Head Of Quality Assurance

• Jan 2022 - Present

Team Leader New Model Release

• Sep 2013 - Dec 2021

- Management, organization and development of the "QM New Model Release" department - Coordination of the Product SOP between the design proto stage and serial production of vehicles and corresponding documentation - Improvement & development of the department processes - SOP Support and coordination of new models and corresponding documentation on external assembly sites (CKD), e.g. India, Malaysia etc. - Coordination of quality topics between vehicle assembly, development, purchasing and Purchased Parts QM dept. - Continuous improvement of vehicle assembly quality including the external assembly sites e.g. India, Malaysia etc. - Actively participate in vehicle & component PPAP - Actively participate in Process-/Assembly Audits & FMEA - COP Planning & checking Show less

Quality Assurance Engineer

• Jun 2010 - Sep 2013

- Quality release planner and coordinator of the CLA and B-Class models (Planning and cooperation in Customer Product Audits, climate- acoustic-, water leakage and telematics tests) - Planning and cooperation in the Quality release for foreign country models in Europe, Japan, China etc. - Static / dynamic / acoustic inspection of the new models in prototype stage and start-up phase - Internal and external sensor responsible (Failure countermeasure coordination tasks and escalation) - Quality target communication andd tracking (between development and production) - Participation in internal audits in accordance with ISO TS 16949 - Failure / Limit sample approval / evaluation / revision Show less

Quality Assurance Engineer

• Jul 2006 - Jun 2010

- Model responsible for Suzuki Splash and for the Opel Agila models - Quality release coordination and cooperation with japanese HQ during the new model launches - Static / dynamic / acoustic inspection of the new models in prototype stage and start-up phase - Market claim handling - Model responsible contact person for customer factories’ quality groups like OPEL, Fiat etc. - Supervisor and Coordinator during the field repairs in Germany, Belgium etc. - Current model checking regarding appearance, fitting, noise, vibrations, etc. Show less