Dirk Loecke

Lead of an international R&D program with industrialization in EU and South Africa, 60 employees in a global matrix organization, R&D budget 40m€, sales volume 900m€, customers BMW and Mercedes, products: modular seat structure systems

Lead of a global acquisition program with industrialization in EU/China/NAFTA/South Africa, 40 employees in a global matrix organization, R&D budget 40m€, sales volume 1,5b€, customers BMW and Mercedes, products: modular seat structure systems

Lead of a global R&D program with industrialization in Asia/NAFTA, 54 employees in a matrix organization, R&D budget 20m€, sales volume 1,2b€, new plant startup exclusively for this program, customer Ford, products: modular seat structure systems

Lead of international R&D programs including industrialization in Eastern Europe and China, 11 to 24 employees in a matrix organization, sales volume 40 to 270m€, customer audits and process sign offs, internal/external change management, commercial negotiations , customers Mercedes and Porsche, products: seat structure systems

Technical concept solutions for Ford/GM/DaimlerChrysler, Project Manager for awarded Ford project, lead R&D team of 5 employees, responsible for technical solutions, prototypes and testing, monitoring of serial tooling activities, supplier meetings, change management, customer visits

Technical Lead of R&D projects, design coordination internal/external, customer visits and presentations, technical quotes, test and prototype planning, participation in commercial negotiations and audits. -customer BMW / products: powered + manual steering column adjuster systems -customer Mercedes / products: seat structure systems

technical concepts, 3D/2D detailing with Catia V4, FMEA, prototype coordination, supplier meetings, data transfer to customer / suppliers. -customer BMW / products: powered + manual Steering column adjuster systems

Technical dispatch

Process planning, product development, prototypes and testing

Fachrichtung Allgemeiner Maschinenbau