Fuat D. - Freelancer as Program Manager

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Pforzheim, Germany

Experience

Apr 2022 - Present

3 years 5 months

Dresden, Germany

Freelancer as 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 Joynet to C level management

Mar 2018 - Mar 2022

4 years 1 month

Stuttgart, 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 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 years

Karlsbad, Germany

Program Manager, Connected Car Division

Harman International GmbH

Program manager for the car Infotainment & Telematics programs with focus of 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 months

Stuttgart, 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 expended 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 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Project Manager

Davinci Engineering

Managed OEM infotainment projects (Daimler, VW Group)
Prepared and monitored development processes referring A-SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504) methods and VDA audits
Led A-SPICE on System engineering site and achieved A-SPICE Level-3 maturity grade
Communicated & reported to customer the project progress status
Managed Change & Requirements processes incl. Communications to customer
Trained & consulted project stakeholders in terms of PM processes, workflows

Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

2 years 11 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Project Manager

ESG Elektroniksystem- & Logistik GmbH

Project and Process coaching for ADAS projects at Mercedes Benz Cars.
Project marketing and businesses development activities for Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Opel and Valeo.
Project management consultation for Opel, Valeo, Mercedes-Benz.

Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

1 year

Analysis and development of market entry strategies for foreign direct investments in major Turkish industries

Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

1 year

Business plan competency with idea “leasing of second-hand private equipment”

Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

1 year

Marketing analysis and business development for a private company

Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

1 year

Optimizing Supply Chain of Roche Diagnostics

Roche Diagnostics

Oct 2006 - Jul 2011

4 years 10 months

Munich, 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, executions and testing of software use cases.
Coordination of team activities internationally.
Trained and coached project team members.

Jun 2004 - Sep 2006

2 years 4 months

Munich, Germany

Team Leader, R&D

Siemens-BenQ Mobile Corporation

Led video & audio streaming software test projects for mobile phone products.
Push to Talk application s concept development.
Implementation of a robust watermark in H.264 video streaming.
Researched MPEG4 standards and digital right management (DRM).

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

1 year

Business plan competency with idea “Over The Air Update & Data Collection in Automotive”

Aug 2000 - Feb 2002

1 year 7 months

Istanbul, 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.

Co-founder of several Start-Ups

Coach and Trainer for the professional fellows

Volunteer as motivational speaker in a private college

Summary

Developed new businesses with sales volume over $160 million pa.
Management of automotive products portfolio of with sales volume over $200 million/p.a.
Experienced in Business Development and maintenance of existing businesses.
Proven leadership skills by leading several project managers and team members.
Acquired excellent business sense thanks to working with global premium carmakers.
Established strong business relations with global leading chip & component producers.
Launched several products (up to 3 million units/p.a) within budget & high customer satisfaction.
Excellent communication & negotiation skills in multinational business environments.
Strong technical understanding by leading highly sophisticated product development projects.
Several years of experience as mentor & trainer to project team.
Multi Project/Program management experience with teams over 150 team members.
22 years of experience in products development with innovative technologies.