Daniel Fellmin

Key Account Manager Connection Systems, Aptiv EMEA production to a global Tier 1 key customer and another smaler customer.

Started as Sales Manager in 2017, promoted to Head Of Sales 2019. Procoplast as daughter company of Methode Electronics is reporting to Methode Malta. Responsible as 1st contact to customers and steering sales team selling complex over mold components containing electronics, pressfit pins, bushes and busbars for automotive applications like radar-, water pump housings; high- and low voltage applications for EV / Hybrids, transmissions, battery packs. Reporting to sales director Methode EU (Malta).

Sales Manager for acquired daoughter company "Pacific Insight" (Canada) selling Interior Illumination Products and Electronics to customer Ford. Steering RFQ team (Malta/Canada) during quotation; presentation negotiation and 1st contact to customer Ford EU for Pacific Insight in parallel to Sales Management position for Methode Electronics as mother company.

Sales manager and 1st contact for customers across full automotive portfolio (Hybrid and BEV components, Interior and Exterior UI- (user interface) electronics & Sensors, exterior handles and OHC (over head consoles); capacitive touch components and controlers. Steering RFQ teams on Malta and in China for quote submission during RFQ phase to various customers including presentation, negotiation, change management until launch in serial production. Reporting to sales director Eu based on Malta.

Promoted to Senior Sales Manager with responsibility for personnel. Leader of sales department for customer Ford. Responsible for full turnover at Ford representing biggest customer of ZF TRW at that time. Responsible for negotiation of annual price reductions and submitted quotes. Responsibility for 2 sales managers and 1 assistant.

Promoted to Sales Manager for customer Ford Motor Company (Germany/UK/Turkey/India) across full TRW BCS portfolio. Responsible as 1st contact and face to customer. Steering quote team during RFQ phase and lead of negotiations (quotes and annual price negotiations) with customer purchase department as well as engineering and quality department. Responsible for new business generation and growth of business at customer Ford. Reporting to customer business manager.

Resident Engineer and Program Manager based onsite at customer Ford in Cologne, responsible as 1st contact for customer for all matters. Communication interface between customer and ZF TRW departments; responsible for Ford component release, test planning; quality matters and project management support. Took additional responsibility in 2011 for Program Management steering change management projects.

Interface between Ford Management and Ford Engineering Team to advice management and design studio on technical possibilities and cost impact and to steer Ford engineering team towards targets. Responsible for full C-car platform reporting to Supervisor EESE. Based in Ford development center with full rights as Ford engineer.

Diploma thesis in automation; Development of an automatic marking system for window frames within an existing and running fully automated window frame production center; research for suppliers and cost calculation for cheapest and most effective way to mark various frame profile geometries in running production cycle time.