Stamping Experts in Germany

• Plant planning in conveyor technology
• Engineering and design of conveyor systems for the automotive industry / battery transport
• Software, CAD: AutoCAD Inventor 2019 3D + Vault

• Procurement of service providers such as building cleaners, caretakers, landscaping and garden construction companies, maintenance companies (HVAC, electrical); conducting negotiations and tendering framework agreements

• Independently managing the construction of global projects for lithium-ion coating lines
• Leading and coordinating international installation teams and subcontractors
• Ensuring compliance with contractually agreed installation and commissioning milestones
• Ensuring timely completion of outstanding items on site
• Regularly communicating with the project manager about current project status
• Leading daily internal site meetings and attending construction meetings with suppliers and customers
• Documenting processes and progress in weekly reports
• Responsible for occupational safety and health protection on site

• Project for Liebherr Excavators: routing of cable harnesses for complex, parametric cable harness systems for various excavator systems with PTC/Creo Cabling 10.0
• Processing and creation of bills of materials in Windchill (Albatros)
• Project for Harmann: change management for control units in the automotive sector for OEMs such as Porsche, Audi and VW Group using Teamcenter
• Coordination and communication of changes with the departments involved
• Project for the service provider Segula: administration of various CAD systems (myPLM, CATIA, PTC/Creo, Siemens NX), PLM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill) and OEM-specific systems (VWCGR Lite, Porsche PDMU Offsiteclient)
• License management and organization of license procurement for the OEM-specific systems
• Organization and delivery of CAD training for PTC/Creo Parametric
• Project for Giesecke + Devrient in Munich: support with the introduction of Windchill, integration of the Creo Direct Modeling CAD system and the SAP ERP system
• Designer for cable harness routing for banknote inspection machines in PTC/Creo Parametric and Creo/Cabling
• Transferring data to SAP; maintaining material numbers in SAP and SAP ECTR
• Preparing assemblies and bills of materials for transfer to Windchill and SAP
• Maintenance and management of variants for banknote inspection machines
• Creation of master data and migration of data from CAD to SAP (SAP PP, SAP MM)
• Agile work with Jira

• Bridging the vacancy of operations manager ATT area

• Process optimization

• Reduction of lead times

• Reorganization of the ATT area

• Increase in OTIF from 73% to 92%

• Greater flexibility in employee deployment through internal equipment training

• Integration of a new cooperation partner

• Implementation of an MDE system

• Replacement and renewal of the existing client PCs with an upgrade to Windows 11 and mobile workstations with laptops and docking stations
• Introduction of Office365 with OneDrive use
• Introduction of e-invoicing with DATEV accounting software
• Revision of the standard office applications in daily use
• File storage in SharePoint instead of local data storage
• New authorization structure for users
• Use of Microsoft accounts to synchronize profiles
• Reorganization of the document scanning process with storage in SharePoint
• New backup concept in addition to the Microsoft cloud solution
• Introduction of new data structures: review and separation of data into active, inactive, private, business
• Simplification of processes
• Increased data security and improved security
• Permanent data availability at all internal and external workplaces

• Retrofit of 10 existing distribution centers with ASML (automated scan manual labelling)

• Automation of conveyor technology at the induct with the goals of improving ergonomics, reducing costs, and increasing throughput

• Adaptation of existing MHE (material handling equipment)

• Supplier management (internal and external)

• Construction site coordination

• Detailed planning and execution of the implementation concept

• Acceptance tests for machine safety, Machinery Directive

• Planning and execution of IOQ, SWEH, SAT, Launch

• Ensuring compliance with costs, deadlines, and scope

• Risk management

• PM coaching of the project team and suppliers

• Leading multiple international teams

• International communication/coordination of sites (Delivery Stations AMZL, suppliers), RME, Ops, Safety, PMO, and Quality

• Methods and tools: Interim project management, project management (classic, agile, hybrid), change management, V-model, Scrum, Ozark, Chime, PtW, RightCrowd, stakeholder management, scheduling, cost planning, resource planning, controlling, conveyor technology, logistics, mechanical engineering, construction site coordination, claim management, requirements management, specifications, functional specification, supply chain management, risk management, FMEA, lessons learned, supplier management, team leadership, communication (international)

• Optimization and monitoring of project management

• Internal and external stakeholder management

• Conflict and escalation management

• Customer contact

• Leading team meetings

• Planning, coordinating and managing projects while taking customer and project milestones into account

• Preparing, monitoring and adhering to financial and personnel planning

• Schedule monitoring and ensuring project and product quality

• Welded assemblies made from 7,000 series aluminum extrusion profiles

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

• Module carriers, structural elements, door components

• Progressive and transfer presses, robotic welding, automated assembly, mechanical aluminum profile processing

• 6 team members

• As part of a greenfield project, a new production plant is being built in Slovakia to produce industrial media storage for OEMs and distributors once completed.

