Felix Gless

As Tendering manager, Felix Gless is responsible of mechanical scope for global tendering of H- & F-Class Gas Turbine, including: Performance calculations, fuel and emissions assessment, air inlet cooling evaluation, contract & deviation management, product costing

In his role as R&D Product Cost Manager, Felix Gless... • Achieved on-target product cost of two H-Class Gas Turbines in development • Combined scope of >100M USD, generated cost reduction potentials of >10M USD • Maintained full transparency of product cost with exposure to senior management • Supported supplier negotiations, quote evaluation (parametric models, benchmarking) • Drove Design-to-Cost processes in collaboration with design & manuf. engineers

• Establish Gas Turbine R&D Program Cost & Resource Plan (150M€) • Design, Manufacturing & Validation Plan in Primavera (5y duration) • Presenting R&D Program Finance and Progress to Middle Management • Define & align subprojects for R&D departments, Track KPIs of R&D Program

Assistant Researcher, Diploma Thesis “Calculating Cost-Supply Curves of Wind Power and Photovoltaic Energy in North Africa using GIS” • Geographic generation potential analysis for biomass, photovoltaic and wind

• Evaluation of market potential of products and technologies for investment decisions

• Evaluation of market potential of products and technologies for investment decisions

• Implement my own Process Improvement idea in Mercedes Benz Bus Manufacturing • Participation in Kaizen Workshhops, Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing, International Economy, International Finance

o Industrial business administration, project management o Power engineering, energy economics, Micro systems and Sensors