QRelation Management Team
Multi-sector project partner for consulting and implementation, project solutions and management products
Interim management or expert knowledge for your assignments
As a reliable and competent partner for SMEs and major corporations, we serve technology sectors such as the aerospace industry, wind power industry and many more.
We support companies in meeting their future challenges and positioning themselves accordingly in the competitive environment. Our holistic approach includes planning, implementation support, continuous optimisation and qualification.
Our experts understand the problems and challenges arising within development, production and management. Our solutions make your company fit for the future and increase your competitiveness.
Experience gained in numerous projects and project management certified to PMI standards enables us to consistently master even larger projects successfully. Our processes and project procedures are documented and we hold DIN EN 9100 certification.
We have an unlimited licence to supply temporary workers in accordance with the German law (Gesetz zur Regelung der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung).
Corporate Development
- 2011: Company foundation with focus on interim management
- 2015: Foundation of subsidiary QRelation Engineering Team
- 2020: Acquisition of GMA Engineering GmbH
Contract forms
- Work package
- Service contract
- Temporary employment
40+ permanently employed specialists
Experienced managers and experts
Quality management and production support along the entire product development process
- 15 years professional experience (on average)
- 50% male 50% female
- 70% engineers 30% technicians
Competencies
Quality management, supplier management, manufacturing technology, digitisation, materials management and logistics, first article inspections, IT security and protection as well as process and project management are key aspects in terms of our assignments.
The shareholders
A company of four complementary business partners
Stefan Karstens
CEO
Entrepreneur, management of engineering service providers.
Stefan Heinsohn
CFO
Procurement, logistics, production, finances, marketing and management.
Antony C. Cardozo
Managing Partner
Aero, MedTech – operational and strategic management.
Frank Glade
Managing Partner
Aero – Strategic management, engineering, production.
The associated partners
Interim and project managers with exceptional expertise
QRelation partners are all well versed in interim and project management. Each one is availed of longstanding professional experience and exceptional expertise. Our associated partners (in alphabetical order):
Melanie Albrecht
Wind energy – Auditor and Quality Manager
Management, control of process projects, offshore wind energy. Expert QM/QA/QC.
Jörn Beier
Sales Manager / Recruiting
Highly executive manager in technology and business administration. Automotive and mechanical engineering.
Bernhard Bertrams
Business Development
Management, strategy, change management, business development, marketing and sales, M&A.
Carsten Borchert-Peters
IT Manager / Project Manager
Aligns IT departments and their processes clearly with the strategy and goals of the company.
Britta Burmeister
Medical – QM, IT, Strategy
ISO/IEC 17024 certified expert. IT environment – software & processes, IT management and management consulting.
Isabelle Coudert
Aero – Lean and Supply Chain Manager, QM Auditor
Management of procurement, material planning and disposition, supplier quality and production control..
Michael Fleischer
Aero – Sales, POA/DOA, MRO
Business development, strategy, program management, maintenance, engineering and manufacturing: approval and QM.
Torven Hartz
EMS Production, Logistics
Specialist for electronics production and logistics: personnel, production, processes.
Georg Hemmer
Aero – Business Development, Engineering, Production, …
Sales and marketing, R&D, production, finance and accounting, controlling, personnel.
Klaus Hilbrath
Logistics and Supply Chain
Several industries and functions. High methodological competence for production and sales.
Volker Hummel
IT Security, QM Processes, FAI, …
Lead auditor QMS / Security engineer: Information security as well as IT security.
Jürgen Jäkel
Aero – OEM and direkct customer business
Supply chain management, project management and project implementation for tier one suppliers.
Christian Jauch
Organizational Psychologist
Consultant, trainer and coach: Support for change projects, personnel and organizational development.
Maik Leder
Interim und Change Manager
Management of strategic innovation, project management and product development as well as customer and supplier relations.
Michael Lischke
Aero – Training and Consulting
Partner for questions regarding failure and cost reduction in development and production processes.
Daniel Mages
Automotive
Project management, project leadership, consulting: test management, software testing, embedded systems.
Marc Maury
Business Development France
Management of complex, transnational projects in the fields of business development, aerospace & defence, engineering services, etc.
Joachim Meder
Aero, Plant Engineering, Wind Energy
Expert around the wide area of construction.
Tobias Möller
Aero – Training, EASA, 9001/9100
Consulting and training business in the area of organization and processes.
Jan Nagel
Energy, Automotive, Health
Interim manager, project manager or quality assurance manager. Focus on decarbonization and digitization.
Thomas Ruff
Aero, Automotive – Technical Lead
Leading and management of technical business units.
Tarik Sarac
Aero – Engineering Service Provider
Aircraft cabin, conversion and engineering.
Fritz Schaumann
Aero – Supply Industry
Engineering, production, program and project management, technical management.
