Joachim Q.
Managing Director & Project Manager
Experience
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 8 monthsHeiligenhaus, Germany
Managing Director & Project Manager
POWERJO GmbH
- Planning and managing packaging equipment projects
- Overseeing the entire project lifecycle and improving it through claim management, open issues list, regular project meetings, stakeholder management
- Feasibility analysis, packaging development, and tendering of a packaging line for frozen bakery products for a large bakery chain
- Technical consulting on processes and production of a closed-loop packaging solution
- Supporting startups (design office, food manufacturer, consulting firms, …)
- Project manager on the client side for a heating equipment manufacturer in packaging technology/central palletizing
- Technical sales of packaging technology in Northern and Western Germany
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
1 yearWuppertal, Germany
Sales Project Manager
MKW GmbH
- Special machine projects and sales development
- Creating conceptual studies to find solutions
- New customer acquisition and system project planning
- Concept development and offer preparation
- Selling MES software and planning trade fairs
Jul 2013 - Dec 2018
5 years 6 monthsDüsseldorf, Germany
Senior Technical Project Manager
SBG Pro Projekte GmbH
- Planning and implementing complete packaging lines for frozen bakery products for a discount food retailer
- Feasibility, budgeting, project proposal, selecting technology and suppliers (across Europe), tendering, scheduling, machine acceptance, installation into production, test run, supporting production start and handover to operations
- Supplier management, stakeholder management, claim management
- Risk assessment, FMEA, design reviews
- Setting up an in-house design department
- Developing value-added packaging
- Managed a budget of up to €20M per year
Jan 2009 - Jun 2013
4 years 6 monthsStadtallendorf, Germany
Senior International Project Manager
Ferrero
- Planning and executing complete packaging lines (in Russia, Germany, and Poland)
- Feasibility, budgeting, layouts, tendering, awarding contracts, supplier management, stakeholder management, claim management
- Managing tender processes and contract awarding for packaging machines at the site in Poland
- Setting up the plant in Vladimir (RUS) and commissioning production lines, planning and implementing new packaging lines (chocolate bars and eggs)
- Coordinating construction work at the gas facility (RUS) (hot water & steam systems)
- Supervising and inspecting the construction of the high-bay warehouse
- Pallet lifts and conveying equipment over a bridge (raw materials & packaging delivery / disposing of finished pallets into the high-bay warehouse)
- Central palletizing with multiple stations and an AGV (automated guided vehicle)
- Layer palletizer and robotic palletizer
- Chocolate praline packaging line
- Chocolate egg packaging line
- Extraction & compaction of packaging materials from packaging waste
- Building hybrid packaging lines (human/machine interaction)
- Palletizer for jars in trays
- Lived with family in Russia for a period
- Project sizes up to €7M
Jan 2002 - Dec 2008
7 yearsKirchlinteln, Germany
Design, Project Management & Sales
emkon. Systemtechnik, Projektmanagement GmbH (now EMKON Automation)
- Independently designing and sizing machines in the confectionery, food, and end-of-line sectors
- Creating layouts for machine installations
- Preparing and maintaining documentation
- Customer support and training
- Patent office filings and managing patent applications
- CAD administration for ten workstations with weekly training
- Changing the CAD system from Inventor to Solid Edge with building the structure
- Publishing a newsletter on packaging market trends
- Leading a design team for packaging machines
- In 2006 moved to the newly formed sales department responsible for project execution and customer support
- Early development work with tests and feasibility studies
- Developing completely new products and processes in collaboration with customers across Europe
Jun 2000 - Dec 2001
1 year 7 monthsHassel, Germany
Design & Project Management
Manfred Blind GmbH
- Designed machines and equipment for the food and animal feed industries for global players (e.g., USA, Russia, France, Germany)
- Designed tooling for chocolate praline molding
- Designed pick-and-place packer for pouches
Jan 1990 - Jun 2000
10 years 6 monthsVerden, Germany
Mechanical Draftsman
Focke & Co
- Draftsman with my own workstation: managing format changes, spare parts orders, installations, customer meetings, tests and improvements
- From September 1996, studied part-time by distance learning to become a mechanical engineering technician
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedRussian
AdvancedItalian
ElementaryEducation
Sep 1996 - Jan 2001
Studiengemeinschaft Werner Kamprath Darmstadt GmbH
State-Certified Mechanical Technician · Mechanical Engineering Technology · Darmstadt, Germany
Sep 1986 - Jan 1990
Focke & Co.
Technical Draftsperson · Mechanical Engineering · Verden, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Change Management
Jira Service Desk
TeamViewer: Support, Remote Maintenance and Home Office Solutions
AutoCAD 2022
Autodesk Inventor: Sheet Metal Parts
Autodesk Inventor: Finite Element Method (FEM)
Inventor 2022 Basic Course
Inventor: Project Implementation from A to Z
Asana Basic Course
Strategic Negotiation
Microsoft Project 2019 and Project Online Desktop
Agile Project Management
Measuring Team Performance with Metrics
Industry 4.0: Insights and Experiences from Industry Experts
Project Management: Integration
Project Management: Change Management
Values-Based Communication on the Phone
Carus Coaching
Industry 4.0: Basics and Ecosystems
Developing Creative Ideas
Personal Branding with LinkedIn
Supporting Agile Learning in the Team as a Leader
The Creative Process in Five Steps
Successful Sales Presentations
Successful in Sales: Appointment by Phone!
Collaborating in Teams with Microsoft Office 365
Inventor 2019
Kanban – Basics
Speaking, Lecturing, Presenting: The Magic First Minute
Building, Developing, and Leading Teams to Success
Leading Technical Specialists
Introduction to Project Management
Project Management
Project Management: Project Closing
Time Management
Handling Objections in Sales
Microsoft Project
Facilitation and Presentation
Microsoft Office Project 2010
Relationship Skills in Business
WordPress
Service Technicians in Successful Customer Interaction
IHK
Introduction to Robotics
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