Stefan Andrew

Working in electric mobility and shaping the world

Hefei, Anhui, China

About

Experience

  • Volkswagen Group China (6 yrs 11 mos)
    • Special Projects @ Powerhouse
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    • Head of System Engineering and FO
      Apr 2025 - Sep 2025 · 6 mos

    • Head of Development Steering and Central Functions Department
      Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Project Manager and Practice Leader Engineering at AKKA Consulting
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs

    Practice Leadership Engineering and Technology - training planning and knowledge transfer between the associates in the company - organizing Practice events like Community of Practice, practical trainings, etc. - preparing and conducting sales pitches for new projects in the field of Engineering and Technology - preparing and presenting the weekly KPIs to the CEO and CFO Region China Programme Leadership - leading the projects in the R&D field, especially projects in Electric/Electronic and Powertrain - main access point for clients in all project administrative questions - coordinating the activities of the associates within R&D to ensure a maximised output for the client Project Leadership - for New Energy Vehicles (NEV), Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV) and Project Management Office (PMO) - leading more than ten projects with over 15 associates

  • Erlkoenig Management Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (Beijing, China)
    • Practice Leader Engineering
      Dec 2017 - Apr 2018 · 5 mos

      ***Erlkoenig Management Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. becomes AKKA Consulting as of April 2018*** - Leading a Practice of Engineers in the fields of Mechanical and Production Engineering and Computational Systems - Planning and managing of Data Analytics and AI projects - Coordinating the preparation of studies and scientific publications - Conducting administrative tasks and managing of the Practice members - Planning and conducting professional and personal development of the Practice members - Knowledge Management among Practice members and between the Practices

    • Project Manager
      Sep 2017 - Apr 2018 · 8 mos

      ***Erlkoenig Management Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. becomes AKKA Consulting as of April 2018*** - Management of various Project Teams - Information Management in Product and Production Engineering - Support for IPR-Audit/Homologation regarding Lithium Ion Batteries of New Energy Vehicles (NEV) for Automotive OEMs in China - Coordination of knowledge and information transfers and training operations among international businesses

  • Senior Consultant at Erlkönig GmbH
    Sep 2017 - Sep 2017 · 1 mo

  • Research Assistant at Technical University of Braunschweig
    Jun 2010 - Mar 2016 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    - “LithoRec II – Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries”, planning of a disassembly system for battery systems, energy modelling and simulation for the whole recycling process chain [July 2012 - March 2016] - “LithoRec - Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries”, conducting disassembly studies, planning of a disassembly system and making design for recycling/ disassembly proposals for environment guidelines [Aug. 2010 - Oct. 2011] - “InGA LCE - Indo-German Automotive Life Cycle Engineering”, coordinator of student exchange between TU Braunschweig and BITS Pilani, incl. two two-month stays at BITS Pilani, India [June 2013 - Dec. 2015] - "Sino-German Working Group on Lithium Ion Traction Battery Recycling", exchanging with Chinese and German politicians, industry and academia initiated by the German BMU and the Chinese NDRC [June 2012 - Nov. 2014] - “IDCylUM - Design for Upgradecycling”, analysing replacement mechanisms of electr(on)ic equipment and developing a methodology for upgrade possibilities, French project [Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013] - “Energy reduction in process chains”, developing a workshop concept to identify, evaluate and implement measures for the reduction of energy consumption in production process chains [Dec. 2011 - May 2013] - “Analysis and evaluation of different product concepts for transmission control systems”, using DFMA software tool [March 2011 - May 2012] - Scientific Advisor in the Swedish project “HÅPLA - Sustainable Recycling of Flat Panel Displays” [Nov. 2010 - June 2013] - Member in Re-Use Working Group of “StEP Initiative (Solving the E-Waste Problem)” by United Nations University, a.o. conducting a case study on success factors and barriers for re-use of electr(on)ic equipment [Sept. 2010 - Dec. 2014] - Manager and consultant of an SME network “Goldsucher - Technologies for the treatment of flat panel displays“ [June 2010 - Aug. 2010] - Preparation of lectures and guidance for students in their thesis work [June 2010 - March 2016]