Reduce Costs, Optimize Quality
Benefit from 20+ Years of Experience in the Automotive Industry
Master Production Challenges
With over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry at renowned companies such as BMW, Munich Electrification, Lapp Mobility, and Ford, I support you in mastering your production challenges. My expertise in sourcing, industrialization, supplier management, and design to cost helps you achieve your goals.
My Approach:
- Practice-oriented: Concrete solutions instead of theoretical concepts
- Holistic: Consideration of all aspects from sourcing to production
- Sustainable: Long-term improvements instead of short-term successes
- Team-oriented: Involvement of all stakeholders for maximum acceptance
Your Benefits:
- Optimized Production: Analysis and optimization of internal and external production processes
- Improved Quality: Implementation of quality management systems and methods
- Reduced Costs: Cost reduction through optimized procurement strategy
- Efficient Supplier Management: Selection, evaluation, and development of suppliers
- Design to Cost: Cost-optimal product design
- Customized solutions for your specific challenges
- Proven success in cost reduction and quality improvement
- Increased efficiency through optimized processes
- Strengthening your competitiveness
"Companies need to understand their own needs and goals before implementing a solution." - Heiko Bergmaier
Working Style:
- Realistic: Honest assessment of opportunities and challenges
- Pragmatic: Focus on feasible solutions instead of theoretical concepts
- Transparent: Open communication about possibilities and limitations
My Expertise
Sourcing
Strategic procurement, supplier selection and negotiation, supplier strategy (process, cost, quality, sustainability, policy), Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design to Cost (DTC) activities.
Industrialization
Planning, APQP, PPAP, production process optimization, product launches, production budget management. Experience with integration of existing productions and building green fields.
Supplier Management
Supplier development, evaluation, KPI monitoring, quality assurance, claim management.
Design to Cost
Application of Design to Cost methods in product development, cost analysis, value analysis throughout the entire product lifecycle.
Quality Management
IATF 16949, VDA 6.3 Auditor, Six Sigma Black Belt, APQP, PPAP, 8D, 5Why, Ishikawa, FMEA.
Future Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI automation workflows, OpenAI - GPT-4 (API) & DALL-E (API), battery technology, high-performance DC charging technology.
Cost Engineering
Collaboration on quotation preparation, calculation of purchased part costs, value stream analysis, cycle time analyses, and burst runs.
Interim Management
Taking over leadership tasks in critical phases, e.g., as Interim Project Manager or Interim Head of Production.
My Career Path
BMW AG (since 2024)
Supplier Quality Manager for critical chassis modules and e-axles for BMW, Mini & Rolls Royce.
Munich Electrification (2021-2023)
Sourcing & Supplier Quality Manager for battery management systems. Responsible for procurement and supplier quality of all non-standard components.
Lapp Mobility (2019-2021)
Manager Supplier Quality for AC charging solutions. Responsible for supplier quality management of over 80 suppliers.
IONITY GmbH (2017-2018)
Supplier Development High-Power Charging. Establishment of supplier development, contribution to hardware specification, global supplier audits, and capacity planning for 350 kW High-Power DC charging technology.
Ford-Werke GmbH (2004-2018)
Various positions in quality management, product launch, and product development.
Industry Focus
Automotive Industry (OEM)
20+ years of experience both at OEM and supplier level.
E-Mobility
Expertise in battery management systems and e-drives.
Scale Up
Supporting companies in the growth phase.
Safety-Critical Products
Production of safety-critical components such as brake systems, chassis, and HV electronics.
Technology Expertise
Battery Management Systems
Experience with high-voltage components for vehicles around the BMS.
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Experience with stationary battery storage systems.
High-Performance Charging
Know-how in 350 kW DC charging technology and AC charging.
AI Integration
Experience with AI integration in processes.
Industrialization
Successful product launches in 6 plants worldwide.
Electronics Industry
PCBs, connectors, injection molding, bus bars, measuring shunts, stamped parts, and EMS (electronic manufacturing services).
Manufacturing Technologies
Stamping and welding technologies, module assembly, just-in-sequence production, chassis components, and body part production.
Pyrotechnical Allowance
Allowance for pyrotechnical devices (e.g. pyro fuse in high-voltage batteries).
My Achievements
Key Talent at Ford
Recognition as one of the most promising talents in the Ford Group.
Supplier Base Restructuring
Restructured the supplier base, introducing 70% new suppliers for non-standard components to enable profitable growth during the scale-up process.
Improved Cost Structure
During the post-COVID inflation phase: Successfully reduced PCB costs (-20%). Defended against price increases for non-standard components.
Patent Inventor
Inventor in the patent for contact device and energy storage system EP4287444B1 & US12191092B2.