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Manfred Meyering

• Born in Berleburg in 1965
  
  
• Studied industrial engineering at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Paderborn
  
  
• Buyer for Mexican program, Volkswagen of America Inc., Auburn Hills, USA
  • Control of capacitive phase-out and lead time planning of North American suppliers within the framework of a vehicle launch at VW in Mexico
  • Execution of a six-week trouble-shooting project in Mexico (Puebla)
    
    
• Production purchasing manager, FAW-VW Automotive Co. Ltd., Changchun, China
  • Setting up and management of a department
  • Further development of business processes for handling purchasing activitis
  • Consultancy and support in negotiations for overseas suppliers seeking cooperation with Chinese companies
    
    
• Assistant to the Group Director for vehicle product management,
  VW AG, Wolfsburg
  • Organisational support in setting up the department
  • Observation and analysis of the competition with respect to project management and simultaneous engineering concepts in the automotive industry
    
    
• Head of management program and deputy head of product engineering, VW Autoeuropa Lda., Palmela, Portugal
  • Reorganisation and setting up of a new department
  • Responsible for product coordination, schedule and project management, technical modification service, technical release and development systems as well as budget and staff planning for the entire Technical Development Department
  • Technical project management for series production support and major product improvement (facelift)
  • Responsible sub-project manager within the framework of the "Transition Process" at Autoeuropa (acquisition of fifty percent share of Ford AG)
    
    
• Head of corporate development management for Asia Pacific/Eastern Europe, VW AG, Wolfsburg
  • Reorganisation and reorientation of the department
  • Technical project management for all new and country-specific adjustment developments for the region
  • Responsible for recruiting personnel for specialist and managerial positions in the Chinese R&D centres
  • Negotiation of licence and development agreements with the Chinese VW joint ventures
    
    
• Head of project management in China, VW Nutzfahrzeuge, Hannover and Changchun (China)
  • Cross-divisional project responsibility for all commercial vehicle projects for the Chinese market
  • Setup and management of German/Chinese project teams. Responsible for the launch management of a new automobile factory (capacity: 350,000 vehicles p.a.) in Changchun associated with a one-year deployment abroad (08/04 - 07/05) in Changchun
  • Project management for launching the first VW commercial vehicle project in China
    
    
• Head of business development for potential markets,
  VW Nutzfahrzeuge, Hannover
  • Setting up of a new department
  • Responsible for the worldwide market penetration strategy for the VW commercial vehicle brand
  • Identification of worldwide cooperation partners and leading negotiations
  • Execution of site analyses and production of feasibility studies
  • Manager of a special project for a new vehicle concept for the North American market; execution of a product cost optimisation process

• Managing partner of a medium-sized company dealing in forklift trucks and special-purpose vehicles
  • Company management with responsibility for the following areas: international sales, finance, controlling, HR, construction, production and marketing/communication
  • Restructuring the company into product areas
  • Establishment of a sales and distribution organisation in Germany
  • Development of international sales activities

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