Project Managers in Stuttgart

Technical writer at a special-purpose machine manufacturer for implementing the requirements of the EU-MVO into technical documentation and FMEA moderation. Role: Technical writer and FMEA moderator

• Lead and coordinate complex cross-functional projects within LiDAR and software development environments.
• Develop and maintain critical project schedules, monitor work packages, track project baselines, and manage milestone progression via Gantt plans.
• Drive robust project controls by preparing detailed project forecasts, cost analyses, workload planning, and resource tracking.
• Monitor and report core KPIs related to cost, timing, quality, and delivery performance to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Design and present executive dashboards, management reports, and steering committee presentations for senior leadership.
• Facilitate seamless communication and alignment between R&D, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Finance, and international stakeholders.
• Proactively identify risks, maintain comprehensive risk registers, and contribute to mitigation planning and escalation processes.
• Coordinate engineering change requests, assessing their operational impact on project scope, timing, resources, and budgets.
• Drive efficiency through AI-powered process improvements using LEA Suite, structured prompting, workflow automation, and automated meeting documentation.

Project Manager – Management Consultant – Lean Manager – Coach in machine and plant engineering, pharma and medical technology

Senior Project Manager + Assembly Manager: Conversion of Porsche assembly lines Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG

• Planning and conversion for the integration of new camera technology with AI tools for process optimization on V-engine lines Management Consultant: Business Development for defense industry for NATO Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
• Market research - analysis of potential customers in the defense industry
• Direct approach to potential customers and market participants
• Developing options for action and a strategy for further market development Seminar Leader, Consultant + Coach: Project Management + Experience Exchange Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
• Workshop for further development of project managers with prior knowledge
• Exchange of experience with project managers and derivation of measures
• Recommendations to improve the project management organization Management Consultant: EU market research for hemodialysis systems Scherzinger Pumpen GmbH & Co. KG
• Market research for gear pumps in hemodialysis systems
• Contact with purchasing and R&D of dialysis system manufacturers
• Collecting market data with growth forecasts and changes Management Consultant: Strategy + Global Business Development Vibrationmaster s.à r.l.
• Company-wide strategy development together with the CEO for test systems for bolted joints
• Consulting and support in international business development and cooperation with partners Senior Project Manager + Assembly Manager: Conversion of Porsche assembly lines Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
• Project management for new conversion of wheel carrier press line and assembly line
• Coordination of tasks and work packages for sub-project leaders
• Schedule planning and cost control
• Resource planning with internal departments and external specialists
• Management and execution of customer and supplier coordination Management Consultant + Coach: Handling difficult project situations Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
• Coaching project management in project control for major project Exyte to ensure ongoing order processing, awareness of difficult project situations and emerging decisions Senior Project Manager, Consultant, Coach: Improving quality of pharma pouches B. Braun Melsungen AG, Hospital Care Division, Pharma, Plant A
• Project management for improving/preventing quality fluctuations of three-chamber pouches and their outer packaging
• Leading an interdisciplinary international team from Germany, Italy, Switzerland
• Improving the production concept
• Adjusting quality criteria and setting up continuous traceability across manufacturing/logistics processes Management Consultant: Further development of structure + business processes KLAUS UNION GmbH & Co. KG
• Analysis of the current state of pump handling
• Design of the target state for pump handling
• Cost-benefit analysis of changes
• Reorientation of business processes
• Implementation with internal and external resources Senior Project Manager, Consultant, Coach: Production improvements pharma B. Braun Melsungen AG, Hospital Care Division, Pharma, Plant A
• Replacement procurement of packaging machines (carton erector, sealer)
• Concept / implementation of first-time procurement of depalletizing to packaging process
• Concept development in a simulation with production employees for a new manufacturing area for small-batch packaging, including implementation and setup
• Expansion of a rack conveyor system
• Bringing automation know-how and lean management into projects
• Further development of project management specifically for Technical Service
• Sparring partner, consultant and coach for specialists and managers Senior Project Manager: Plant conversion for filter production for ventilators 3M Deutschland GmbH Membrana
• Management support for program and project management for a fast-track project at the Wuppertal plant
• Setup of a plant (approx. €30 million) for the production of filter membranes for use in ventilators (oxygenators) Consultant: Review of leadership, structure, processes + trends at US subsidiary Bleichert Inc. for R. Weiss Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG
