Kirill (Alexander) N.
Task Force Manager for Production & Quality - Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Hanover
Experience
Jun 2025 - Sep 2025
4 monthsLangenhagen, Germany
Task Force Manager for Production & Quality - Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Hanover
Motherson SMP Germany GmbH - Interior & Exterior Modules
- Injection molding, painting and assembly of components for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
- Assembly and sequencing of fully painted front & rear bumpers for the T7 & ID Buzz programs to the final assembly plant Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Hanover, Automotive 1st.Tier Just In Sequence Plant, de-escalation of the production network at the Langenhagen site (150 employees) to maintain contractual customer requirements for VWN in a 2-shift model with a planned turnover of approx. €180M p.a.
- Ensuring delivery capability and specific quality of the production network (approx. 72k vehicles p.a.) by developing sustainable stability and de-escalating the supply chain to VWN.
- Production
- Monitoring production processes in terms of operations and quality.
- Providing relevant production and process data for site management, plant management and VW.
- Empty container management including coordination of repairs and optimization of container logistics.
- Coaching and technical support for team and shift leaders.
- Actively contributing to the optimization of processes and workflows in manufacturing.
- Creating practical work instructions.
- Ensuring order and cleanliness in the area and organizing disposal.
- Tracking purchase orders for trial and test parts through to goods issue.
- Planning deployment of plant engineering/maintenance and task-based allocation according to individual qualifications.
- Quality
- Increasing transparency by establishing quality control loops.
- Implementing a reporting system with clear presentation of error hotspots and their weekly trends.
- Improving customer protection through effective Q-gates.
- Deriving and implementing corrective actions based on the quality control loops.
- Measuring the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
- Reducing on-floor disruptions at VW.
- Increasing production efficiency at the Langenhagen site by lowering the NIO rate.
- Improving customer communication and transparency in the corrective action process.
- Supporting the handling of open KPMs.
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
6 monthsMagdeburg, Germany
Interim Lean Construction Manager – Infrastructure Project Management
Construction Management South East Link Engineering Consortium - Section SOL A1 Magdeburg
- Onshore civil engineering leadership - civil engineering routing of underground cables in crossing structures.
- Technical project management and construction support for pipeline construction in section A1 with a scope of 170 km and approx. €650M revenue volume. The contracts include complex underpasses of waterways, roads or rail lines, open trench construction, and the procurement and installation of cable protection pipes.
- Due to the energy transition, increasing amounts of wind power are produced in the windy north of the country, while households and industry in the south still need a secure electricity supply. Therefore, the SuedOstLink is designed to transport electricity via high-voltage direct current (HVDC) from the northeast to the south of Germany. The SuedOstLink is about 540 kilometers long, stretching from Wolmirstedt near Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt to the Isar site near Landshut in Bavaria. Two direct current links are to be implemented on the SuedOstLink. Grid expansion operator: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH.
- Controlling the already contracted routing service providers and coordinating the interfaces between trades (environmental planning, right of way/access permits, geotechnical surveys, ordnance clearance, archaeology, etc.).
- Construction management of trades for pipeline construction in open trench method (Porr and Franz Kassecker) and trenchless construction by specialty lots (Kuhlmann & Sonntag) using HDD drilling and microtunneling with pipe jacking.
- Introducing and establishing the Lean Construction method.
- Planning, moderating, and following up on lean workshops for the sites and daily construction meetings.
- Onboarding new colleagues.
- Identifying interfaces among site teams to clearly define monitoring and coordination of the various trades and site teams on each construction site.
- Optimizing the existing lean methodology and tools, as well as participating in and actively driving continuous improvement.
- Coordinating with scheduling regarding trade sequence changes from the board planning or Last Planner.
- Reporting and handover of existing results.
Oct 2023 - Jun 2024
9 monthsLeipzig, Germany
HybridInterim Launch Operations Manager (Shopfloor), JIS Plant, Porsche Plant Leipzig
Motherson SAS - Interior Modules (formerly Faurecia SAS)
- Assembly and sequencing of cockpits & center consoles for the Macan (E-Car) program PO426 & Panamera Hybrid PO633, Porsche Plant Leipzig production sequence, Automotive 1st.Tier Just In Sequence Plant, building and developing the production team of up to 140 production employees, including 3 supervisors and 12 trainers, to lead the site's operational performance in a 3-shift model with a planned turnover of approx. €250M in FY 2024 and 250 employees on site.
- Ensuring a successful ramp-up control for cockpit production of programs PO426 (94k vehicles p.a.) & PO633 (26k vehicles p.a.).
