Felix Thielemann

Product Line Planning – Operations on Business Unit level - Business Development: Analysis, Evaluations and Preparation of yearly Strategic Dialogue for Business Unit (250 Mio. € revenue) - Portfolio Management: Footprint strategies for existing and future business fields - Development of a Gross Profit/Margin simulation tool for strategic decision making (including controlling logic and all underlying effects) - Project lead in a cross functional/cultural (Germany/China) Industrialization project

Assignments in all relevant departments along the value chain - Focus: Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing departments (DE/China) and Digitalization - Developing and realization of global product- and localization strategies - Contribution to launch- and optimization projects - Participation in consolidation workshops to improve cost structures (GPII) and production concepts - Six Sigma project: Reduction of the lead time for measuring devices by 75% - Individual coaching for personal development

Department: Production area for large size bearings (Wind energy sector) - Layout-, Production- and machine concept planning for a new production hall - Active participation in the investment- and budgeting process - Development of a concept for an automated universal assembly line

Master Thesis: Development of a systematic for the financial evaluation of direct and secondary improvement potentials of cross-enterprise optimization projects - Understanding and evaluation of key figures in Lean Production - Identification of potentials in the production area (on-site inspection) - Establishment of cross-company standards - Profound research activities, screening up to 150 journals

Internship in Lean Management – Operations and Value Stream Optimization - Participation in numerous Value Stream projects - Development of Value Stream Design solutions in the context of Smart Factory (Industry 4.0) - Creation of top management presentations (VSD with throughput time as a KPI) - Preparation and (co-)moderation of trainings on Lean Manufacturing (Problem Solving, Value Stream Management and Lean Logistics) - Participation in Problem Solving workshops of the Audi A3/Q2 assembly line

Bachelor Thesis: Value Stream Analysis and conceptual Value Stream Design of a Kanban control system via SAP between two production plants of the Bühler Motor Group - Acquiring both deep theoretical and practical knowledge of the lean management philosophy - Deriving of a detailed action plan for the implementation of the developed concept - Working in close cooperation with internal production departments - Gaining experience working in an international project team (Germany / Czech Republic)

Internship with focus on: - Cost allocation- / Cost center- / Inventory analysis (Excel) - Data processing and preparation of consolidated data for decision making (PowerPoint) - Harmonization of relevant cost types in EBD, EBQ and EBP (SAP)

Basic practical training working with metal materials (CNC, milling, turning, grinding and drilling)

Importance of Industry 4.0 for small- and mid-sized companies - Collection and evaluation of innovative Industry 4.0 applications - Interviewing of German companies to get insights on the impact of Industry 4.0 https://www.industry.rw.fau.de/research/research-areas/

Focus modules: Technology and Innovation Management, Manufacturing Technology, Operations and Logistics, Production – Logistics and Procurement, Integrated Production Systems, Production Process in Electronics and intern. SCM https://meinstudium.fau.de/en/studienangebot/mechanical-engineering-msc/

Study abroad with focus: Management and Engineering https://business.sdsu.edu/about/management https://www.engineering.sdsu.edu/

Focus modules: Production Technology, Production Systems, Automated Manufacturing Systems, International Sustainable Production, Material Science, Quality Management and Computer Science https://meinstudium.fau.de/en/studienangebot/international-production-engineering-and-management-bsc-en/