Laurent Klenschi

Technology | Industry | Excellence

Germany

About

Leader in Quality Management, Product Design and Industrial Engineering. 25+ years of experience with numerous cases of measurable improvements. Oriented to customers' satisfaction, operational excellence, and people development. Pragmatic, empathetic, result oriented, committed. Multicultural background. Fluent in five languages. Trains and motivates the teams to reach the best of everyone. ↗️ Profil auf deutsch erhältlich | ↗️ Profile disponible en français | ↗️ Perfil disponible en español

Experience

  • Director of Engineering at Geismar Rail Industry Technologies & Services
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • BDR Thermea Group ()
    • Head of Product Design
      May 2023 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs

      Head of the Product Development department - ca. 45 employees: engineers, mechanics, scientists, and technicians. Development of new generations of heat pump outdoor units (refrigeration circuit) and indoor units (heat distribution and domestic hot water preparation) up to market launch in European target countries. Participation in forward-looking innovation partnerships. Development of team competencies and creation of career paths.

    • Head of Quality - BDU Heat Pump & A/C
      Aug 2019 - Aug 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for the Quality of the Heat Pump & A/C business. Created and led the Design Quality team of the BU. Coordinated the Project Quality function and processes for the group.

  • Quality & HSE Manager at AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs

    Led Q&HSE Department Reorganized Quality assurance and Safety structure to accompany the quick growing organization Planed Safety, Quality and wast management in the new factory building (VSM, Lean-Kaizen) Improved customer quality, internal quality (reduced scrap of 25%) and safety consciousness Implemented Corporate Operation Systems (Q4, S4)

  • Team coordinator at SEAT & Senior Consultant at FERCHAU Engineering
    Jan 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Developed business, and coordinated Engineers' team within automotive customers: SEAT (area of Quality and R&D), Plastic Omnium, Motherson, ... Supported actors of Digital Transformation for their implementation within the automotive industry (Kapture, Wallbox,...).

  • Quality Manager at BCS Automotive Interface Solutions
    Feb 2013 - Jan 2016 · 3 yrs

    Led Quality assurance team of the factory. Reduced customer claims and ppm. Reduced warranty payment by 380k$. Awarded "Best Quality" factory 2015 of TRW BCS group.