- Holistic development of KPIs for a robust serial production in terms of productivity, quality and scrap, achieving a 99.5% first-pass yield and 1% quality defect rate (int. & ext.) while meeting customer requirements.
- Project manager at plant level for series preparation leadership for the new site's production ramp-up, developing maturity in technical and personnel capacities.
- Scaling capacities from single-shift pre-series production to a robust three-shift serial production driven by live customer call-offs from the Leipzig setup plant.
- Planning assembly processes in terms of work scope, distribution and defined assembly takt time of 80 seconds, plus introducing suitable optimization approaches (quality, cost, time) to ensure JIS customer needs.
- Reporting to plant management and the Launch Director Europe, including optional assumption of responsibility as deputy head of the JIS production site.
- Monitoring daily production metrics and initiating appropriate corrective actions in case of deviations or fluctuations in customer demand.
- Conducting daily shopfloor meetings and preparing reports and analyses for internal and external shopfloor management.
- Organizing employee development measures for line workers, internal trainers and shift leaders, including setting up an appropriate deputy management.
- Implementing continuous improvement and change management related to product and process.
- Evaluating and tracking corrective actions in the production area.
- Responsible for personnel planning, deployment and training.
Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
7 monthsWilhelmshaven, Germany
Interim Production Manager – Value Stream Crane Assembly
Manitowoc Grove - Crane Group Germany GmbH
- Leading manufacturer and innovator (publicly listed) of crawler, tower and mobile cranes, responsible for pre-assembly and final assembly of mobile crane superstructures and undercarriages for 5 different programs (from 40 to 450 ton lifting capacity) into flawless completed systems on 2 flexible final assembly lines in a 10–12 shift model, approx. 1000 employees on site, about 200 assembly workers with approx. €600M revenue.
- Analyzing, advising and supporting at the management level to achieve the record production result of 111 crane units (5 different crane programs) in Q1/23 (20% above the previous year), bridging a vacancy including internal handover.
- Ensuring on-time, on-budget and quality-compliant production of all components and vehicles within the area of responsibility.
- Initiating and executing projects for continuous improvement of manufacturing and material supply in the context of well-thought-out lean and Kaizen management.
- Improving material flow in the assembly and production areas of the production line and ensuring adherence to takt time.
- Conducting continuous improvement projects.
- Optimizing production planning.
- Ensuring our high product quality standards and on-time delivery.
- Driving change management activities within the operation and supporting them in adjacent departments.
- Conducting production meetings with the team; mentoring key people.
- Coordination management with the operational leadership team, procurement, engineering, quality managers and other administrative departments like HR, controlling, IT.
- External communication with customers, suppliers and regulatory authorities.
- Leading and developing up to 200 employees in the area of responsibility, including comprehensive communication, instruction, training and qualification.
- Planning, organizing and adjusting an efficient and flexible manpower deployment considering production changes and improvements (Lean Management).
- Creating a pleasant working environment to meet quality and safety principles.
- Monitoring, analyzing and ensuring a safe working environment regarding quality, environmental, occupational safety and health protection.
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
3 monthsScheidegg, Germany
Interim Head of Materials Management SCM (Just in Time – Tier 1 Automotive)
Demmel AG
- Developing and producing industrial identification and communication via high-quality decorative trims and input systems for various industries (aluminum emblems), approx. 500 employees at the Scheidegg site with approx. €100M turnover p.a. (vacancy cover).
- Managing the departments of operational sales planning, production control and operational purchasing within the automotive and industrial area of responsibility (approx. 16 direct reports).
- Integrating new employees into departmental processes.
- Solving internal and external material flow issues to ensure on-time and quality supply to customers.
- Collaborating closely with other departments both within the plant and company-wide.
- Monitoring the KPI system with process and result KPIs and regularly reporting the key figures to plant management and COO.
- Designing, planning and supporting the implementation of improvement processes in close collaboration based on operational requirements.
- Developing, implementing and monitoring effective tools to optimize production and logistics processes.
- Installing and implementing a hands-on shop floor management.
- Integrating suppliers and extended workbenches into the production system.
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
5 monthsBad Oeynhausen, Germany
Interim Project Manager for Production Expansion “greenfield plant”
Karl Heesemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Development, design, and production of technology-leading grinding machines for industry & trade, approx. 150 employees, approx. €40M revenue, fixed-term project.
- Creation of an overall concept for production expansion, based on the required additional capacities arising from the client's portfolio expansion due to cooperation with Homag.
- Determination and planning of required production and staffing capacities for manufacturing, pre-assembly, and final assembly of standardized grinding machines.
- Conducting production process and bottleneck analyses, including all related process recordings.
- Conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis of different production principles.