• Procurement and industrialization of production equipment for prefabrication.

• Design, procurement, installation and integration of complete production lines based on stamping, forming and welding technology with integrated, labor-reducing processes.

• Establishment of a production environment under strategic aspects according to the latest state of the art.

• Overall and continuous communication with the entire greenfield team, adjacent departments and plant and executive management.

• Development of concepts together with key suppliers and identification of ratio potentials along manufacturing process chains using value stream analyses.

• Collection, assessment and application of process data such as throughput times, manufacturing times, setup times, wait and idle times using time and multimoment studies as well as surveys.

• Forward-looking design of production systems and processes with the goal of implementing automated and competitive process solutions as part of comprehensive supply chain management.

• Planning of production workflows, definition of manufacturing methods, design of the overall layout and workstations.

• Determination and recording of process cost rates, overhead rates, cost evaluation of production processes, machine hourly rates, depreciation as well as expected share of claims and rework costs to optimize manufacturing costs.

• Continuous optimizations of product designs for their adaptation into automation-oriented production environments until the plant's SOP.

• Multi-project management for the engineering, design, procurement, installation and process integration of all relevant trades with respect to plant engineering, lifting equipment, production equipment and QA installations.

• Ongoing establishment of an overall concept in constructive, plant engineering, logistical, IT and QA aspects.

• Systematic analysis of cost drivers and targeted implementation of savings potentials in electronics, electromechanics, and medium voltage. Achieved a cost reduction of 9% compared to the 12% target.

• Introduced a transparent reporting system by integrating various existing systems and interfaces to improve data quality and monitor product costs for an annual volume of approximately €230 million.

• Deployed design-to-cost initiatives and cost-out workshops in close collaboration with procurement, product management, and engineering to drive technical optimizations and sustainable savings.

• Applied strategic negotiations, second-source qualification, and price and value analyses. Complemented by cost assessments and benchmark analyses to ensure long-term cost efficiency and competitiveness.

• Analysis of the current process
• Development of the target processes
• Support for the implementation of improvements in an SAP-enabled program
• Simplification of customer contact initiation
• Streamlining internal processes through automated real-time verification of claim relevance
• Creation of use cases

• Process optimization (adjustment and new implementation of operational processes in the plants)
• Co-led management team workshop to develop and implement corporate strategies for sustainably securing and increasing the company's competitiveness
• Warehouse and logistics conversion (analysis and optimization of existing warehouse and logistics processes, support and ensuring smooth implementation of new processes)
• Designing and supporting change processes, e.g., during transformation and restructuring (establishing production planning and quality assurance)
• Shop floor improvements including identifying improvement potentials, developing measures to increase efficiency and optimize workflows, and supporting and monitoring implemented improvements
• Managing two plants and supporting the stabilization of leadership teams in three plants, including measures to stabilize operations and leadership culture, developing managers and employees, and promoting a performance-oriented corporate culture (e.g., working with KPIs and regular staff briefings and discussions)

Result: Optimized the plants' operational processes, reducing lead times by up to 30% and increasing delivery reliability to at least 95% (up from 78%). Stabilized and optimized operations (including leadership culture) through measures such as adjusting and reimplementing work and logistics processes, promoting performance through KPI use and regular employee communication, which led to a significant reduction in machine and staff downtime by up to 15% and an efficiency increase of at least 20%.

• Development and design of drives with support from product management
• Technical support for purchasing
• Creation of requirements and functional specifications, FMEAs, calculations and verifications with CAE, test protocols
• Communication with suppliers, customers, production, assembly, quality management and product management
• Testing products and error analysis
• Support for marketing activities (e.g. trade shows)

• Lead strategic sourcing for BMW GT3/GT4, Bentley GT3, Porsche 911 GT3, and McLaren GT3 racing/steering wheels and quick-release systems; own end-to-end COGS and raw-material spend across electronics and mechanical BOMs; oversee €65M annual spend and 20-25 programs per year.
• Directly responsible for procurement of servo motor and structural parts (CNC, die-cast, injection, extrusion, stamping, anodizing) managing €30M annual spend.
• Collaborate with internal R&D teams and PMO to identify and analyze project requirements; run early ability to analyze bills of materials and technical drawings/schematics to align material strategy before RFQ.
• Lead all procurement-related functions within the project, including supplier sourcing, negotiation, contract management, supplier documentation management, and material management for assigned projects.
• Ensure supply continuity during project execution via dual-sourcing, lead-time/buffer planning, and escalation routines with suppliers and operations.
• Monitor change activities during the transition from sample to production-ready (EVT/DVT -> PVT -> MP) with engineering and suppliers to protect the company from potential supplier claims (scope, tooling, obsolescence) and keep commercial terms under control.
• Quickly and accurately identify problems and report on status and required actions to stakeholders (senior and C-level); drive root-cause actions with clear owners and timelines until closure.