Tomas Vercik

Company profile

The AUDI AG stands for sporty vehicles, high build quality and progressive design. The Audi Group is among the world's leading producers of premium cars. The Audi Group includes the Bentley, Lamborghini, and Ducati brands.

Responsibilities

Center of competence for material and surface technology for the entire Audi Group. Consulting material development, provide material testing and failure analysis. The position has upper management grading and the department includes 2 team leaders and 14 team members.

- evaluation, approval and failure analysis for material selection and material development

- project management for materials technology / material quality requirements management

- main scope includes chassis, combustion engine, fastening technology, non-destructive testing methods

Achievements

- Elimination of external service providers with savings of 210. 000€/year

- Reorganization of the team structure

- New regulation for cooperation with technical development for concept development and release phase

- Relocation of series monitoring for component plant with savings of 20% of team capacities for damage analyses

- Introduction of AI-based evaluation of microscope images, part classification, drawings and technical specifications for suppliers

- Introduction of financial recourse for quality problems caused by suppliers

- Introduction of internal and external laboratory services with financial income

Responsibilities

The area of responsibility includes quality improvement of car equipment, body, electrics/electronics, theft protection and special protection in the field (customer, dealer and Audi importer quality problems). The position has upper management grading and the department includes 3 team leaders and 27 team members.

- Recognition of quality problems on vehicles in the field

- Control of the fault correction process for the development of immediate, series and customer service measures

- Requesting repair solutions and publishing relevant commercial information

- Supervision of theft protection scopes for the continuous further development of the vehicle concepts

- Quality Management of the Audi armoured vehicle fleet worldwide

Achievements

- Reduction of fault correction process duration by 30% incl. reduction of warranty costs and increase in customer satisfaction

- Reorganization and new structuring of the team into newly defined roles

- Optimization of cooperation and communication with the most important markets and importers

- Collaboration on the newly defined fault correction process

- Collaboration on the new organizational structure of the department

Company profile

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. is a large-sized passenger auto manufacturer jointly managed by First Automotive Group Corporation, Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Responsibilities

Center of competence for material and surface technology for the entire JV FAW-VW. Consulting material development, provide material testing and failure analysis. Main scope includes chassis, combustion engine, HV-system, fastening technology, non-destructive testing methods, interior, exterior and operational fluids. Additionally organization, qualification and technical support of the local material laboratories at the production plants in Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao and Tianjin. The position has upper management grading and the department includes 6 managers and 97 team members.

Achievements

- Reorganization of the team structure in Changchun

- Reorganization of responsibility and coordination of the 5 FAW-VW plant laboratories in Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao and Tianjin

- Reorganization of cooperation with supplier quality and technical development along the entire process chain

- 30% increase in development and prevention activities

- 20% reduction in series monitoring

- 20% increase in capacity for damage analyses 0km & field

- Optimization of customer satisfaction from the Q customer survey NCVQS on the subject of interior emissions and interior odour

- Coaching and development of 2 local managers

Responsibilities

Center of competence for materials and surface technology for the Ingolstadt plant and the entire Audi Group. Material consulting, testing, component and failure analysis. Main scope includes interior, exterior, chassis, combustion engine, HV-system, fastening technology, non-destructive testing methods and operational fluids. The position has upper management grading and the department includes 6 managers and 92 team members.

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Achievements

- Reorganization of the team structure in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm

- Introduction of new cooperation and technical support of all Audi labs incl. China, Spain and Mexico

- Improvement of the material approval process with technical development

- Coaching and development of 2 manager candidates

Responsibilities

Center of competence for material and surface technology for the entire JV FAW-VW. Consulting material development, provide material testing and failure analysis. Main scope includes chassis, combustion engine, HV-system, fastening technology, non-destructive testing methods, interior, exterior and operational fluids. Additionally organization, qualification and technical support of the local material laboratories at the production plants in Chengdu and Foshan. The position has upper management grading and the team includes 5 managers and 97 team members.

Company profile

Volkswagen Slovakia was established in 1991 and is one of the most important companies in the country. Volkswagen Slovakia's Bratislava plant is the only automotive plant in the world that produces vehicles from four brands VW, Audi, Porsche and Skoda under one roof.

Responsibilities

Center of competence for material and surface technology. Consulting material development, provide material testing and failure analysis. The position has middle management grading and the department includes 4 team leaders and 16 team members.