{"id":8131,"date":"2026-01-20T19:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skabrond-interim.de\/10-increasing-operational-performance-for-a-global-automotive-group\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:53:41","slug":"10-increasing-operational-performance-for-a-global-automotive-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skabrond-interim.de\/en\/10-increasing-operational-performance-for-a-global-automotive-group\/","title":{"rendered":"10: Increasing operational performance for a global automotive group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8131\" class=\"elementor elementor-8131 elementor-6815\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-762967d0 elementor-section-full_width 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data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tin the role of \"Director Global Application Engineering\"\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1256eb5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1256eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc8f820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc8f820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>North American automotive group \u2013 R&amp;D Headquarter EMEA<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a9ab0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a9ab0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Premium manufacturer of <strong>driver assistance systems (A<\/strong>dvanced<strong> D<\/strong>river<strong> A<\/strong>ssistance<strong> S<\/strong>ystems\/<strong>ADAS) <\/strong>and electronic control units (<strong>ECUs<\/strong>) for the powertrain, as well as for body and interior applications for automotive OEMs and Magna-internal divisions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f8052 elementor-widget__width-initial 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