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Thomas Kopp

Interim Manager COO

Thomas Kopp
Donaueschingen, Germany

Experience

Apr 2015 - Present
10 years 10 months

Interim Manager COO

Self-employed

  • Sales and project planning in automotive plastics engineering
  • Interim head of development, sales, and supply chain management departments (COO)
  • Staff training and leadership development
  • Execution of complex plastics projects in the automotive industry
  • Technical customer consulting in plastics and mold engineering (thermoplastics and elastomers)
  • Technical support for plastics companies and automotive suppliers
  • Key account management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Rheological part analysis and fill analyses with Moldex 3D
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
1 year 3 months

Project and Key Account Manager

Karl Simon GmbH & Co. KG

  • Sales support for customers VW, Audi, BMW, Hella, and Weber
  • Technical consulting in single-component and multi-component technology
  • Technical consulting and implementation of electroplating technology, painting, and laser processing
  • Budget responsibility for all projects, approx. €4 million
  • Direct contacts with Hella, VW, Audi, and Weber
  • Project cost calculation: part pricing, mold and equipment costing, and proposal preparation
  • Acquisition of new projects from customers
  • Planning and managing projects through all process phases
  • Ensuring and meeting deadlines, costs, and quality
  • Order planning in terms of scheduling, project organization, and capacity planning
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
1 year 1 month
Hockenheim, Germany

Project and Key Account Manager

Promens GmbH

  • Project support for Mercedes truck and MAN customers
  • Project cost calculation and presentation to the customer
  • Technical customer consulting
  • Manufacturing of plastic rotational parts
Jul 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 6 months
Wackersdorf, Germany

Project and Key Account Manager

TPS Group GmbH

  • Project support for customers Continental, VW, Audi, BMW
  • Project cost calculation and presentation to the customer
  • Costing of molds, parts, and equipment
  • Budget responsibility
  • Generating new projects at customers
  • Planning and managing projects through all phases from concept to finished product
  • Ensuring and complying with effort, schedule, cost, and quality
  • Ensuring processes according to the APQP method
  • Order planning in terms of scheduling, project organization, and capacity planning
Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
1 year 6 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Automotive Project Manager

Daimler AG

  • Vehicle validation matrix for model series W246, W176, C117, and X156
  • Ensuring the correct vehicle setup of test vehicles before each test drive
  • Participation in working groups, component, and development meetings
  • Supporting and motivating type supervisors in capturing and submitting test results to FAM
Sep 2008 - Nov 2009
1 year 3 months
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Sales Representative and Technical Field Consultant

Grässlin KBS

  • Customer support and new customer acquisition
  • Budget responsibility
  • Material recommendation and technical advice on customer projects
  • Quote preparation and cost calculation
  • Customer support at trade fairs
Mar 2007 - Mar 2008
1 year 1 month
Radolfzell, Germany

Automotive Project Manager

Dekorsy GmbH

  • Project support for customers TRW, PSA, VW, Audi, BMW, Marquard and Valeo
  • Project cost calculation and presentation to the customer
  • Mold, part and equipment cost calculation
  • Budget responsibility
  • Generating new projects with the customer
  • Planning and managing projects through all phases from idea to finished product
  • Ensuring and maintaining effort, schedule, cost and quality
  • Ensuring processes according to the APQP method
  • Order planning including scheduling, project organization and capacity planning
Apr 2005 - Feb 2007
1 year 11 months
Rottweil, Germany

Technical Project Buyer Paper Handling

BDT AG

  • Project-based procurement of technical plastic parts and injection molds in Asia
  • Implementing and applying changes according to customer requirements
  • Negotiating part and tool prices
  • Supplier consolidation and tool relocation
  • Technical support in material selection for projects
  • Conducting tenders and project inquiries
  • Budget responsibility
Mar 2001 - Feb 2005
4 years
Nürensdorf, Switzerland

Sales Manager Technical Plastics

Createchnic AG

  • Sales and presentation of own products and solutions to customers
  • Support and acquisition of customers across Europe
  • Implementing marketing requirements
  • Sales and budget responsibility
  • Part and mold cost calculation
  • Quote preparation
  • Project support
  • Customer support at trade fairs
Aug 2000 - Feb 2001
7 months

Technical Consultant in Field Sales

Teske

  • Advising customers in technical field sales
Mar 1992 - Aug 1998
6 years 6 months
Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Plastics Technologist (Plastics Molder) Piping Systems

Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG

  • In-company training as a plastics technologist, graduated at DEMAG in Nuremberg
  • Start-up of production molds and DEMAG NC 2, NC 3, Ergotech and ENGEL machines
  • Process engineering initial sampling of new molds on DEMAG and ENGEL equipment
  • Finding and setting parameters
  • Initiation of mold modifications
  • Setup of handling equipment from Wittmann and ABB robots
  • Quality assurance
  • Setup of CNC machining equipment
  • Supervision of machining of fluoroplastic parts for pure water systems
Jan 1991 - Feb 1992
1 year 2 months

Automatic machine setter

Heim Heudorf

  • Programming and setting up automatic lathes
  • Quality control
Jul 1986 - Dec 1989
3 years 6 months
Donaueschingen, Germany

Skilled worker in the turning and gear cutting department, shift supervisor and machine setter

Stegmann GmbH

  • Operating and setting up turning and gear cutting machines
  • Leading the shift and setting up machines

Skills

  • Ms Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Ms Project)

  • Sap R3

  • Solidworks And Solidcam

  • Innosoft

  • Moldex 3d Fill Studies

  • Lean Management

  • Shopfloor Management

  • Assertive Leader

  • Hands-on Mentality

  • Flexible, Resilient, Goal-oriented

  • Team Player With Management Experience

  • Motivator

Languages

German
Native
English
Intermediate

Education

Sep 1998 - Jul 2000

Feintechnikschule Schwenningen

State-certified precision technician, specializing in automation and production engineering · Precision engineering · Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Mar 1992 - Mar 1994

Georg Fischer AG

Plastics technologist (plastic molder) · Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Sep 1986 - Jul 1989

Stegmann GmbH

Machining mechanic (automatic turning technology) · Donaueschingen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

DGQ Quality Assistant QA certificate

Internal process auditor VDA 6.3

Internal system auditor ISO/TS 16949

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