• Company-wide review of structure, business processes, communication and activities with SWOT analysis in interviews at all company levels
• Assessment of existing leadership, control tools and aids
• Estimation of potential and trends in the North American market Senior Project Manager: Streamlining packaging variety in medical technology at B.Braun B. Braun Melsungen AG
• Leading and supporting the implementation phase of a company project (multi-million-euro range)
• Reduction of packaging variety
• Implementation for different product families while considering the views of sales, marketing, R&D, regulatory affairs, supply chain, logistics, sterilization, production, purchasing and controlling
• Challenging communication / conflict management in bringing together the interdisciplinary, international teams with 30 team members
• Management reporting of the implementation phase with quality assurance and implementation costs Management Consultant: Corrective alignment of the Wärmetechnik Ness project Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
• Supervision of major projects + further development of project management
• Interim manager "Head of Project Management": supervision of large and critical projects with direct customer contact in Latvia
• Coaching project managers and teams to secure ongoing order processing, awareness of difficult project situations, consulting on emerging decisions
• Improving deadline tracking for ongoing projects
• Concept for further development of project management
• Consulting on necessary structural company changes and staffing of project-related functions Senior Project Manager + Consultant: Schedule coordination for major BMW projects Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
• New / conversion of assembly lines for BMW Munich / Steyr / Hams Hall
• Project management for more than 500 conversion / new-build measures for assembly lines
• Detailed, structured scheduling, preventing potential delays
• Resource planning with internal departments and external specialists
• Coordination and execution of customer and supplier meetings
• Resolving staffing disputes with conflict management
• Further development of project management, support of change process
• Management consulting on various business matters Senior Project Manager + Consultant: Technical cleaning BMW Dingolfing A. Markert GmbH Metallreinigungsmaschinen
• Project leadership with employee motivation during the integration of a cleaning system into the production line within a short conversion time
• Fast creation of project transparency when joining an ongoing project
• Structured coordination with customer and suppliers to improve deadlines
• Preventing a critical scheduling situation to win back the customer
• Ensuring a stable schedule situation through detailed planning Senior Project Manager: Streamlining packaging variety in medical technology at B.Braun B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen
• Project: Harmonization of packaging for cost optimization for the plant in Gyöngyös, Hungary
• Leading the concept and implementation phase of a company project (multi-million-euro range)
• Reduction of packaging variety ahead of costly validation / verification processes for packaging families
• Guiding towards the best solution proposals for different product families while considering the views of sales, marketing, R&D, regulatory affairs, supply chain, logistics, sterilization, production, purchasing and controlling
• Challenging communication and conflict management in bringing together the interdisciplinary, international teams with 30 team members
• Management reporting on the concept result with quality assurance, cost, schedule and capacity planning for the following implementation phase Consultant: Market study USA / Canada + business development basics Scherzinger Pumpen GmbH & Co. KG, Furtwangen
• North America market study with market data and competitive situation
• Contact and interest check with customers and sales partners
• Travel to potential customers and partners as a basis for decision-making Trainer: Workshop team building, self-management & conflict management ZF AG, ABB AG in cooperation with Lindconsult GmbH
• Working in teams, self-management & conflict management
• Workshop with individual and group exercises as well as role plays Consultant: Introduction of project management + process adjustment Lauffer Maschinenfabrik Lauffer GmbH & Co. KG
• Introduction of project management
• Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for quotations, handover of orders and processing with clear responsibilities in all process steps
• Review and development of internal tools for the processes
• Process documentation and review for the quality management manual
• Support during briefings and employee buy-in
• Fine-tuning of processes after initial implementation experience Management Consulting: Plant layout and business process development ACSYS Lasertechnik GmbH, Mittweida
• Development of hall layout with production, manufacturing areas, warehouse, goods receipt, shipping and material flow
• Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes from "inquiry to after sales" with clear assignment of responsibilities in all process steps
• Review and development of internal tools for business processes
• Documentation and review of business processes
• Support during briefings Moderator: Plant planning with master, layout and business plan Klaus Union GmbH
• Moderation and consulting in a workshop to develop a plant layout with production areas, testing areas, warehouse, goods receipt, shipping and material flow
