Manage and coach skilled technical staff. Create well defined conditions for staff to work toward an organised approach to engineering and ensure working processes that gives guidance for a constant flow of improvements. Generate a working environment in general that embraces creativity and new thinking with respect for established company core values.Highly analytic and rational thinking with well-developed ability to empathize and cooperate with staff, peers and customers both internal and external. Is organised and systematic towards setting up and managing research and development routines and focused continuously to improve people skills and processes in general. Value straight forwardness and informal working environment with room for a diverse combination of staff characteristics. Is generally in good mood and consider myself to have a good sense of humour.Project management of R&D/NPI projects with focus on budget and on time delivery, while keeping high focus on quality of products. Project management also include the entire value chain were making sure the entire organization from Production to Aftermarket is heard in the initial phase of the project, so the entire company’s knowledge is utilized in the new products. As part of my daily project management work I always try to have a closer look on the cross functional process, thus I have great experience with optimizing these.Career results:Engineering management• Cross Cultural & Cross Border Engineering Management and cooperation of Engineers• Improving team working skills of colleagues by means of coaching• Making people work together cross border/cross cultural• Transferring of development tasks to foreign branch of company• Decide on KPI with focus on implementing and keeping them to achieve overall company KPI/goalsBusiness Process Improvements• Internal Project manager on improvement projectsLean project planning• Implementing of Lean project planning and tools for do.• Reduced lead time for new products from 24 months to 10 months,NPI Project management:• Products produced from 300 – 7.000 pcs/year• Project budgets ranging from 200.000 – 100.000.000 USD (incl. CaPex, OPex & Labour)• Weekly reporting to PMO• Follow Stage Gate modelOn-site outsourcing management (Turkey)• Securing communication between out-sourcing company and mother company• Bridging gaps between cultures• Keeping budget• Keeping time schedule
Listed skills include Product Development, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Engineering Management, and 10 others.