Michael Gericke

Optimizing and monitoring project management

Internal/external stakeholder management

Conflict and escalation management

Point of contact for customers

Leading team meetings

Planning, coordinating, and controlling projects with consideration of client and project milestones

Developing, monitoring, and ensuring adherence to financial and personnel planning

Tracking deadlines and ensuring project and product quality

Welded assemblies from 7xxx series aluminum extrusion profiles

Complex chassis assemblies made from stamped, forged, and cast parts

Module carriers, structural elements, door components

Progressive and transfer presses, robotic welding, automated assembly, mechanical aluminum profile machining

6 team members

Independently led 5 automotive projects

Met customer requirements by managing available resources in product development, manufacturing, quality department, and purchasing

Introduced quality roadmaps and finalized commercial agreements

Responsible for planning and managing the cross-functional team

Point of contact for assigned automotive projects from design phase to SOP

Responsible for project documentation and internal and external communication

Conducted weekly internal and external project meetings

Led design change meetings

Created and maintained schedules to track project status

Followed up on project team members' tasks to ensure completion on time and in line with project requirements

Responsible for identifying project risks and implementing preventive measures

Escalated issues as required and appropriate

Busbars between inverter and drive motor for electric vehicles

Stamping, bending, forming, deburring, laminating copper and aluminum

Automated assembly and automatic testing

Budget €24 m, 15 team members

Produced a center console in multiple trim variants for the Audi A3 successor

Coordinated product development

Led the project team

Responsible for budget and cost control

Regular update meetings with the end customer

Regular update meetings with management

Cubing and colour matching at the end customer

Implemented engineering changes

Coordinated the ramp-up in the manufacturing plant

Tool tracking

Center console and its components

Injection molding, mirror welding, hot riveting, semi-automated assembly

Budget €70 m, 12 team members

Program manager for AU 651 Audi A8 headrests, 2nd row

Headrests with plastic carrier, foam core and sewn cover in fabric or leather

Coordination of product development

Support for project teams

Budget responsibility and control

Regular update meetings with the end customer

Regular update meetings with management

Implementation of engineering changes

Coordination of the start-up in the manufacturing plant

2nd row headrests for Europe, China and NA as well as for Audi Sport

Injection molding, lamination, painting, assembly, sewing in fabric and leather, automated final inspection

Budget €70m, 10 team members

Center consoles and door trims for Touareg and Cayenne

Supervising tool manufacturing in China and Europe

Sample approvals

Optimization loops

Leading and coordinating a team of 6 tool tracking engineers

Regular update meetings with the end customer

Regular update meetings with management

Center consoles and door trims

Injection molding, laminating, covering, magnesium die casting, chrome plating, painting

Budget €0m, 6 team members

Launch support BR205 Soft Trim and Hard Trim in South Africa

Pillar trim program laminated with knitted fabric

Start-up of injection molding tools including tool optimization

Support of the local tool shop

Start-up of lamination line

Optimization of process flow

Regular update meetings with the customer

Implementation of engineering changes

Carpets, trunk linings, wheel arch liners

Start-up of carpet forming tools

Start-up of foaming tools

Start-up of HF welding machines

Start-up of trunk forming tools

Start-up of stamping tools

Start-up of waterjet trimming

Pillar trims, vehicle carpets, tailgate trim, trunk linings, wheel arch liners

Injection molding, fully automated assembly, manual assembly, lamination, bending, ultrasonic welding, carpet forming, foaming, waterjet trimming, HF welding, needlepunch forming

Budget €75M, 5 team members

Platform Manager BBAC (Beijing Benz Automotive Company)

Pillar trim program laminated with knitted fabric and in a luxury version with microfiber fleece

Trunk door trim with GID window frame

Coordinating product development

Managing the project teams

Creating quotes

Regular update meetings with the customer

Engineering changes

Conducting regular internal audits

Monitoring manufacturing implementation

Prototypes

Tools and equipment

Planning and executing a production transfer

Pillar trims, tailgate trim, trunk linings

Injection molding, fully automated assembly, manual assembly, lamination, bending, ultrasonic welding and mirror welding

Budget €70M, 6 team members

Problem solving / Corrective action / 8D process / Kepner-Tregoe

High-level quality systems / Layered process audit / Kamishibai

APQP, FMEAs, control plans, process flow charts

JCMS (5S, standardized work, Kaizen)

Supplier quality management, balanced scorecard

Continuous improvement project

8D, 5-phase, layered process audit

Budget €0M, 0 team members

Optimization of existing injection molding tools, welding equipment, and assembly fixtures for a new launch

On-site process optimization at local suppliers

Acceptance of China-localized tools

Issuing embossing approvals

Development of alternative manufacturing processes

Adapting European manufacturing techniques to local conditions

Optimization of existing production equipment

Implementing engineering changes

Supporting the creation of required documents

MoldFlow analyses, DVP&R

Control plans, (X-Bar)-R charts

Complete vehicle interior and bumper

Injection molding, painting, manual assembly, semi-automatic assembly, laminating, manual bending, heat staking

Budget 0 m€, 2 team members

Design and technical implementation of customer specifications into a final product

Creating styling data in collaboration with the customer

Preparing B-approval data with an external design house

Planning of tools and production equipment

Creating cost estimates and processing change requests

Producing prototypes and small series parts up to full production

Creating and maintaining open issues lists

Supplier support and acceptance of tools and equipment in Italy, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Presenting the latest components to the end customer in Wolfsburg and Bratislava

Coordinating component shapes and alignment

Manufacturing support during production launch at individual plants

Color matching

Side panel trims and tailgate trims

Thermoforming of renewable raw materials and Dilour using pinch-edge tools, stamping, injection molding, ultrasonic welding, fully and semi-automatic assembly