Hans Kraft - Consulting Project Manager

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Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Jun 2024

8 months

Consulting Project Manager

Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG

Advising and training project managers on project-specific tasks and methodological execution of special machinery construction projects in an automotive context
Supporting customer communication
Teaching project management principles and processes
Advising on machinery directive from a project manager’s perspective
Applying de-escalation tactics
Supporting customer meetings
Developing project strategies
Preparing requirements for project tasks
Qualifying customer requirements

Jul 2023 - Present

2 years 1 month

Product Manager / Project Manager

IPR – Intelligente Peripherien für Roboter GmbH

Managing domestic and international customer projects worth over €4 M (BMW, Daimler, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover)
Developing and producing end-of-line test rigs up to series maturity
Developing and producing service stations up to series maturity
Industrializing PAD tool application
Creating specifications

Jan 2023 - May 2023

5 months

Spaichingen, Germany

Interim Manager

Robert Walters (Samvardhana Motherson Reydel Companies)

Independently monitoring two plant installations on site (Stellantis €0.7 M; VW €1 M)
Representing the client on site
Escalation management and troubleshooting at operational, tactical, and strategic levels
Status reporting with schedule analysis and control, task tracking, identifying plan deviations, defining and initiating actions
Defining milestones (input; output)
Project management, consulting, and contract management
Containment and improvement

Feb 2021 - Apr 2022

1 year 3 months

Project Manager

Indat Robotics

Independently handling the “Automating production of Audi transmission housings” and “Automating production of VW torque converters” projects from kickoff to final customer acceptance, with a contract volume of €3.7 M as general contractor
Operational project management
Claims and contract management
Troubleshooting

Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

4 months

Project Manager

Motec GmbH (Jungheinrich AG)

Developing a custom software solution for barcode detection on storage racks using camera technology on industrial trucks
Operational project management
Change order management
Troubleshooting

Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

6 months

Requirements Manager (RM)

Modis GmbH (Continental Engineering Services)

Conducting classic requirements analyses
Formulating requirements
Optimizing requirements processes
Performing requirements reviews

Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

8 months

Lead Test and Validation Engineer (TVLE)

Modis GmbH (Continental Engineering Services)

Creating and publishing the overall project test strategy
Coordinating all validation plans
Aligning all domain test plans

Apr 2016 - Oct 2018

2 years 7 months

Design Release Engineer (DRE) / Change Management Lead (Region Europe)

Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH / Inform GmbH (BOSE Corporation)

Coordinating and integrating the BOSE sound system at component and system level from concept phase to series production

Sep 2014 - Mar 2016

1 year 7 months

3D Project Coordinator (Development and Design)

Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH (Yazaki Corporation)

Coordinating and integrating the mechanical wiring harness at component and system level from concept phase to series production for Opel Meriva and PSA Citroën

Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

4 months

Developer

Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH (GM)

Developing feasibility studies and custom customer solutions
Conducting packaging space studies, defining component tolerances, and creating drawings
CAD design at part and system level

Summary

Trained manufacturing mechanic [Adam Opel AG]
Graduate mechanical engineer specialized in production engineering
Fifteen years of professional experience after university
Eight years of operational experience in project work and management in the automotive industry
Component, wiring harness, sound system, software development, ADAS
Three years of operational experience in project management in plant engineering / mechanical engineering
Special machinery construction, automation, robotics
Trained Lead Engineer [Development & Design]