
Timeline
About me
Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering at GE Power
Education

University of erlangen-nuremberg
1989 - 1997Master of science - ms materials science
University of bayreuth
1987 - 1989Physics
Experience

Ge renewable energy
Jul 2001 - May 2002Customer service managerEstablished service locations in new market countries: Sweden (Offshore), Ireland and UK (remote islands), incl. recruitment of service technicians, warehouse management & tooling.Support for our key customers in Sweden, Ireland and UK.Responsible for 98% up-time of our wind farms, especially for the world's first Offshore Wind Farm in 2001 in Kalmarsund, Sweden (7 x 1.5 MW).

Ge renewable energy
Oct 2003 - Sept 2008Sourcing quality engineer, technical leaderResponsible for the Quality of 300 million USD sourcing volume for composites.Key communicator towards renewable's sourcing executive, concerning all aspects around quality. Kept track of the supplier capability matrix.Provided technical guidance and coaching for a young team of seven sourcing quality engineers during supplier qualifications and production ramp up in Denmark, Spain, Poland, US, Canada, India, China.Dealt with the Ministry of Technology & Environment in Japan during the Higashi Izu weather crisis. Taken the lead on field failure analysis, root cause and FMEA, resulting in a multi million USD cost of quality recovery from a strategic supplier.Filed a Patent which describes the automated manufacturing of blade root reinforcements.Efficiency analysis on various NDT methods, to be applied on composites.Introduced Leica Laser Tracker methodology to tackle process variation. Show less

Ge power
Oct 2008 - nowProvided technical leadership and strategic direction to the aeroderivatives organization as a core member of a team, to implement composite materials into next generation products.Developed a disruptive composite manufacturing process with 78% weight reduction vs. metal, 30% lead time reduction.Initiated an all new composite design for a spring/damping element on reciprocative engines with 58% cost out. Nine metal parts were integrated into one composite part.Earned a management award for the best cost out initiative. Short communication lines with principal engineering, product line leadership and global supply chain management, to set rigor on budgets and timelines. Show less Responsible for R&D, new technologies and new product implementation for composite materials within four business units: renewables (wind energy), gas turbines, aeroderivatives and distributed power.Worked in a team of 14 highly specialized and diversified experts on manufacturing processes, highly impacted the global business.Developed manufacturing processes for carbon fibers in wind rotor blades (NTI readiness), including an all new inspection method, targeting turbine efficiency, cost, lead time and robustness of the process.Initiated and managed cost out programs, resulting in consistent annual savings between 6 and 13 million USD.Ramped up a completely new factory in India (wind blade production), incl. MPP, FPQ, Pilot Lot and Serial Production. Show less
Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering
Jul 2015 - nowAdvanced Manufacturing Engineer (Senior Professional Band)
Oct 2008 - Jun 2015
Licenses & Certifications
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Coaching essentials
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Lean for management
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Lean manufacturing
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Coaching advanced
Five4success 
Six sigma green belt
Ge renewable energy
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Stefan SimmererConcept Car of the Year -
- Awarded to Stefan SimmererGermany at it's best Award -
- Awarded to Stefan SimmererGreen Tec Award -
- Awarded to Stefan SimmererGuiness Book Entry -
- Awarded to Stefan SimmererÖko Globe Award -
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