Thomas Maass Søndergaard

Senior Project Manager at the LEGO Group

Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

About

Specialties: Project management Agile project execution Product development Sourcing and supplier development

Experience

  • Senior Project Manager at the LEGO Group
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Senior Project Manager at Danfoss
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Leading global cross functional project teams working on new product development in Danfoss Refrigeration and Airconditioning Controls. Responsible for execution from project start/business proposal until product launch.

  • LEGO Group (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Project Manager
      Mar 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Working as Project Manager in the Product and Marketing Development organization. Managing complex cross functional projects in the product development organization.

    • Technical Project Manager
      Nov 2011 - Feb 2016 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Working as technical project manager in Technical Element Design. Leading a team of engineers responsible for developing new LEGO elements.

  • Supply Chain Manager at Chima Asia Co., Ltd.
    Sep 2009 - Nov 2011 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for the following departments: - Purchasing/logistics - Production and planning - Engineering and Quality control - Sourcing and supplier development Expanded organization and supplier base to support a new product to be distributed to market leading wholesalers of garden applications. This was accomplished in only 4 months securing that the product reached the shops in time for the peak season.

  • Danfoss (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Supervisor
      Sep 2008 - Sep 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Supervisor for a department in Danfoss Kolding producing valves for industrial refrigeration. Responsible for the daily operations and management of around 40 employees. High attention on implementing and maintaining LEAN principles on the shopfloor according to Danfoss Productivity Programme principles. Also cooperating with technicians to improve product quality for new and existing products.

    • PRP Engineer
      Sep 2006 - Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Projects as a PRP engineer: - Danfoss Nessie, Nordborg. Redesign of a high pressure valve to be cast in stainless steel. - Danfoss Drives, Graasten. Member of a team implementing LEAN manufacturing principles. - Sea Recovery Corp, Los Angeles. Project manager for implementing LEAN in a newly acquired company. - Danfoss Heat Pumps, Arvika. Strategic Marketing project concerning the development of a product strategy for the European air/water market. - Danfoss Automatic Controls, Kolding. Shop floor supervisor for a department producing valves for industrial refrigeration.