Oct 2006 - Jul 2011
4 years 10 monthsMunich, Germany
Team & Project Leader for Mobile Protocol Stack Verification, R&D
Intel Corp.
- Project leader for the mobile protocol stack software verification and test automation
- Software fault analysis, creation, execution and testing of software use cases
- Coordination of team activities internationally
- Trained and coached project team members
Jun 2004 - Sep 2006
2 years 4 monthsMunich, Germany
Team Leader, R&D
Siemens-BenQ Mobile Corporation
- Led video & audio streaming software test projects for mobile phone products
- Push to Talk applications concept development
- Implementation of a robust watermark in H.264 video streaming
- Researched MPEG4 standards and digital rights management (DRM)
Aug 2000 - Feb 2002
1 year 7 monthsIstanbul, Turkey
Business IT Manager
Corus Corporation
- Managed business IT systems and projects
- Budget responsibility for business IT systems and outsourcing partners
- Achieved a cost reduction of 95% in IT processes after taking over the tasks
Skills
- Empathetic Leadership
- Lifelong Learner
- Intercultural Competences
- Doer
Languages
Turkish
NativeGerman
AdvancedEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryEducation
Feb 2009 - Mar 2009
University of Plymouth
Euro master program in partnership with Munich, Grade: excellent, best ranking · Plymouth, United Kingdom
Oct 2008 - Mar 2011
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Master of Business Administration, Grade: high honors · Business Administration · Munich, Germany
Oct 2002 - Sep 2005
Munich University of Technology
Diplom in Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Grade: Honors · Information & Telecommunication Engineering · Munich, Germany
...and 1 more
Certifications & licenses
Black Belt In Kung-fu & Kempo Karate
PMI/PMP
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