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Knarrevik/Straume, Vestland, Norway

Project lead for improving global product development process aiming to prepare the organization for future growth. Making sure internal and external customer expectations are covered and process interfaces managed. Activities included: PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Driving alignment at top level management• Enforce process ownership on different level• Managing stakeholders assuring buy in and information flow• Assuring project prioritization in a hectic work-day• Assigning tasks and following-up deliverables• Owning project plan and timelinePROCESS MANAGEMENT• As-is analysis of main-development process and sub-processes such as FMECA• Definition and agreement for improvement steps based on LEAN principles• Structuring development process in phases based on PMI and PRINCE2 principles• Interface-management to supporting processes and process outputs• Determination of deliverables and acceptance criteria• Improving phase review and management sign of• Identification and implementation of process KPIs• Establishing continuous feedback loop and process improvementTOOL IMPLEMENTATION• Implementation of online-tool supporting project execution• Create and maintain governing documents• Suggest and implement supporting tools• Building-up interactive process flows and dashboards• Executing global roll-out training and follow-through during implementation phase

Bergen, Vestland, Norge

Global responsibility for quality within product development of DEF Quality Sensors including: MANAGEMENT• Voting member of the global technical project review committee• Leading regular project reviews with engineering management team• Managing and challenging multi-national development teams in various locations based on quality plan as project core team member• Fostering behaviour to continuously question and improve the way of working• Defining and establishing the quality organization into the product development work streamPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS• Monitoring and continuous improvement of product development process including assessing and improving software development per ASPICE frame-work• Introducing and implementing new tools including training within R&D and quality departmentPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXECUTION• Heading customer product approval per VDA 2 and PPAP• Leading technical risk management using improved D- and P-FMEA approach including training of other R&D sites• Leading tear down of tested products and continuous implementation of learnings into product and process design standards• In charge of issue and claim handling during product development towards the customer• Responsible for control plan creation and implementation• Supporting market and customer requirement analysis and translation into product requirements• Contributing to product concept definition and selection• Contributing to design and drawing review and approval• Supporting product test program definition• Supporting definition, development, set-up and factory acceptance test of new production line in new plant• Supporting production plant during ramp-up phase

Bergen, Vestland, Norge

SUPPLY CHAIN• Continuously improving the supplier claim handling process• Leading definition of supplier audit program• Leading supplier audits internationally and follow-through findings to closure• Defining focus area for improvement in cooperation with critical suppliers and follow-up established programs to closure• Driving financial claim settlement• Supporting monitoring of supplier performancePRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIALISATION• Leading customer claim investigation• Improving failure investigation process – synchronization with supplier claim handling, development and implementation of counter measures including reporting to customer in a timely manner• Leading production audits and follow-through findings to closure• Managing customer and 3rd party audits• Supporting implementation of LEAN tools in serial production

Bergen, Vestland, Norge

INTERNAL• Leading definition of the companies' quality program, getting management approval and supporting execution• Preparing and executing management reviews including follow-up of actions• Leading definition, training and deployment of product development process• Improving customer related claim handling processes including scorecard review• Supporting in selecting and implementing new ERP system - responsible for quality scopeEXTERNAL• Leading customer and certification audits (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 and ISO 14001)• Managing customer claims on global basis

Bergen, Vestland, Norge

• Responsible for claim handling and 8D reporting towards major OEMs with claims being closed meeting customer expectation for countermeasures and time

Winsen, Lower Saxony, Germany

PROJECT MANAGEMENT• managing project teams for body in white production planningPROCESS DEVELOPMENT / DIGITAL FACTORY• Defining production layout for automated production lines• Selecting robots and tools depending on product design and plant layout• Offline programming of robots• Online start-up of production lines and takt time improvementsPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT• digital mock-up of dashboard assembly at German passenger car OEM • leading feedback loop to internal design department and supplier

Dipl-Ing., Production Technology

Iddov - Design For Six Sigma Black Belt Course Completion Certificate

Lead Auditor 1St And 2Nd Party Iatf 16949:2016

Intacs / Vda Provisional Automotive Spice Assessor

Improvement Leader As Per Toyotas Lean Principles Tps

Apprenticeship Industrial Mechanic

Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical Engineering

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