Allan Thomsen

Experience

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  Novo Nordisk

  Aug 2005 - Jun 2006

  Master Thesis intern

  Wrote my master thesis on Lean product development

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  Nokia

  Jun 2006 - May 2010

  My first job at Nokia was as a project manager for R&D projects leading the operations and logistics part. First, I was part of the product maturing and scaling group and later the front-end innovation and conceptualization group. In that role I led the co-design and optimization of our products and the activities related to designing, implementing and qualifying our production lines wherever we ramped-up. Primarily this was in Korea, China and Hungary.During this time I:- Ramped-up 2 new products in 3 manufacturing sites- Contributed to maturing 14 product concepts making them fit for scaling Show less

  • R&D Senior Manager

    Nov 2009 - May 2010

  • R&D Project Manager - Operations & Logistics

    Jun 2006 - Nov 2009
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  Alfa Laval

  May 2010 - Oct 2011

  Internal Consultant

  Part of the highly skilled operations development team that provided internal consulting and led projects access all Alfa Lavals divisions

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  Schneider Electric

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2018

  At Schneider Electric I was part of an exciting R&D unit, that developed uninterrupted power supply and cooling systems for data centers. In my last job at Schneider I headed all our European industrialization teams. This meant leading teams in Denmark, France and Italy.Here I succeeded in: - Making industrialization a key part of front-end innovation- Spreading the use Scrum to all my teams- Rebuilding our organizational footprint to match our R&D needs- Starting the implementation of Cobots in our supply chain Show less I started my career at Schneider as a manager for the new product industrialization department in R&D Denmark. Here I led the co-design of our products, design of new manufacturing equipment and lines, and design of test equipment. Finally, I led the implementation and qualification of the entire supply chain before launch.My main success in that period was:- Rebuilding the department and established a new test team- Implementing Lean and Agile product development and gained efficiency and speed- Leading the global industrialization activities for the Galaxy VM program Show less

  • R&D Manager - New product Industrialization Europe

    Jan 2014 - Oct 2018

  • R&D Manager - New Product Industrialization Denmark

    Oct 2011 - Jan 2014
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  Danfoss Climate Solutions

  Oct 2018 - now

  At Danfoss Climate Solutions (DCS) we provide energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions.In my first role in DCS I led the transformation towards Agile innovation, product development and product maintenance in the RAC division in DCS. Key achievements connected to this role:- 40%+ reduction in lead time for innovation, new product development and product maintenance projects, - Significant higher sales impact of new products- 10+ dev. teams and leadership teams coached and transformed- Implementation of Innovation boot camps based on design sprints- Facilitated innovation campaigns that discovered the next generation RAC products Show less

  • Project director & internal mgmt consultant

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Project Director - Agile transformation in innovation and product development

    Oct 2018 - Dec 2022