Interim Manager, Head of Project Management

Optimization and monitoring of project management

Stakeholder management internal/external

Conflict and escalation management

Contact person for customers

Leading team meetings.

Planning, coordination and control of projects, taking into account client and project milestones.

Preparing, monitoring and adherence to financial and personnel planning.

Deadline monitoring and ensuring project and product quality.

Products:**

Welded assemblies made from 7000 series aluminum extrusion profiles

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

Module carriers, structural elements, door components

Manufacturing methods used:**

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

Project:**

6 team members

Independent leadership of 5 automotive projects.

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

Introducing quality roadmaps and closing 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.

Leading weekly internal and external project meetings.

Leading design change meetings.

Creating and maintaining schedules to track project status.

Tracking project team members' tasks to ensure they are completed on time and according to project requirements.

Responsible for identifying project risks and implementing preventive measures.

Escalating issues where required and appropriate.

Products:**

Power rails between inverter and drive motor for electric vehicles.

Manufacturing methods used:**

Stamping, bending, forming, deburring, laminating copper and aluminum; automatic assembly and automatic testing

Project:**

Budget €24m, 15 team members

Manufacturing a center console in several trim variants for the Audi A3 successor.

Coordinating product development.

Leading the project team.

Budget responsibility and control.

Regular update meetings with the end customer.

Regular update meetings with management.

Cubing and color matching at the end customer.

Implementing engineering changes.

Coordinating the ramp-up in the manufacturing plant.

Tool tracking.

Products:**

Center console and its components

Manufacturing methods used:**

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

Project:**

Budget €70m, 12 team members

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

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

Coordinating product development

Supporting the project teams

Budget responsibility and control

Regular update meetings with the customer

Regular update meetings with management

Implementing engineering changes

Coordinating the start-up in the manufacturing plant

Products:**

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

Manufacturing processes used:**

Injection molding, lamination, painting, assembly, sewing of fabric and leather covers, automated final inspection.

Project:**

Budget €70M, 10 team members

Launch support BR205 soft trim and hard trim in South Africa**

Pillar trim program laminated with knitted fabric

Starting up injection molding tools including tool optimization

Supporting the local tool shop

Starting up the lamination line

Optimizing the process flow

Regular update meetings with the customer

Implementing engineering changes

Carpets, trunk liners, wheel arch liners

Starting up carpet forming tools

Starting up foam tools

Starting up HF welding machines

Starting up trunk liner forming tools

Starting up stamping tools

Starting up the waterjet trimming

Regular update meetings with the customer

Implementing engineering changes

Products:**

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

Manufacturing processes used:**

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

Project:**

Budget €75M, 5 team members

Platform Manager BBAC (Beijing Benz Automotive Company)

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

Trunk lid trim with GID window frame

Coordination of product development

Support of project teams

Preparing proposals

Regular update meetings with the client

Engineering changes

Conducting regular internal audits

Monitoring manufacturing implementation

Prototypes

Tools and equipment

Planning and carrying out a production transfer

Products:**

A-pillar trims, tailgate trim, trunk trims

Manufacturing processes used:**

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

Project:**

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, Standardised Work, Kaizen)

Supplier Quality Management, Balanced Score Card

Products:**

Continuous Improvement Project

Manufacturing processes used:**

8D, 5-phase, layered process audit

Project:**

Budget €0, 0 team members

Optimization of existing injection molding tools, welding equipment, assembly fixtures for a new start-up

On-site process optimization at local suppliers

Approval of tools localized in China

Granting texture approvals

Development of alternative manufacturing processes

Adapting European production techniques to local conditions

Optimization of existing production facilities

Carrying out engineering changes

Support in preparing the required documents

MoldFlow analyses, DVP&R

Control plans, (X-Bar)-R charts

Products:**

Complete vehicle interior and bumpers

Manufacturing processes used:**

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

Project:**

Budget €0, 2 team members

Design and manufacturing implementation of customer requirements into a final product.

Creating surface data in collaboration with the customer. Generating B-approval data with an external design house. Planning tools and production equipment.

Preparing cost estimates, processing changes.

Producing prototypes and small series parts up to series production.

Creating and maintaining open issue lists to ensure open items are processed on time.

Supporting suppliers, approving tools and equipment in Italy, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

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

Aligning individual components in shape and position.

Providing manufacturing support for the ramp-up at the client's production sites and with suppliers.

Colour Matching.

Products:**

Side panel trims and tailgate trims

Manufacturing processes used:**

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