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Holte, Capital Region Of Denmark, Denmark

Quality Department Manager for the 3 Product Lines in Axiometrix; GRAS Sound & Vibration (DK), imc Testmeasurements (GE) & Audio Precision (US).Heading implementation of new quality management system (Grand Avenue Software) throughout Axiometrix Solutions.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

With MechExcellence I facilitates improvements within;- Assessment & Development of Mechanical Development Processes, Methods & Tools- Project Management of Product Development, Change and Strategic projects- Assessment and Support for Product Development Process Creation, Renewal and Implementation- Coaching/"sparring"/Sounding Board for the mechanical.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Quality Department Manager leading a team of 3.Heading implementation of new quality management system (Grand Avenue Software)

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Leading a team of 5 in the mechanical department in RDClose cooperation with VP R&D on strategy, workmodes, processes and change projects for the full RD departmentLeading several cross functional product and change projects supporting GRAS to reach its strategy targets on both product development and improved cross functional work methods & tools.As.

Roskilde

• Project Management of mechanical and electro-mechanical customer projects within supply to the hearing aid industry.
• Leading role in the project, from first engagement with customer, until final release and ramp-up of production in our production plants in Asia.
• Tasks including all aspects of project management and leadership. Managed with use of standard milestone process, combined with Lean tools like visual planning, rapid learning cycles and knowledge gap and key decision.
• Coaching and guiding project members and sub-project leads for decision making, work methods and successful fulfillment of project goals.Strategic Change Project Management, facilitation or participation of to improve.

Roskilde

• Interim assignment as Process EngineerSupport to MicroMechanics Development department in improving all aspects of the development process and its implementation.
• Current state analysis of project execution and quality problems.
• Defining and roll out of improvement projects in areas of Project Execution, Roles & Responsibilities (inside & across functions), Documentation Quality and Part, Tool & Process verification.
• Introducing Lean Development & Design for SixSigma into the R&D.
• Improvement of designers competences and the quality of documentation by training & coaching.

Global

• Identifying & leading activities and change projects to improve the mechanics working methods across R&D sites in Symbian Smartphones Mechanics, its stakeholders and suppliers.
• Supporting the mechanics leadership team, project leaders and designers in Denmark, England, Finland (3 sites) and US in operational, process, competence and strategy issues.
• Utilizing coaching, training and management of virtual networks, leading to a harmonization of the ways of working for Symbian Mechanics from a site to a global focus, taking cultures into account.
• Active involvement and influencing contributions to the renewal of Nokia Product Development Process for future success in the Smartphones business.

Global Assignment In Nokia

• Development of the Mechanics Process Solution throughout Nokia R&D, incl. process descriptions, work instructions, templates, presentations & training materials and webpages for sharing the process solution.
• Stakeholder improvement projects to improve specify and agree process interfaces and deliverables, e.g. within Sourcing and Industrial Design, where several improvements was made in cooperation based on my leadership.
• First full understanding of the process & deliveries between Industrial Design & Mechanics established with significant improvements on cooperation between the two functions.
• Setup and leading virtual networks for development in areas of process, competences & quality (SixSigma FAI, Capability & Process control and visual quality).
• Based on collected inputs, setting requirements towards Nokia CAD & PLM systems from mechanics and follow up on their implementation.
• Mechanical representative in Nokia cross-functional process networks responsible for the development of Nokia wide business processes, supporting other functions in their process definitions and applications.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Direct manager of up to 12 technical supporters.
• Successfully developed the team from individual contributors, with many years of internal conflicts, into a unified flexible team.
• In the transformation, ending and hiring of new employees was necessary, together with performance discussions & salary negotiations, one-on-one employee discussions and planning of competence development.
• Use of Lean tools and strategies in the development of the team, it’s internal and external cooperation and support to our projects designers, project leaders and stakeholders was essential to improve the work methods.
• Several of these improvements were transferred to other sites.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Process development & implementation in mechanics in Copenhagen.
• Guiding and training designers & project leaders in processes and tools, as well as interfacing functions and externally to mechanical suppliers from all regions.
• Support to other sites by working in a specialist team to develop & implement best practices in the mechanics process portfolio.
• Resulting in well-known and implemented processes across mechanics in Nokia.
• Respected outside mechanics as state of the art, the team was leading process development activities, both locally & globally within mechanical engineering, cross functional stakeholders & suppliers.
• Ownership of several cross functional activities in Nokia Denmark, resulting in an aligned & improved product development process in Nokia Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Support of mechanical projects by guidance and training of the designers & project leaders in technical & process matters.
• Execution of technical reviews of mechanical constructions, drawings and documentation.
• Technical expert in project milestone reviews on the Nokia 3310 family – the mobile phone produced and sold in the highest volumes in the world and the 6210 & 6310 - Nokia’s most successful business phone at the time.
• Participation to and organizer of a small team developing guides, processes & tools for a “Just in Time” strategy project.
• Resulting in improved project execution and competencies, together with enhanced process understanding & implementation, like;
• Enhanced clarity in specification with standard layout & reduced amount of dimensions, but raised drawing & component quality.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Mechanical Project Leader for the Nokia 3210, past its public launch – Being one of Nokia’s top selling products, produced in more than 50 million products, it was part of enabling mobile phones to the mass market.
• My team, consisting of 4 mechanical designers, supported our suppliers and production in error tracing, investigations & corrections, production optimization and cost reduction activities.
• Prioritizing and delegating work tasks, planning & reporting, as well as executing project review meetings.
• The team was recognized at suppliers and Nokia production facilities for its high visibility and involvement in problem solving.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Participation in the design & development of the Nokia phone models 6080, 3110 & 3210. The last two being some of the first phones designed with the mass consumer in mind and supported Nokia in reaching its market.
• Working with the industrial designers, supporting shaping the design of the phones, developing the mechanical construction and interfaces to the electronics with fellow mechanical designers.
• Construction and specification of the outer plastic covers, management of a set of global suppliers in Europe and APAC, with participating in supplier meetings, visits and audits.
• Component approvals, error investigations and production support at our suppliers and in the Nokia production facilities across Europe, South Korea and China.
• Supporting colleagues with coaching and training in 3D CAD as a super user, Nokia tools and processes enabling a faster learning curve, with increased output as a result.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Temporary consultant at Nilfisk through Kelly Services A/S.
• Supporting mechanical designers in 3D CAD & drawing development.
• Acting as a super user in Pro/Engineer, creating 3D CAD models from paper drawings & sketches.
• Creation of Drawings based on completed 3D CAD.

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Leansixsigma Blackbelt

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