Stefan Hans-Management Consultant
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Experience
Management Consultant
REPERA GmbH
- Process optimization
- Start-up support in production
- Project management
- Factory and layout planning
- Shop floor management
- Lean management
- OpEx
Management Consultant
HARKORT Consulting
- Executing demanding consulting projects in lean management
- Conducting workshops
- Facilitating training sessions for managers
- Coordinating project teams
Management Consultant
Brockmann und Büchner
Documenting and handling defects in rail technology
Scheduling and defining responsibilities for defect resolution
Customer support
Preparing customer presentations
Documenting and creating reports from defect data
Measurable reduction of defects and ensuring their timely elimination
Senior Consultant
Korn Consult
Planning, execution, and management of projects and project modules on-site at industrial clients
Performing gap analyses and developing implementation concepts, then executing the projects
Managing suppliers on quality-related issues
Supplier development and supplier management
Ensuring supply chains
Executing and completing 6 consulting projects in the automotive industry, including:
Thyssenkrupp (Hagen and Olpe): Project budget €4.5M, organized the relocation of a storage facility from China to Hagen: dismantling, packaging, transport, industrialization, preparation, installation, commissioning, and creation of samples for customer approval
LEAR Corporation (Sindelfingen): Project manager for about 2 years, liaison between DAG and LEAR for the BR167 (M-Class) seating system project with locations in the USA, Germany, the Czech Republic, and India, responsible for all plastic parts with direct reporting to the purchasing management at LEAR Southfield, USA
Project Manager | Automotive Locking Systems
WITTE Automotive
Ensuring compliance with standards while meeting customer requirements and guidelines
Managing ongoing development projects and preparing regular status reports
Organizing and defining priorities
Monitoring adherence to schedules, costs, and quality targets
Initiating corrective actions when targets are exceeded
Issuing production and change approvals
Establishing effective communication and coordination with customers
Successfully implemented the rearview camera project for VW across production sites in Germany, the Czech Republic, and China, and supported lean projects in manufacturing and administration
Project Manager | Automotive Structural Systems
Metalsa Automotive
Leading customer-commissioned new projects
Executing projects under schedule, cost, and quality criteria
Managing suppliers
Supporting product and process development
Ensuring timely provision of operating and testing equipment
Supporting employees, team communication, discussion sessions
Initiating escalation management
Managing budget for a €30 million project scope
Technical responsibility for up to 20 project team members
Executing the Daimler BR205 integral carrier project for sites in Germany, South Africa, USA, and China
Head of Industrial Engineering
Kokinetics
- Planning investments and creating requirements specifications
- Layout planning
- Optimizing production
- Monitoring the market
- Defining and implementing new technologies
- Planning new assembly lines
- Preparing cost estimates
Project Manager | Door Systems for Rail Vehicles
Knorr-Bremse Division IFE
Technically and commercially managing and supervising complex product and technology projects with up to 15 employees and budgets up to €8 million
Leading kick-off meetings, scheduling, creating, coordinating, and assigning all work packages
Promoting customer satisfaction
Ensuring continuous technical development
Communicating with suppliers
Conducting product approvals (FAI)
Implementing measures to improve results
Documenting and moderating ongoing meetings
Developing and negotiating product change costs
Monitoring competitors, controlling, and reporting
Successfully implementing 5 projects with follow-up orders for tram entry systems in Krefeld, Palermo, Innsbruck, Augsburg, and Vienna
Technical Sales Manager
DURA Automotive Body & Glass
Preparing customer data for design and project management
Acting as project manager until handover
Delivering customer presentations
Analyzing, evaluating, and performing cost calculations
Preparing, creating, and presenting proposals
Acting as point of contact for internal and external technical questions
Processing inquiry data
Evaluating and implementing technical changes
Providing customer support
Technically coordinating and securing projects for VW Scirocco and Passat B-pillar trim
Industrial Engineer | Process Engineer
Kiekert AG
Holding technical and personnel responsibility for up to 15 project team members and budgets up to €10 million
Planning new assembly plants and conveyor lines
Preparing cost estimates, investment approvals, and feasibility analyses
Developing and implementing new assembly concepts
Providing ramp-up support for production lines worldwide
Developing and implementing continuous improvement (KVP) projects
Optimizing products and processes
Supporting series production
Planning and overseeing plant closures at production sites in Velbert and Birmingham and relocating existing manufacturing facilities
Providing manufacturing technical support to licensees worldwide (China, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Italy, France, United Kingdom)
Planning, selling, and implementing production lines for licensees worldwide
Successfully completing 15 projects domestically and internationally, including introducing new assembly and testing concepts, acquiring Ford as a client, and standardizing manufacturing concepts globally
Intern | REFA Technician
Schaeffer GmbH
Intern | REFA Technician
Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Automotive, Manufacturing, and Professional Services.
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Experienced in Project Management, Product Development, Operations, Production, Supply Chain Management, and Procurement.
Summary
- More than 25 years of experience in an international environment
- Proven successes in numerous automotive projects
- Technical expertise meets commercial thinking
- Strong service orientation
- Solution-focused team player with initiative and leadership skills
- Pragmatic team player with a "hands-on" mentality
Skills
Project Management
Team Leadership
Product Development
Product Optimization
Process Optimization
Cost Calculation
Data Collection
Customer Support
Plant, Factory And Production Planning
It Operating Systems: Windows 2000/Nt/Xp And Sap R3 Pp Module
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Project Management: Ms Project
Programming: Q-Basic And Cnc
Driver'S License Class B (Own Car Available)
Languages
Education
REFA Institut
Full-time training as a REFA technician incl. MTM and certified REFA Industrial Engineer · REFA technician incl. MTM and REFA Industrial Engineer · Dortmund, Germany
Astor Werk Otto Berning GmbH & Co
Professional qualification as a universal miller in stamping tool and machine construction · Universal miller in stamping tool and machine construction · Schwelm, Germany
Realschule
Technical secondary school certificate · Schwelm, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Process Auditor VDA 6.3
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Experience
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