Ralf (Jari) Kuppinger

Interim and Product Management for Manufacturers

Stuttgart, Germany
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
1 year 11 months
Fridolfing, Germany
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Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik

  • Project leadership for the specification and selection of a supplier portal focusing on quality management
  • Optimization and digitization of the maturity level process
  • Support for adapting the CAQ system during the SAP implementation
Jul 2023 - Present
2 years 1 month
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Carl Zeiss SMT

  • Consulting for a PCB manufacturer in planning and building a cleanroom
  • Project management / coordination of trades and stakeholders
  • Procurement of mechanical and electronic components
  • Commissioning, sampling, acceptance
Feb 2023 - Present
2 years 6 months
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Freeglass Saint-Gobain GmbH & Co. KG

  • Specification and procurement of assembly and testing equipment for Tesla and other vehicle projects
  • Supplier selection
  • Project management for industrialization up to commissioning, acceptance, and sampling
  • Layout planning of the assembly hall
Feb 2023 - Jul 2023
6 months
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Carl Zeiss SMO

  • Supplier selection for sourcing components for the AIMS EUV 3.0 system (measurement and repair system for photomasks / microchip production
  • Technical development of suppliers regarding specification requirements / cleanliness / cleanroom suitability
  • Acceptance tests and sampling
Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
11 months
Fridolfing, Germany
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Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik

  • Procurement of tools (injection molding, stamping/bending processes, etc.)
  • Coordination of maturity level process and sampling
  • Coordination of engineering, quality assurance, and suppliers for feasibility assessments
  • Coordination and escalation of changes
  • Recommendations for supplier selection based on each supplier's technical concept
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
6 months
Kolbermoor, Germany
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Textilservice Stangelmayer GmbH

  • Analysis of current logistics processes and structures
  • Development of optimization opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce costs
  • Creation of a target concept for optimal space utilization through an optimized warehousing strategy and demand-driven material flow
  • Implementation support: defining requirements for storage equipment, supplier selection, and project management in the design and commissioning phase
Oct 2021 - Jul 2022
10 months
Rohrdorf, Germany

Operational Purchasing Support

Wiekon GmbH

  • Matching planned and actual delivery dates for plant components
  • Identifying alternative suppliers when a supplier can't deliver
  • Reporting delivery date delays to project management
  • Maintaining master data in the ERP system
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year
Portugal

Technical Project Manager for Site Decommissioning and Relocation

Energy provider

  • Planning the decommissioning of production equipment and establishing recycling resources
  • Market research and systematic supplier selection for new production and recycling equipment
  • Coordinating all involved departments and partners
  • Scheduling and project management
Jul 2019 - Sep 2021
2 years 3 months
Oberkochen, Germany

Technical Supplier Manager

Carl Zeiss SMT

Procurement of assemblies and modules for wafer manufacturing equipment

  • Technical advice for supplier selection
  • Coordination of purchasing and development activities
  • Interface coordination between development, purchasing, and supplier
  • Process optimization at the supplier
Sep 2017 - Dec 2019
2 years 4 months
Bonn, Germany

Project Manager

SGL Carbon

Project “Optimization and redesign of a production area and specification, procurement, and sampling of production equipment”

  • Identifying customer requirements and constraints
  • Specifying required production equipment
  • Optimizing and procuring presses and tools, heat treatment systems, and injection molding machines
  • Evaluating offers, determining, assessing, and selecting equipment suppliers
  • Designing and assessing the cost-effectiveness of automation solutions
  • Coordinating remodeling and relocation activities
  • Project/Supplier management

Project “Specification and procurement of fully automated testing equipment for measuring and optical inspection of graphite components”

  • Identifying requirements and constraints
  • Specifying required testing equipment
  • Evaluating offers, determining, assessing, and selecting equipment suppliers
  • Coordinating trials to validate planned changes
  • Project/Supplier management
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
4 months

Layout Optimization / Logistics Concept

Seismografics JK GmbH

  • Analyze manufacturing processes and structures
  • Realign production based on identified optimization potentials
  • Develop logistics concept
  • Implementation/relocation planning
Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
1 year 5 months

Project Manager 'Process Integration and Automation' and 'Shop Floor Management'

