Philipp Theile

True to the quote from Henry Ford: “If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.,” I am motivated by new tasks and challenges. What challenges do you have for me?

Greater Leipzig Area

About

I am a cosmopolitan person who gained relevant intercultural experience through a year-long backpacking trip around the world in Europe, Africa, North America and Oceania. As an organizational talent, I am reflective, open for criticism and constantly question prejudices and stereotypical thinking. I have 13 years of corporate experience in quality management (customer complaint management, process and test planning, research & development projects, certified auditor ISO 9001) in the low-voltage switchgear, battery storage systems and high-power charger sector. With over 9 years of experience in setting up and introducing a legally compliant, complex and cross-functional organization in the field of electrical safety I led 68 employees professionally. I have very good communication and presentation skills that have enabled me to bring a wide range of stakeholders together and to turn complexity into simplicity. Through strong analytical thinking, I am able to grasp and understand given structures to define the “box” in order to be able to think and act “out of the box.” With a focus on facts, efficiency, quality and company success and taking into account the professional skills of employees and colleagues, decisions are easy for me. For me, empowerment and trust, empathy, appreciation, clear and comprehensible strategies as well as very good communication on an equal footing make the difference in leadership.

Experience

  • Siemens (14 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director Quality Management
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Director Quality Management @ Zhenjiang Siemens Busbar Trunking Systems Co., Ltd. for SIVACON Low Voltage Switchboard and Busbar Trunking Systems business

    • Quality Assurance Manager
      Mar 2014 - Oct 2025 · 11 yrs 8 mos

      Global quality support for LV switchboards (China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye); Customer complaint management; Test and process planning for Siemens SIVACON series (Low voltage switchgears), Siemens Siestorage series (Industry battery storage systems) and Siemens Sicharge D (High power charger) products; Professional leadership for Quality Control department (>20 EMP); Responsible for electrical safety for employees at Siemens factory Leipzig and for Siemens service engineers on customer site with professional leadership (>65 EMP); Quality assurance in R&D projects from manufacturing and testing perspective.

    • Personal goal pursuit
      May 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr

      World trip: > leave my comfort zone > expand my horizon and open my mind > break down prejudices and stereotypical thinking > got to know new cultures and languages > discover and creating myself > discover what really matters in life

  • Working Student at Siemens
    Aug 2011 - Sep 2011 · 2 mos

    Mechanical and electrical assembly of Siemens SIVACON low-voltage switchgear

  • MTG Kommunikationstechnik GmbH Leipzig (Leipzig area, Germany)
    • Electronics technician for information and telecommunications technology
      Feb 2008 - Jul 2008 · 6 mos

      Assembly and commissioning of fire alarm, burglar alarm, nurse call and intercom systems; Assembly of networks (fiber optic, LAN, WLAN); Assembly and commissioning of telecommunications systems; Maintenance, revision and servicing of customer systems; Technical management of individual construction phases in large projects

    • Electronics technician for information and telecommunications technology - Vocational training
      Aug 2004 - Jan 2008 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Vocational training as an electronics technician for information and telecommunications technology