Quality Director in the automotive industry (front and rear bumper, side skirts, roof spoiler and grill)
Time period:
2016/08 – 2017/01
Quality Director in the automotive industry
Area of responsibility: 5 professionally managed employees
Industry:
- Plastics industry
- Automotive industry (front and rear apron, side skirts, roof spoiler, grill)
Turnover:
- 635.5 million €
Employees:
- 4.303 (2017)
Country:
- China (Beijing)
Task:
- Delivery capability at customer Volvo was at risk, threat: delivery stop
- Construction of a new plant in Qong Qing incl. ramp-up for Volvo and Daimler
- Supplier management in general
- Contact person for general management
Measures:
- Supplier audits incl. measures and tracking
- Weekly visits to suppliers (at least two days on site)
Successes:
- Further development of a supplier for the fastened delivery release at Volvo
- Reduction of open Qhelp topics at Daimler and creation of a basis of trust
- Supplier development regarding quality, support in Qhelp topics for the customer Daimler, Quality Project Manager for the customer Volvo
Special challenge:
- Chinese culture is very different from the European
- Payment morale of the Chinese company was very poor
- Working hours of over 20 hours per day occurred per day and were also required
