Gerhard Jordaan

• Drive project change approval through trial planning execution to launch and implementation.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration to achieve project goals.

• Project lead for the reduction of 52% scrap cost within the Paint Shop
• Cross team coordination and calibration of successful implementation of countermeasure
• Direct reporting on the status of the project to Vehicle Manufacturing Director.
• Conducted thorough feasibility studies before initiating projects, avoiding costly delays or cancellations later on.
• Identified risks and implemented mitigation strategies, minimizing potential issues during the project lifecycle.

Digitalisation Project Leader – Virtual Factory (Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium)

• Project lead and responsible for identification of use case, feasibility study, planning and implementation.

• Supplier coordination and business case negotiations.

Production engineering – Vehicle Simulation Engineering

• Team leader for product validation studies for Interior and Exterior modules of the first Automated People Mover.

• Define project scope; monitor project schedule and status, define escalation process.

• Using six sigma methodologies such as root cause analysis to define potential product design risks, identify potential root causes and preventative counter measures.

Process engineering – New Model Project SL & AMG GT Roadsters (Mercedes Benz, Germany)

• Process development and implementation for the interior parts.

• Creation of Standard Operating Procedure and transition of deliverables to the customer.

• Cost reduction through process optimisation in terms of time reduction and part improvements.

Continuous Improvement– Series Operation Mercedes SLK & SL Roadsters

• Audit and improvement of the standardise assembly processes in terms of line balancing.

• Product launch management, through coordinating between cross- function teams to deliver product in timely and expected output
• Statistical sampling and data driven analyses of customer feedback and the evaluation to measure customer satisfaction.

Contractor for BMW Group: Rolls Royce Motor Cars

• Responsible for transition of project deliverables from project team to customer
• Risk evaluation of part assembly process and implementation of risk responses.