Kathrin Seris

Experience

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  EADS Astrium GmbH

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2010

  Trainee Business Administration

  Altering theory and practical experience, this highly demanding training is committed to gaining professional experience by working for a number of different departments, increasing the company-internal network and building up a remarkable knowledge about different processes and functions within the company.This training is taking place in parallel to the theoretic lessons of Business Administration taught at the Private University of Applied Sciences.- Research and Development- Contracts & Sales- Apprentices (HR)- Public Relations- Accounting Show less

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  EADS Astrium SAS

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2012

  Assistant to the Head of Launcher Industrial Engineering & Responsible for A5 ME Action Management

  Department: Launcher Industrial EngineeringProject Management for the restart of the Ariane 5 ES Launcher: Cross-national and cross-functional cooperation within EADS Astrium, interface to the customers ESA and Arianespace.Definition and implementation of measures aiming at quality, performance and cost improvement for the Ariane Program.

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  Airbus Defence and Space

  Feb 2014 - May 2015

  Department: Launcher Industrial EngineeringConfiguration Management for Ariane, cross-national and cross-functional collaboration for the establishment and follow-up of configuration change requests on launcher level.Responsible for improvement projects and lean practices in accordance with the Airbus Group strategy. Implementation of improvement measures for the Ariane Exploitation program, aiming at quality, performance and cost improvement with the main objective to improve the competitiveness of the launcher system. Close international collaboration between France and Germany.Project manager for cross-functional quality improvement initiatives on launcher level in cooperation with the Airbus DS sites in Bremen, Les Mureaux and Bordeaux. Show less Department: Ariane 6 Product ManagementConvocation, organization and management of European subcontractors for different subsystems of the Phase A Activities on the Ariane 6 PPH configuration (main components: tanks, fairing, TVAS). Close interface to the design departments for the elaboration of the technical and functional specifications of the subsystems. Evaluation of the subcontractor's proposals aligning the requirements on launcher level with the subcontracted products. Performing of design-to-cost analyses. Organization of technology gates with the customer ESA for the evaluation of proposed technologies. Show less

  • Project Management for Launcher Industrial Engineering and Ariane Development Programmes

    Jan 2012 - May 2015

  • Product Management Ariane 6

    Feb 2014 - Nov 2014
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  ArianeGroup

  May 2015 - Sept 2018

  Project Sourcing Manager & Commodity Manager

  Department: Supply Chain OperationsProject Supply Manager and Commodity Manager for Launcher Exploitation and Future Launcher Projects. In charge of managing European subcontractors for the development and production of components in accordance with the respective project's needs. Supplier Relationship Manager for satellite propulsion components assuring on time, on cost and on quality deliveries, mainly in cooperation with British suppliers.Responsible for strategy definition for the subcontractors in line with the global ArianeGroup strategy, aiming at the creation of synergies, cost reduction and maintaining an appropriate level of quality. Show less

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  Airbus Defence and Space

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2024

  • Key-Account-Manager Space

    Mar 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Parental Leave

    Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Key-Account-Manager Universities & Research Institutes

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Scalian

  Oct 2023 - now

  Projektmanager