VOITH Composites

  • Implement and optimize automation concepts and process integration (fiber placement – preforming – RTM – milling / machining center – assembly cell)
  • Supplier management
  • Design and introduction of a shop floor management concept
  • Coaching the production manager
Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
1 year 5 months

Industrialization, Implementation and Commissioning of a Mass Production Line for Manufacturing CFRP Preforms

VOITH Composites

  • Specification and tendering of automated production equipment focusing on preforming
  • Industrialization of the preforming/tool concept for manufacturing a roof-shaped component in collaboration with the customer, toolmaker, and process developer
  • Implementation of the highly complex, pivoting production tool for manufacturing the roof-shaped component in a single piece
  • Project and supplier management
  • Approvals and qualification in collaboration with quality management and the customer
  • Test planning and execution
Feb 2013 - Jun 2014
1 year 5 months

Start-up Management

Faurecia Automotive Seating

  • Adapt logistics processes and structures to the requirements of a new vehicle project
  • Plan and implement transition phases from the current to the target state
  • Develop an analysis and evaluation tool to examine the current situation and new logistics concepts
  • Redesign and relocate a small parts picking warehouse
  • Concept and cost-benefit evaluation of automation solutions for an existing high-bay warehouse
Feb 2010 - Sep 2012
2 years 8 months

Implementation and Commissioning of a Mass Production Line for CFRP Layup Production

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG

  • Specification and tendering of production equipment for layup manufacturing
  • Supplier selection and development support
  • Coordination of equipment installation / construction site management
  • Identification of optimization potentials and coordination of implementation projects for output optimization
  • Supplier management during commissioning and optimization phase
  • Sampling and qualification of the equipment
Nov 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year 2 months

Manager Supply Chain

S1nn GmbH & Co. KG

  • Responsible for handling logistics and procurement
  • Procurement / scheduling of electronic components
  • Supplier management
  • Contract negotiations
  • Planning and implementation of logistics structures and processes
Feb 2004 - Oct 2008
4 years 9 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Key Account and Project Manager in the field of "Factory Planning, Production and Logistics"

PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung GmbH

  • Consultant from February 2004 to August 2005
  • Senior consultant from September 2005
  • Project management
  • Planning factories / production lines considering lean management principles
  • Analysis, design / optimization of (intra-)logistics processes
  • Value stream analysis
  • Design and procurement of production and logistics systems
  • Technical specification of production equipment, tendering and technical / supplier selection
  • Supplier management during tendering and implementation phases of production facilities
  • Feasibility studies and profitability calculations / make-or-buy decisions
Sep 2002 - Jan 2004
1 year 5 months

Consultant

LF CONSULT GmbH

Project Manager "Order Management and Production Planning"

  • Acquisition / sales
  • Project management
  • Requirements analysis with clients and support during implementation in coordination with software development
  • Analysis and design / optimization of order processing workflows
  • Development of training concepts and staff training as part of software implementation
Aug 2000 - Aug 2002
2 years 1 month

Consultant

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation

Project associate in the area of factory planning and production management

  • Analysis and design of order processing and production planning processes
  • Selection and implementation of ERP systems
  • Design of master data maintenance processes as part of SAP implementation
  • Design of change management
Nov 1998 - Apr 1999
6 months
Cape Town, South Africa

Practical Semester

ABB Turbochargers

  • Implementation of a quality management system based on ISO 9001

Interim Head of Product and Purchase Management

2Wheel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG / O’NEAL Europe

  • Conducting market and competitor analyses
  • Analysis and strategic design of the product range / assortment and setting up a product management system
  • Strategic procurement / supplier selection
  • Supplier management and ensuring product quality
  • Planning and controlling all development activities
Summary
  • Project, ramp-up, and supplier management
  • Supplier development
  • Plant specification, procurement, commissioning, and optimization
  • Acceptance tests, sampling / maturity level processes
  • Factory, production, and logistics planning (new layouts / optimization)
  • Industrialization / systematic supplier selection
  • Site relocation
  • Process optimization
  • Shop floor management
  • Interim management
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Portuguese
Elementary
Education
Mar 1995 - Aug 2000

Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

Diploma Engineer (FH), Production and Organization · Mechanical Engineering · Esslingen, Germany

Sep 1990 - May 1993

Technical High School

Waiblingen, Germany

Aug 1984 - Jul 1990

Salier High School

Waiblingen, Germany

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