This document summarizes the experience and qualifications of Marc Buechner as a senior-level project manager with over 20 years of experience in product design, project management, and process engineering. He has a proven track record of successfully delivering engineering projects on time and on budget, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring quality standards. Buechner is proficient in various project management and engineering tools and holds credentials in project management, lean manufacturing, and other related fields. He currently serves as a Project Manager at Thyssenkrupp Presta, where he spearheads new product development initiatives and process improvements.

1. MARC BUECHNER
Terre Haute, Indiana | 812-878-2069
LinkedIn │ marcbuechner@yahoo.com
SENIOR-LEVEL PROJECT MANAGER
Product Design | Project Management | Process Engineering
Subject matter expert with a proven background as a Senior Project Manager for engineering projects. Adept
knowledge of advanced product design and extensive expertise in delivering quality control solutions for top-tier
organizations. Possess a record of success in analyzing operations, designing and instituting methodologies that
work to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Technical proficiency in MS Project, SAP, APIS (PFMEA), Autodesk,
MS Office and Outlook.
 Quality Assurance
 Product Assembly
 Strategic Planning & Analysis
 Objective Noise Testing
 Lean Manufacturing
 Vision System Programming
 New Business Development
 Troubleshooting
 Process Improvement
 Performance Testing
 Failure Analysis
 Cross-Team Collaboration
P R O F E S S I O N A L E XP E R I E N C E
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA, Terre Haute, IN 2013 – Present
Project Manager
Spearhead the creation new processes, collaborate with marketing and engineering teams to expedite new products
to market and ensure quality standards.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Proactively direct a project with a budget of $1.5m and enhance revenue streams to hit yearly projections
and increase revenue by 20-30% through cost savings and refining workflow processes.
 Play an instrumental role in upgrading all required project processes and machine documentation some of
which include PFMEA, Process Flow Chart, and Error Proofing Plan.
 Implement the Six Sigma quality process to reinforce the company’s values during production, from scrap
and downtime reduction to output improvements and executing ergonomic solutions
 Regularly direct test or prototype runs and follow through on commitments to produce timely status reports
on product design progress.
 Coordinate all project management operations for semi-automated lever assembly line (dial/round table),
including all new products into existing assembly lines.
 Strengthen multiple project schedules and financial reports while giving informed critique during team
evaluation, and training.
 Serve as the focal point while achieving a high level of success advanced projects in a fast-paced, high-
functioning environment.
Project/Process Manager 2011 – 2013
Prepared detailed validation plans for all projects and orchestrated validation testing to ensure project meets
specification. Presided over budgets of $2m and bid operations using conceptual project management techniques to
assure product design compatibility.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Systematized internal and external workflow from project initiation to completion guaranteeing vendor
satisfaction.
 Successfully launched the first locally purchased or designed assembly lines used in the current production.
 Comprehensively carried out intensive research and developed instructions and specifications for project
operations using PFMEA’s (IQ-FMEA).

2. MARC BUECHNER
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BROSE NORTH AMERICA, INC, Auburn Hills, MI 2008 – 2011
Industrial Engineer / Project Manager
Managed and developed all of the resources of a production system, from human to material. Improved production
line maintenance processes, making informed decisions based on trended records and presenting these results to
senior management.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Implemented processes to enhance schedule performance, lower cost and improve quality, through Lean
and other Industrial Engineering concepts for construction purposes.
 Displayed sound knowledge of manufacturing concepts during the industrial design of Power Steering,
Transmission, HVAC, CFM and ABS motors.
 Functioned as an industrial engineer, enhancing line performance (OEE) and directing the manufacturing
design of semi-automated production lines in USA, Switzerland, Germany, and Mexico.
Project/Process Manager 2006 – 2010
Created and updated routines and documentation. Responsible for product launches, line support, processing
FMEA’s, Control plans, Work Instruction and Quality system procedure
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Efficiently implemented manual automated transmission on Assembly Lines and Retrofitting Assembly
Lines across Europe and America.
 Successfully completed projects such as transmission or window lift actuator lines and objective noise
testing.
E D U C A TI O N & CR E D E N TI A L S
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering | Chamber of Commerce Würzburg/Schweinfurt, Germany, 1996
Technical Project Management & Project Team Leadership| AMA Chicago, 2014
Methods-Time Measurement (MTM-1) Certified| MTM association, USA, 2011
PMP Certification | Siemens AG, USA, 2007