- Developing a final assembly concept with integrated pre-assemblies for a “greenfield- plant” based on a flow production principle for standardized machine tools.
- Visualizing the future value stream, including material handling, using 2D and 3D simulation.
- Conducting material flow analyses and developing an efficient logistics concept.
- Scouting and presenting suitable suppliers (Eastern Europe) for contract assembly as part of a strategic expansion (license business).
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 6 monthsWörth am Rhein, Germany
Plant Manager (JIS plant), DAIMLER Trucks Wörth am Rhein
Magna International Inc. Division Seating Europe
- Assembly of seats and interior components in the Wörth plant production sequence, responsible for approx. 60 employees (6 direct reports) managing the site's operational performance in a 10- and 12-shift model with approx. €18M revenue.
- Ramp-down management of the site including full contract obligations at the supplier level until the discontinuation of the Daimler Trucks Wörth am Rhein business.
- Managing phase-out and final inventory for the Actros/Atego/Unimog/Zetros vehicle programs for storage boxes and seat/bench combinations of serial production at Daimler Trucks Wörth/Brazil until plant closure.
- Responsible for the organizational structure of the Wörth am Rhein plant at Daimler Trucks.
- Ensuring productivity, delivery capability, and customer satisfaction while considering economic factors.
- Responsible for and coordinating planning, prioritizing, and tracking activities in all areas, such as manufacturing, quality, and logistics.
- Presenting QSS to customers, suppliers, and corporate entities to evaluate, promote, and implement improved processes.
- Managing optimization processes.
- Developing and implementing plans for efficient use of materials, equipment, consumables, and personnel.
- Implementing modified production and inventory control programs to maintain and improve profitable business performance, including reviews of manufacturing costs and product quality.
- Guiding and leading employees, including responsibility for employee satisfaction, development, and performance improvement through coaching, training, development activities, and conducting performance reviews.
- Point of contact, decision-maker, and coordinator for collaboration among individual departments.
- Leading special projects to support corporate goals.
- Responsible for maintaining quality and environmental procedures and instructions within the plant, including ensuring compliance with IATF 16949 requirements.
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 6 monthsIngolstadt, Germany
Plant Production Manager (JIS plant), AUDI Ingolstadt Plant
Magna International Inc. Division Seating Europe
- Assembly of seats for Audi A3 and Q2 in the Ingolstadt plant production sequence, automotive 1st-tier just-in-sequence plant, disciplinary leadership of approx. 350 employees (9 direct reports) managing the site's operational performance in a 15- and 18-shift model with approx. €290M annual revenue.
- Launch control of the Audi A3 program A38x, including parallel phase-out control of the previous program A37x. Holistic optimization of production metrics regarding productivity, quality, and scrap.
- Overall responsibility for departments assigned in the organizational chart, such as assembly, order control, maintenance, industrial engineering, prototype construction, and picking.
- Cost accountability, budget planning, and operational cost accounting.
- Investment planning for equipment and machinery, analysis of machine workflows.
- Coordinating new starts and workshops on process and quality optimization.
- Organizing and coordinating change management regarding product and process.
- Responsible for workforce planning, deployment, and training.
- Ensuring process, environmental, and occupational safety standards in the plant.
Jan 2016 - May 2019
3 years 5 monthsNeckarsulm, Germany
Production Manager Small Pistons (Just in Time)
Rheinmetall Automotive - Division Hardparts
- Business Unit Small Bore Pistons, automotive 1st-tier supplier.
- Responsible for machining, surface treatment, and assembly, disciplinary leadership of 250 employees (12 team leaders) directly managing the production area in an 18- and 21-shift model (10k units/day) with approx. €100M annual revenue.
- Optimizing KPIs for quality, output, and productivity of machining, surface treatment, and assembly of pistons according to customer specifications for gasoline and diesel engines within a fully linked, highly automated high-volume production consisting of 10 production lines and related support facilities such as maintenance, production support, tool repair, and surface treatment.
- Planning and supervising production of small pistons up to 160 mm diameter according to automotive industry requirements and plant management targets.
- Ensuring and optimizing quality standards in manufacturing processes and further developing production technology.
- Monitoring operational performance data and developing technical and personnel measures to balance short- and medium-term production fluctuations.
- Creating and updating staff and investment plans.
- Leading and training employees.
Jan 2016 - May 2019
3 years 5 monthsNeckarsulm, Germany
Supplier Quality Development Engineer (SQD) Steel Commodity
Rheinmetall Automotive - Division Hardparts
- Global quality development in the KS Group's central purchasing department worldwide, technical responsibility for 22 suppliers with a procurement volume of approx. €30M from metallurgical processes including forming, casting, heat treatment, and machining, internal promotion to a leadership position.
