Inbound & Outbound Logistics of fast moving goods

Optimization of warehouse processes

SAP process definition

• Execute strategic targets from commodity
• achieve project related targets (costs, timing, quality)
• prepare & present sourcing committee documentation
• execute contracts with correct legal terms and conditions
• communication between projects and suppliers
• support VEVA activities and achieve purchasing savings and targets, prepare cost breakdowns for customer quotes
• work closely with international electronics/plastics/metal commodity team

• Head of prototype logistics for the plants in Romania, France, Tunisia (Customer Mercedes, AMG, Magna Steyr)
• Instruction of the residents and task forces in the production plants and logistics platforms (release/software updates, rework, recall campaigns and cost calculation, changes in series production and related costs) 

• Noise & vibration reducing elements
  • Development of new products in the steering wheel and airbag production (customer Mercedes and BMW, material used thermoplasts, silicones, overmolded metal parts)
  • ?Pre-development, feasibility studies, patent application, supplier acquisition, product and assembly cost internal & external calculation, presentation of prototypes to end customers. Contact person for suppliers, sales, production plants, buyers, internal and external stakeholders
• Airbag and pyrotechnical elements
  • Development of new processes for airbag assembly (customer Porsche, Daimler, low package airbags)
  • Calculation of the operating costs, ordering and negotiation of the supplier parts, integration of the processes in new projects and support up to the start of series production
• Steering wheels (leather, wood, foamed), Side airbags (seats)
  • Management of the task force for customer complaints (Mercedes & AMG)
  • Moderation of meetings of suppliers, production plants and development sites, presentation of the results at management level or vice president level
  • Optimization of manufacturing processes and tools in series production
    

• Task force management customers VW, General Motors and Mercedes
• Advising Autoliv AG on technical supplier problems with a focus on production, quality assurance, project management, conducting negotiations and customer communication in the area of airbags and steering wheels
• Middle man in case of supplier escalation or forced production stop at supplier site

• Development of strategy and measures to increase customer satisfaction in the German BMW branch network
• Workshop together with 4 European consulting firms

• Continuation of the technical support and task force from the Bosch project on an independent basis.
• Development of sales strategy for the southern Germany region. Continuation of a task force due to casting problems.

• Project management and key account contact for customers Porsche, AMG, Daimler
• Responsibility for and definition of specifications, implementation of contract content with development, production, quality assurance and purchasing (Europe and USA)
• APQP and lessons learned workshops for new projects (Porsche Turbo, Daimler C, E-Class, S600), process acceptance with end customers before SOP, FMEA, project changes, technical assessment, project controlling: ensuring compliance with deadlines, performance in the project
• Customer presentations with implementation of measures; project documentation
• Reorganization from 3 to 2 locations together with Borg Warner management, end customers and external management consultancy
  

• Establishment of a global quality assurance network (fuel pumps, brushed motors, roll cell pumps) (own budget: ?200,000; production plants: USA, China, Czech Republic, Brazil, work package processing)
• International approval of production lines, standardization of test processes, ratio projects in series production, new projects and programs for low-cost countries, international contacts and workshops
• FMEA, process audits, 8-D complaint process, Yokoten, Firewall, PPAP, Kepner Tregoe, risk analysis
• change processes, Pareto analysis, customer presentations, project documentation