Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
My involvement in the technological development processes at the start of my career included car design, data analysis, and on-track technical support. Subsequently, my role expanded to defining a complete car spec book and management responsibilities around commercial aspects of tasks like identifying and reviewing design-to-cost parameters for existing and new projects. Today, I’m in charge of multi-million-dollar projects with global reach. I’m responsible for the coordination of all business and technological operations between the EU, the United States, and Japan, including the aftersales support in all countries, i.e. technical specifications of car development items and setting profit/loss targets on single parts and overall project scope. Constant and continuous progress and improvement have inspired me to resume my studies – this time in the area of computer science. It goes without saying that the impact of the digital age on science, research, and business processes has been profound and transformative. Expanding my skillset in this direction seems like the next logical step on the trajectory of my engineering education and experience.
• Group leader of customer focused projects (25 people) • Project leader of the GR Supra GT4 • Developing short, medium and long-term strategy for Toyota customer motorsport activities • Development of the aftersales market • Delegating and coordinating tasks within Toyota family (Europe, Asia and USA) • Oversee day-to-day operation • Process expert to analyze, concept, implement & document of cross-functional processes [Production, research & development, sales, customer care, lead management etc.]
• Project leader of the GR Supra GT4 • Liaise project goals and achievement with stake holders • Budgeting and resource management of projects and project evolution • Definition of technical spec. book • Responsible for analyzing and optimizing existing processes while conceptualizing and developing new processes for online/offline store. Launched in-house product to synchronize web shop, SAP and the production system • Develop cross-functional processes, communication & reporting structure to optimize project operation • Technical progress monitoring, coordination and problem-solving
- Work in a state-of-the art dyno environment - Responsible for engine test planning - Responsible for test and development of components - Test data analysis and write test reports - Co-ordinate testing activities for specific test requests - Evaluate testing, data reduction and analysis, reporting