Dr. Christoph Schmidt

Produktionsplanung- und Optimierung 🔧 | Fraunhofer Alumni 🎓 | Gründer 💪

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

About

Experience

  • thyssenkrupp (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Team Lead Global Cost Engineering
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

      • Development of global cost engineering department • Design new approaches/contracts models to generate systematic savings in procurement process • Leading crossfunctional workshops with internal departments to identify saving potentials • Optimization of the manufacturing processes of suppliers to achieve cost and quality targets • Optimization of parts (geometries, customer requirements, materials, processes) to reduce manufacturing complexity for suppliers

    • Global Cost Engineer
      Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

      • Optimization of the manufacturing processes of suppliers to achieve cost and quality targets • Optimization of parts (geometries, customer requirements, materials) to reduce manufacturing complexity for suppliers • Lead of optimization workshops with suppliers and thyssenkrupp-internal departments • Development of new approaches for continuous improvement (CI) and operational excellence (OPEX) with focus on cost reduction and optimization of manufacturing processes, rollout in 10 plants worldwide • Identification of new materials and manufacturing technologies for parts in series production as well product development • Calculation of manufacturing costs for new parts and projects (turning and milling parts; sinter parts) • Support design engineering department with design-to-cost approaches and expertise

  • Technische Universität Braunschweig (3 yrs 2 mos)
    • External Lecturer in Automation of Industrial Manufacturing Processes: "Materialflow and Technology"
      Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

      Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology - IWF

    • External Lecturer in Manufacturing Technology: "Automotive Industry – Turning and Milling Processes"
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology - IWF

    • External Lecturer in Manufacturing Technology: "Aerospace – Turning and Milling Processes"
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology - IWF

  • Universität Bayreuth (5 yrs 10 mos)
    • External Lecturer in Circular Economy: "Manufacturing Technologies in Remanufacturing"
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Chair Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Technology at University of Bayreuth

    • External Lecturer in Production Management: "Lean Management in Operations"
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Chair Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Technology at University of Bayreuth

    • External Lecturer in Production Management: "MTM and REFA in Operations"
      Jan 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Chair Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Technology at University of Bayreuth

  • Founder & CEO at bfirm consulting and engineering UG
    Jun 2020 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Founder and CEO, business development • Project leader, budget responsibility up to 70k € per project • Development of manufacturing processes with focus on high component variety and flexibility for international customers • Identification of customers’ requirements; technology screening; identification of suitable manufacturing technologies and development of processes; investment volume up to 1.6 mio. € • Transfer of scientific approaches from laboratory to successful business models

  • Project Lead / Senior Consultant / Research Associate / PhD Student at Fraunhofer IPA
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2020 · 6 yrs

    • Project lead of multiple projects, up to 6 FTE, budget responsibility up to 125k € per Project • Design and development of manufacturing processes for international customers (focus on OPX, Lean, CI) • Optimization and integration of Lean Production Systems (LPS), acc. to VDI 2870 • Development and design of various plant layouts (CAD) for all phases of factory planning • Value stream analysis and design • Process development for new manufacturing processes