Plaffeien, Fribourg, Switzerland
At Bcomp Ltd, we harness the potential of natural fiber composites to craft sustainable automotive solutions that aid OEMs in reducing their carbon footprint. My role as Program Manager is to foster a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and collective efforts translate into meaningful advancements for the industry. With a rich history at Bosch, I contributed to multi-faceted product development, leading global teams in delivering technological excellence. Our mission was to enhance efficiency, elevate quality, and drive stakeholder satisfaction. This journey honed my competencies in program management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement, underscoring my commitment to continuous improvement and the empowerment of team dynamics. How my colleagues see me: "He has an open minded, proactive, hands-on attitude, straight communication and a customer-oriented mind-set believing that stakeholder satisfaction is the way to success." "Managing programs means to Balazs having complex overview, having the rights taking decisions with all the consequences, getting jobs done with improved quality, reduced lead time, reduced cost. " "Balazs profit-oriented mindset continuously looking for synergies, good examples to use, value add to increase, lessons learned to implement and finding better ways of working as one team." My motivation: Being accelerator, team enabler in creation of something ends up in a valuable product for the community and for the environment My mission: My mission is to create a learning team culture around me, where people are respected, involved and motivated to grow. Recent assessments show, that I am highly innovative, can react very quickly according to current needs. Specialties: open minded analytical and problem-solving skills, altitude to continuous learning, ability to operate under pressure proactively, natural fiber applications, alumina extrusion, crash management systems, business development, financial analysis, stakeholder management, risk management
As a Program Manager at Bcomp Ltd, I spearheaded projects aimed at developing sustainable solutions for automotive OEMs. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of natural fiber composites in the automotive industry. • Led initiatives to reduce carbon footprint and promote environmental sustainability in automotive manufacturing processes.
• Led global project teams in product development for automotive OEMs and TIER1s, saving 8M € through an ASIC Fab relocation project. • Mentored colleagues to enhance project management skills and introduced talent development processes. • Created local processes for project management to drive efficiency and innovation.
In my role as a Project Manager at Sapa Profiles, Inc. in Székesfehérvár, I led a small team in product development for automotive and construction industries. I managed projects from acquisition to SOP, including overseeing the company's first complete chassis system portfolio for AMG GT. • Led a small team of 3 FTE in product development for automotive and construction industries • Oversaw the company's first complete chassis system portfolio for AMG GT • Managed a machine purchasing project from market research to turnkey SOP
Project engineer, member of small team, new product implementation of simultaneously running projects.
workshop activities, purchasing parts, repairing documentation, translating training materials
Clusters Manuf. Dept., Quality Support of Production, First sampling (Q-Team, TIER1, PPAP, Quality technics, Thesis, TQM, LEAN)