PROFILE- 30 years of experience in key positions in the manufacturing industry, particularly in the automotive sector.
- Senior positions as Plant Manager and General Manager with management and turnover responsibility.
- Relevant experience as Key Account and Business Development Manager for various global automotive OEMs.
- Many years of international experience in Portugal and France as a development and design engineer, quality project manager, technical project coordinator and project manager.
- Implementation and introduction of special projects such as Operational Excellence and digitalization projects (SAP B1, SharePoint systems, Microsoft Power Platform applications).
- Deep understanding of digital transformation, process automation and artifcial intelligence.
- Proven track record of continuous revenue growth.
- Introduction of new technologies and departments.
- Effective project and process coordination on a global level.
- Multilingual, with fuency in English, Portuguese, French, Spanish.
- Experience in HR as an executive search consultant.
SKILLS- Global Project & Program Management
- Prozess digitalization
- Industrial Process automation
- Data analysis
- Agile PM & Scrum
- Microsoft Power Platform & SharePoint
- AI Tools
- Business Development
- Leadership and team management
- Problem and confict resolution
- Change Management
- Operational Excellence
- Sustainability Management
- ESG Data analysis and evaluation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE08/2018 - todayRole: SELF-EMPLOYED
Tasks:Digital change, process automation and AI in the industrial environment
- Interim Manager & Consultant
- Project Manager Digitalization
- Global business development
10/2014 - 01/2018Role: GENERAL MANAGER & GLOBAL KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER DAIMLER, GM, HYUNDAI&KIA
Customer: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Öhringen
Tasks:- Management and turnover responsibility
- Establishment of laser welding and polishing department
- Introduction of Operational Excellence and SAP B1
07/2009 - 09/2014Role: PLANT MANAGER & GLOBAL KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER DAIMLER, GM, HYUNDAI&KIA
Customer: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Öhringen
Tasks:- Management and turnover responsibility
- Support in setting up the South Korean branch
- Creation of a SharePoint system & global rollout
- Establishment of laser texturing department
07/2007 - 06/2009Role: GLOBAL KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER VW, OPEL
Customer: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Wolfsburg + Öhringen
Tasks:- Customer support from the offer phase to series production
- Global key account and project management
- Support in setting up branch in Suzhou, Shanghai
- Support development of nickel shell technology
08/2006 - 05/2007Role: PROJECT MANAGER, PURCHASING INJECTION MOLDS IN CHINA & R&D MANAGER
Customer: FEHST COMPONENTES, LDA., Braga - Portugal
Tasks:- Project with Methode Electronics, Malta; 2K handbrake switch chrome-plated, painted, laser printing
- Purchase of injection molding tools, tool optimization, approval and transfer from China to Portugal
- Commissioning laser cutting and laser etching
- IMD sampling tests with flm back injection molding
06/2004 - 07/2006Role: PROJECT MANAGER
Customer: SIMOLDES PLÁSTICOS, Lda., Oliveira de Azeméis -Portugal
Tasks:- All commercial activities
- Coordination of project teams from development, quality, tool technology, purchasing, industrialization
- Status reporting to management
07/2003 - 05/2004Role: PROJECT MANAGER QUALITY
Customer: SIMOLDES PLÁSTICOS, Lda., Oliveira de Azeméis - Portugal
Tasks:- Coordination of quality standards with customers
- Product and process analysis (development to series production)
- Planning laboratory tests & results analysis
- Defnition of test gauges and PPAP coordination
- Creation and tracking of action plans
09/2000 - 06/2003Role: TECHNICAL PROJECT COORDINATOR
Customer: SIMOLDES PLÁSTICOS, Lda., Oliveira de Azeméis - Portugal
Tasks:- Development activities, production of prototypes
- Defnition, release of injection molds
- Component purchasing
- Defnition of testing and assembly equipment
04/1998 - 05/2000Role: DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN ENGINEER
Customer: ROBERT BOSCH THERMOTECHNIK - E.L.M LEBLANC SAS, Drancy - Frankreich
Tasks:- Development of new model series of gas boilers
- Construction of new plastic hydraulic platform
- Responsible for all development activities of E.L.M. Leblanc with Vulcano
05/1995 - 03/1998Role: DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN ENGINEER
Customer: ROBERT BOSCH THERMOTECHNIK - VULCANO TERMO-DOMÉSTICOS, Aveiro - Portugal
Tasks:- Pre-development of new instantaneous gas water heaters
- FMEA workshops - participation and moderation
- Development and design of gas boilers with piezo-electric and electronic ignition
- Cost rationalization of the developed gas boilers
PRACTICAL STAGE03/1992 - 06/1992Practical stage, Aero Engineering, Los Angeles - USA