Gerd Schellstede
Aero, Shipbuilding, Automotive, Wind Energy
Fibre composites / composites, deep understanding of materials for manufacturing processes.
Michael Schirmer
Aerospace SMEs
Engineering, business development & sales and strategic planning.
Dirk Tapella
Aero – CEO / CFO
Tricky projects and complex interim mandates within aviation and military sector.
Susanne Weydringer
Aero – PM, Engineering
Aircraft cabin, conversion and engineering.
Heinz Willich
QM, Processes
Program and quality management with focus on supplier development and qualification.
Heino Zaeschmar
Logistics and supply chain, various industries
Warehouse and distribution logistics, transport management, supplier management.
Become a partner
Join our team as an associated partner. Let us achieve goals together but also creating new personal and professional perspectives!
The network of companies
with 200+ experts for topic-related integration
Benefit from our competent network of cooperation and market partners for topic-based collaboration, which we call upon in consultation with you and as required.
Aero, MedTech, ... Engineering
If you require engineering support within the aerospace, medical technology, plant engineering or shipbuilding sectors, including commensurate project management for major projects – then get in touch with our subsidiary QRelation Engineering Team GmbH.
The team portfolio encompasses classic development in the areas of development and design, calculation and, of course, project and quality management. In addition, production-related engineering services such as production monitoring, testing, commissioning and the certification of solutions also form part of our comprehensive range of services.
Digital Transformation
Our cooperation partner Synergeticon is strongly focussed on human-machine interaction and communication in industrial environments.
As a service provider for process analysis, implementation of intuitive process assistance applications and ongoing technical support, Synergeticon offers a smooth transformation to a perfect human-machine-based work environment.
Executive Recruitment
QRelation successfully works with mposition as cooperation partner in the field of executive recruitment, one of its management products.
As a human resource consultancy, mposition provides support in filling vacant positions, focussing primarily on working with industrial markets and sectors.
Management Consulting: Automotive, Consumer Goods, ...
PULSAR provides solutions along the vertical value chain for manufacturing, trade and the service sector. PULSAR clients range from well-established companies to start-ups. In particular, prestigious, efficiency-driven and highly competitive industries such as automotive, energy, TMT and fashion rely on PULSAR.
Quality Assurance
In close cooperation with you and TQC Management experts, we develop the optimum framework for your sustainable and economic quality management.
Typical assignments include consulting services on the way to successful certification of your quality management system and the provision of support to initially establish a quality organisation.
Sales Management / Sales Outsourcing
Since 2004, COMPETENCE Business Development GmbH & Co. KG has been one of the leading management consultancies for sustainable corporate growth. The portfolio for medium-sized business and industry clients ranges from strategy development and method planning to the implementation of optimisation and change processes in marketing, sales and corporate management.
COMPETENCE also takes on interim tasks in sales management and acts nationally and internationally as an external sales force in the demanding B2B segment (sales outsourcing).
We are active
in the following associations and organisations to help address pertinent challenges and issues, primarily in the aerospace sector.
Dachgesellschaft Deutsches Interim Management e.V.
QRelation is a member of the Dachgesellschaft Deutsches Interim Management e.V. (DDIM), the leading industry representative for professional interim management in Germany. The main tasks of the professional and trade association are the protection of the economic interests of its members and the sustainable promotion of interim management in Germany.
Hamburg Aviation
QRelation is a member of Hamburg Aviation. Hamburg Aviation is the brand name of the “Luftfahrtcluster Metropolregion Hamburg e.V.” (Aviation Cluster Hamburg Metropolitan Region), an association of companies, research institutes, educational institutions and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, with the goal of promoting the aviation industry in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
Hanse Aerospace
QRelation is a member of HANSE-AEROSPACE, Germany’s largest association of small and medium-sized aerospace companies.
Member companies represent a broad spectrum of development enterprises, manufacturers and maintenance companies as well as aerospace service companies (mainly engineer, personnel and technical documentation service providers).
Hanseatic Skilled Club
QRelation is a member of Hanseatic Skilled Club.
The Hanseatic Skilled Club is a business club for entrepreneurs, executives and managers. The club promotes business cooperation, networking and social contact. Social commitment is an important aspect of the club and is supported actively by all members.
Niedersachsen Aviation
QRelation is a member of Niedersachsen Aviation.
Niedersachsen Aviation is a network for promoting the aviation and aerospace industry in Northern Germany. Its goal is to strengthen and enhance the national and international competitiveness of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen).
SPACE™
SPACE™ (Supply chain Progress towards Aeronautical Community Excellence) is a non-profit association comprising European civil aeronautical industry actors.
The objective of SPACE™, a professional non-profit association, is to pool its available expertise to serve the European aerospace community and to support all local and global projects involving industrial excellence initiatives.