Alex Decker

Automatic Identification #nfc #rfid #barcode #ble

About

As a central point of contact between management, development, quality assurance, sales, and marketing, I ensure seamless collaboration across all departments. I’ve eliminated phrases like “We’ve always done it this way.” If people say this to me I try to understand respectful the background behind it. I thrive on managing new product developments, benefiting the entire company. Positive vibes matter to me, and team brainstorming fuels fresh ideas. With a background in industrial engineering (both bachelor’s and master’s degrees), I tackle challenging tasks head-on. My diverse international experiences in Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Australia have broadened my perspective.

Experience

  • smart-TEC GmbH & Co. KG (9 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Product Management & Quality Management
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Produktmanager
      May 2017 - May 2024 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      * Responsible for product management of RFID/NFC tags. * Support, development, and implementation of ideas from concept to finished solutions, as well as product management for the Software-as-a-Service solution IDconnect. * Determining the product portfolio in close collaboration with sales, marketing, production, and development, both internally and externally. * Qualification of suppliers, including the development of new processes and conducting international audits. * Coordination of successful product testing, sales support, and certifications.

  • Research Assistant at University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe/Germany
    Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 · 5 mos

    * Development of a business and product development simulation * Supervision of students in a product development project * Preparation and assistance of a Design Thinking Workshop

  • Innovation-Coach at Collaborative product development (Porsche AG, SAP SE, KIT and UAS Karlsruhe)
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2016 · 4 mos

  • Working Student, Technical Materials Management at BASF
    Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 · 8 mos

  • BASF (11 mos)
    • Bachelorthesis, Technical Materials Management
      Apr 2015 - Aug 2015 · 5 mos

      Thesis: Evaluation concept of Auto-ID solutions for technical materials in the chemical industry * Requirements elicitation of future automatic identification solutions through interviews with internal experts * Process mapping of current physical and data processes of involved stakeholders * Analysis of optimization approaches and development of an optimization concept concerning the whole internal supply chain

    • Internship, Technical Materials Management
      Oct 2014 - Mar 2015 · 6 mos

      Team Portfolios, Projects & Processes * Optimization of the supply chain through having sole responsibility to involve suppliers and service providers within the field of master data * Support in international projects with the goal to reduce warehouse and maintenance costs * Further development of a process to determine optimization potentials within the field of technical materials management * Analysis and concept development to minimise the ordering and transportation costs within the context of global sourcing