Dr. Joachim Leder

Personalized project analysis in combination with process analysis. On account of broad engineering knowlegde in combination with a long and intense leadership experience in big global Automotive OEMs and suppliers I am a competent partner for consulting, coaching, and training. I tailor individually the methods and concepts together with your teams. Technological and cultural aspects as well as leadership competencies that represent a contemporary and efficient leadership style are considered.

Equipment and Process Planning for 4-Wall Manufacturing General Assembly (GA) lines for all Opel Vehicle plants in Europe. Lead GA Central-ME managers responsible for all projects/plants in GME (now Opel) plus Global GM-Architectures. Drive “Creating Contructive Culture” mindset and significantly improve WoC (Workplace of Choice)-results. Intensive Global co-operation and GM-NorthAmerica Center support to achieve common and optimized processes. Support Launch excellence initiative and OpEx.

Manage complete Vehicle project based on existing architecture as replacement for cancelled NewGeneration Corsa. Challenges: - Very strict c/o parts management, limited overall timing 2.5yrs. - Out-of-the-box rigorous Change management established w/ Styling, Product Engineering, Design Operations, Manufacturing Eng - Keep unique selling points of cancelled project to fulfill Marketing requirements - Implement new electrical vehicle architecture into legacy product in given timing

Department Head for Design and Release of all Opel / some GM Body Uppers (Sheet metal, Wipers&Washers, Fuel filler) incl Arch Work Manage complete Body Uppers team (Designers and Design Release Engineers=DREs). Manage external engineering suppliers incl contract and project management. Global GM requirements technically and organizationally to be met. Organizational and social challenge: Split Designers team and DREs into two different organizations while maintaining Turn Around, Drive for Results

Meriva I: Midcycle: X-functional w/ VehEng, PWT, Styling, ManufEng, purchasing, plant -> Drive for Results Meriva II: Project “from cradle to grave” -Contract EDAG engnrg service provider=ESP as eng responsible (VehEng, Performance, Supplier mngmt,….) -Manage ESP incl cost/budget control -Manage “controvento door” incl FMEA -Complete technical decision and change resp -Manage (unplanned) inhouse transition -Launch w/extreme budget restrictions -Dealer and press launch -> Dealing with Ambiguity

Group Leader Small Car NVH (2000 – 2003) Team Leading, Business Acumen Complete vehicle NVH-resposibility Challenge: JointVenture FIAT-architecture

Development engineer NVH (1996 – 2000) Problem Solving Support component design and parts tuning (chassis, powertrain and interior noise) Several challenges in global projects (e.g. GMSA, JointVenture Suzuki-Japan)

Execute Software-programming for a Aircraft noise emission and propagation model combined with an impact (on inhabitants in airport vicinity) reduction and optimization system. Graphic user interface was combined w/ flight simulator, noise model, optimization solver. Result was doctorate thesis. Software system still in practical use. Additionally tutor for students.

Fluid Dynamics, Noise