• Template for the architect layout for the building permit for the conversion Management Consultant: Adjustment of business processes + structure AMT Alfing Montagetechnik GmbH
• Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for "order entry", "spindle repairs" and "spare parts handling" with clear responsibilities in all process steps
• Review and development of internal tools for the business processes
• Documentation and review of business processes
• Support during briefings Management Consultant + Coach: Introduction of project management ELHA ELHA Maschinenbau Liemke KG
• Professional coaching for project managers and consulting on building project management in the field of manufacturing systems with analysis of business processes and production workflows
• Examination of current processes and definition of target processes for sales, order handover, processing, schedule control, cost control and dunning with clear responsibilities in all process steps
• Review and development of internal tools for business processes
• Documentation and review of business processes
• Support during briefings
• Development of hall layout with production areas, warehouse and material flow Consultant: Further development of project management + knowledge management AKS AKS Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
• Consulting and reorganization of business processes to further develop project management and build a knowledge database
• Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for order handover, cost orientation, additional claims & change management and securing know-how with clear responsibilities in all process steps
• Review and development of internal tools for business processes
• Documentation and review of business processes Senior Project Management: Patent implementation security concept Human Bios International AG
• Overall project management for patent implementation
• Market analysis in the field of security technologies
• Acquisition of development partners, sales partners and potential customers
• Strategy development and implementation
• Sales and technical development consulting
• Application for and receipt of government funding Project Manager + Management Consultant: Processing of BMW Munich order AMT Alfing Montagetechnik GmbH
• Leading the project with accompanying business consulting and coaching
• Internal coordination with sales and technical processing
• External coordination with customers and suppliers
• Quality assurance, deadline tracking, cost control with claim management
• Preparation of inquiries with specifications and negotiations with suppliers Trainer: Workshop time and self-management ABB AG in cooperation with Herrenberger Team GmbH
• Training on time & self-management
• Workshop with individual and group exercises as well as role plays Management Consultant: Ongoing analysis of business processes Klaus Union GmbH
• Ongoing analysis of the key business processes for pumps, valves, spare parts/service from inquiry through order entry, technical and commercial processing to delivery
• Showing collected weaknesses and disruptions, their dependencies and joint development of process improvements in workshops
• Documentation of the analysis and workshops Management Consultant: International sales development for combo dampers Lefa Fleischereiausstattungen GmbH + Edelstahl-Mechanik GmbH
• Europe-wide market research of sales partners and potential customers for the sale of combo dampers with smoking function
• Support in developing marketing material and campaigns
• Introduction of sales partners and support at trade fair appearances Management Consultant: Strategy workshop + strategy review workshops Klaus Union GmbH + Co. KG
• Strategy development with company analyses (SWOT, portfolio)
• Regular strategy review workshops with development of the holistic company strategy / vision / mission / goals, use of balanced scorecard
• Definition of strategic measures for further company development Lecturer "International Project Management" Aalen University Aalen University, Master's program International Business
• Workshop-style course with teaching of project management basics, experience, tools and simulation
• Domestic and foreign market studies (Europe, overseas, Asia), company analyses, staffing concepts for German industrial companies with students Business Developer: Market development India for nanotechnology product Rewitec GmbH
• Market study India
• Market development in India for nanotechnology products with trade fair appearance, search for trade partners and follow-up of contacts
• Support during test phases, coordination of local partners as exclusive agent Moderator: Strategy rollout for automotive engineering companies IAV + NCC IAV GmbH, NCC Deutschland GmbH in cooperation with Herrenberger Team GmbH and E³ GmbH
• Moderation in strategy rollout workshops
• Training in contract and conflict management with basics and role plays Overall Project Manager: Processing of Zeppelin granulate conveyor systems order Zeppelin Silo & Systems GmbH
• Leading the project with sales and profit increase
• Professional coaching of the deputy project manager and project team
• Internal coordination with the project team, sales and technical processing
• External coordination with customers and suppliers
• Quality assurance, deadline tracking, cost control with claim management
• Preparation of inquiries with specifications and negotiations with suppliers Sessler Galvanikanlagen GmbH
• Market studies in the USA and Russia with market data and competitive situation
• Strategy, contracts and marketing development with joint venture partner in the USA
• Training of US representatives and initial sales support

