Dipl.-Ing. Horst Schröder

Acitivities:

BLANCO GmbH & Co.KG, Oberderdingen

R&D-projectmanager for forming technology, key responsibilities:

• Support of the purchasing by the selection of deep drawing grades
• Installation and and operation of a trying press to test deep drawing parameters
• Tests in tribology

Tenneco / Gillet Abgastechnik GmbH, Edenkoben

Project manager, Head of advanced process development, key responsibilities:

• Project planning of different roller lubrication devices for transfer presses
• Test for bending behavior of exhaust pipes

Head of production, key responsibilities

• Relocation of pipe welding systems to optimize costs
• Construction of a welding and assembly line for VW PQ35-silencer

Faurecia Abgastechnik GmbH, Trabitz

Head of production, key responsibilities

• Construction of a hydroforming line for the production of KAT-casings

Plant manager (Supplierpark Daimler in Rastatt), key responsibilities:

• JIT-plant for the production of exhaust systems

Johnson Controls GmbH, Dautphetal-Friedensdorf

Operation manager, key responsibilities:

• Production, tool making and maintenance
• Implementation of a new remuneration system in difficult circumstances

Group Continuous Improvement Manager / Business Partner, key responsibilities:

• Support of six locations in europe with the focus on potential savings
• Implementation of a new production system
• Projects for optimization (LEAN, SixSigma, KepnerTregoe©)
• Co-Trainer for LEAN-Technics

Senior consultant and interimsmanager for Technologie + Management Beratungs-GmbH

Selected project experience:

• Project planning of a 5 steps, mechanical transfer press with a conyeyer system and a tool changing table
• Turn-Around-Initiative als Operations Manager
• O.E.E.-increase about 20 % of production lines with TEAM-Pro-Coaching and the agile method SCRUM©
• Support of the benchmark-initiative (26 locations in EU and NA) with knowledge-transfer (best-practice-sharing)