Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schiffer MBA

Consulting and interim management in the automotive industry, healthcare and other sectors. Focus areas: program management, production launches, plant management, supplier development, cost reduction, process optimization, AI implementation and AI-driven process automation.

Leading a cross functional team for transfer and relocation of various tools and processes incl. painted parts. This includes supplier development in Valencia for the Ford C344 Launch.

Leading a simultaneous development team based in Bratislava till the successful Launch for the Hyundai Kia in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany. With the responsibility for profit, timing, quality and customer satisfaction.

Supporting a 408 people plant in crisis management with focus on production, technique, and launches and restructuring the supplier base with the focus on customer PPM, scrap and efficiency.

450 people automotive process and assembly plant for seating components and sunshades. Leading Operations (incl. production, methods, industrialization, quality and outbound logistic) with 80 employees and 12mil€/ano turnover, for Sunshades and seat back-panels with the focus on safety, scrap and efficiency.

Leading a cross functional European team with the objective to stabilize a 250 people process and assembly plant before the closure with the focus on customer PPM, scrap and efficiency.

Leading and restructuring the departments Methods, Industrialization, Maintenance and Launch with 50 people in a 500 people automotive headliner plant.

Black Belt projects with focus on optimization of product development process and program management. Implementation of management information systems, PM trainings, change process optimization and development resource planning.

Support of VW complete seat team with focus on the seat controller and all electrical and electronic components and wires harness routing incl. trouble shooting. Evaluation and test drives with and without customer with focus on seat function and comfort.

Building up new department "Interior Testing" incl. design and procurement of test machines. Creating test plans for various European vehicle interior projects, budget planning, supervising vibration measurements, durability tests and legal homologation tests. Extension of seating test lab to a full interiors system test lab (incl. FMVSS 201 FMH).

Part time job: QM system support VDA6.1, QS9000, design of test fixtures, test execution and evaluation.

Prepare, format, and update presentations, proposals, and project documents. Assist with the preparation of reports, analyses, and workshop materials. Maintain and organize client and project data. Support invoicing, time tracking, and monthly reporting.