- Leading application projects at supplier level focused on target cost setting and generating cost optimizations using the design-to-cost method, and developing the required robust supplier production chain.
- Aligning and introducing a systematic and standardized supplier development process within the KS Group worldwide with all stakeholders.
- Conducting supplier evaluations and approvals worldwide.
- Leading systematic supplier development programs worldwide.
- Supporting production sites within Division Hardparts and suppliers worldwide with major quality issues.
- Project management for quality assurance in the procurement of purchased parts using APQP quality planning.
- Coordinating measurement technology and negotiating acceptance and quality specifications (AGV/ARL/QSV) with the respective suppliers.
- Optimizing and approving quality assurance processes and evaluating the capacity of supplier technologies in application projects.
- Conducting process audits according to VDA 6.3 and R@R.
Jul 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years 6 monthsObrigheim, Germany
Quality Management Representative (Surface Technology) (Just in Time)
Henkel Loctite-KID GmbH
- Automotive supplier, approx. 120 employees, approx. €14M annual sales, surface technology metal processing (bulk material) of stamped, bent, and cast parts for functional metal finishing with wear and corrosion protection properties, as well as application of thread pre-coatings to secure/seal fasteners, sale and complete relocation of the business unit to Obrigheim with final closure of the Bad Camberg site.
- Preparation and assurance of successful recertification and surveillance audits according to ISO 9001 / 14001, as well as maintenance and development of the Integrated Management System. Responsible for delivery quality to the end customer.
- Head of Quality Assurance department for manufacturing technologies: thread pre-coatings, dip-spin coating, spray painting.
- Organizational development of the company according to the automotive-specific standards TS 16949 and energy management EN 50001.
- Support during customer audits according to TS 16949 / VDA 6.3 (process or potential analyses) and coordination of continuous improvement activities.
- Preparation of initial sample inspection reports (EMPB) according to customer specifications following VDA/PPAP.
- Coordination of all quality measures for customer complaints, including processing via the 8D method and communication with the customer.
- Moderation and development of process FMEAs and synchronously structured production control plans.
- Development of detailed work and inspection instructions as well as process descriptions.
Jan 2012 - Jun 2013
1 year 6 monthsLüneburg, Germany
Operational Excellence Project Leader (Lean Six Sigma) (Mechanical Engineering)
Nordson Engineering GmbH, Adhesive Division
- Precision equipment manufacturing for the application of adhesives and sealants, hygiene industry (e.g., diaper winding machines), approx. 350 employees, approx. €94M annual sales, fixed-term project.
- Conducting production and logistics process analyses and managing continuous improvement (KVP) projects, including coordinating measures to be implemented and monitoring their effectiveness or evaluating their efficiency.
- Developing an efficient process landscape aligned with company growth and introducing Nordson-wide best-practice solutions and their documentation.
- Defining parameters for process quantification and evaluation.
- Identifying potentials, alternative solutions, and recommendations.
- Planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and tracking process improvement measures.
- Developing and presenting presentations to management.
- Managing projects for the company suggestion scheme (KVP).
- Developing and revising workplace safety concepts and training.
- Supporting quality management in the company's ISO 9001 recertification through audits and process descriptions.
Apr 2011 - Jun 2011
3 monthsHamburg, Germany
Process Optimizer - Lean Management, Mercedes-Benz Production System MPS
Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz Werk Hamburg-Harburg
- Automotive supplier for various car and truck body plants, 1st-tier supplier for powertrain, just-in-sequence plant (axles, steering columns, exhaust components, lightweight structural parts), approx. 2,500 employees.
- Cycle time optimization of production and logistics processes of a flexible assembly line for car axles based on the one-piece flow principle using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for different model series and variants controlled in single sequence (JIS) according to the needs of the Bremen body plant.
Jan 2010 - Aug 2010
8 monthsKaltenkirchen, Germany
Project Coordinator QMS Implementation, Thesis
Kalay Anlagenbau GmbH
- Plant engineering in the aerospace industry, Airbus 1st-tier supplier, approx. 80 employees, owner-managed.
May 2008 - Oct 2009
1 year 6 monthsLüneburg, Germany
Quality Management Representative – Assistant to the Managing Director
DCM Deckert Maschinenbau GmbH
- Machine and special equipment manufacturing, quality system, approx. 150 employees, owner-managed.
Summary
single, fully mobile, available by arrangement
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2007 - Dec 2011
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Industrial Engineering · Germany
Certifications & licenses
EOQ Quality Manager
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Process Auditor according to VDA 6.3
System Auditor according to DIN EN ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949
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