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• Account management for existing and new customers
• Planning and coordination of client projects
• Stakeholder management with health insurance companies and associations

• FuSi requirements engineering in Doors for tell-tales, reverse camera and chimes
• Draft system requirements specification
• Maintain and review requirements in Doors (DNG)
• Coordinate HW, system and SW architecture teams
• Safety work product roadmap and delivery planning according to ISO 26262 and ASPICE
• Track deadlines with functional safety gate assessments
• Project capacity planning and coordination up to series release
• SW/system planning and coordination with counterparts in India, Romania, China and USA
• Track SOP milestones with customer
• Bug tracking and follow-up with Jira
• Safety analyses and HSIS requirement traceability
• Plan organizational work packages using sprints
• Coordinate ISO 26262 and ASPICE work products in the V-model development process
• Create the safety plan and the safety-critical plan
• Interface between functional safety management, HW development and software development
• Clarify and align requirements regarding quality, FuSi, standards and A-SPICE
• Coordinate between different suppliers for SoC, HW and SW quality and KPIs

• Leading conferences as event manager
• Curating content & speakers for conference programs
• Managing conference teams
• Communicating with all stakeholders during planning and onsite
• Emergency and crisis management
• Advising clients on event design
• Project planning, management, and completion
• References: FKFS Symposium, DTT Symposium, ETUG User Conference, RETAIL NXT

• Designing, consulting, and managing strategic transformation projects for banks, insurers, and financial associations with a focus on efficiency, digitalization, and ESG
• Owning market positioning in sustainability through professional publications, whitepapers, and presentations at the top management level
• Developing and executing targeted acquisition strategies for ESG transformation projects and the insurance market, including identifying market opportunities and creating proposals in collaboration with executive management

• Technical project lead for the software testing subproject in the development of encryption systems (tactical crypto devices).

• Test monitoring

• Test specification

• Software test implementation

• Schedule planning

• Code reviews

• Team leadership

• Test team resource planning

• Test team coordination

• Coordination of overall project flow

• Stakeholder management

• Report creation

• Reporting to executive management

• Delivered testing milestones on schedule, ensuring timely integration with development.

• Improved test team efficiency by standardizing workflows and reporting.

• Ensured compliance with Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408).

• Digital Transformation & Strategy: Advising clients on developing digital business models. Supporting from the first idea through MVP development and go-live to successful scaling.
• Software Development: Designing, implementing, and operating cloud platforms. Deep hands-on experience with agile methodology (SCRUM).
• AI: Intensive building of knowledge and experience in AI-driven coding and AI solutions (AI Engineering and MLOps), focusing on data-sovereign open-source solutions and Microsoft Azure. Leading and hands-on execution of AI projects.
• Leadership: Building, leading, and developing the agency team of eleven international experts.
• Focus on Regulated Markets: Experience identifying and addressing industry-specific compliance requirements. Implemented the internal change project “ISO27001 ready”.
• Overall Entrepreneurial Responsibility: Managing delivery, sales, HR, and controlling. Ensuring highest customer satisfaction (5.0-star rating) as well as quality and efficiency in software development.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with managing directors, departments, service providers, and external IT teams.

• Remote learning with experts and 636 instructional units.
• Product management bootcamp teaching agile methods and software tools for modern product management in complex software projects.
• User experience (UX) · product management · Figma (software) · user-centered design · Scrum · agile project management · Jira · Confluence · product discovery · backlog management · user experience design (UED) · prototyping · lean thinking · product roadmapping · user stories · Miro collaboration platform · application monitoring tools · performance metrics · lean product management · product design kickoff indicators (KPI) & tracking events · product strategy · business modeling · product vision & goals · product discovery.

• Project management: rollout, migration and implementation of international IT projects
• Sales and business development
• Finance and team management (up to 24 senior consultants) and stakeholder management (including executive level)
• Projects include diverse SAP ERP; SAP S/4HANA; cloud/on-premise, AI, machine learning
• Responsible for project computerized system validation (CSV), QA, project quality
• Implementation of CSV, QA in the project
• Key account management; responsible for all client projects and offerings
• Development of RFIs and RFPs

• Portfolio, program, and project management using agile, hybrid, and traditional project management methods

• Implementation of a new partner management solution
• Epic Owner & Journey Owner in an international environment
• Responsible for epics from blueprinting to commercial launch
• Stakeholder management & reporting

• Assumed project management for each store refurbishment
• Coordination and management of all trades on site
• Monitoring schedule compliance and execution quality
• Change order management
• Invoice verification
• Defect remediation
• Led and completed in 2016: Leonberg, Frankfurt, Baden-Baden, Lindau, Konstanz, Bayreuth, and Lörrach
• In 2017: Saarbrücken, Koblenz, Regensburg, Ulm, and Heidelberg
• In 2018: Mannheim central station, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Klettpassage, Würzburg, and Freiburg