Xuan Dong

Project Leader in Pre-Series Center

About

🤵‍♀️ About Me I am a strategic-minded project manager with international experience in the automotive industry – particularly with Volkswagen in China and Germany. My core expertise lies in managing complex pre-series vehicle projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring on-time delivery of technical milestones. 🚗📊 What drives me: 💡 Creating structure 🛠️ Actively shaping processes 🤝 Connecting people with goals 🌍 Building intercultural bridges What I’m most proud of: ✅ Successfully leading three prototype vehicle projects with over 80 units delivered ✅ Organizing five BoM presentations and coordinating internal show car setups (e.g., VW ID. UNYX) ✅ Managing a special infrastructure project (factory railway) for a Group Board visit, involving high technical and organizational complexity ✅ Coordinating and facilitating the Product Strategy Committee (PSK) at Volkswagen Anhui – including agenda setting, executive briefings, and board-level documentation ✅ A three-month resident assignment in Wolfsburg, gaining hands-on experience in VW’s product creation process (PEP) and prototype assembly operations

Country

Germany

City

Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Region

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Interkulturelle Zusammenarbeit, Problemlösungskompetenz, Aufgabenplanung und Terminierung, Budgetierung und Kostenkontrolle, Meeting Management, Stakeholder Management, Änderungsmanagement (ÄKo) , Farb- und Materialkoordination (FaKom) , Prozessoptimierung & Umsetzung, Bereichsübergreifende Kommunikation, Projektkoordination , Prototypenplanung und -umsetzung, Projektmanagement , Interdisziplinäre Teamkoordination , Stakeholder-Kommunikation, Prototypenplanung, Stücklistenmanagement , Produktentstehungsprozess (PEP) , Präsentation auf Vorstandsebene, Interkulturelle Zusammenarbeit

Experience

Project Leader in Pre-Series Center

Volkswagen Group (China) Technology Co., Ltd.

2023-4 - 2025-3 · 2 yrs

Hefei, Anhui, China

• Led three pre-series vehicle projects (CMP21, A COSe, A NB), responsible for requirements management, resource planning, and on-time vehicle delivery. • Managed a cross-site special project (“Werksbahn”) in preparation for a Group Board visit – including technical planning, team coordination, and implementation. • Coordinated five BoM presentations and internal showcar preparations (e.g., VW ID. UNYX); hands-on experience in Wolfsburg pilot plant including prototype assembly and parts procurement per PEP process.

Coordinator Product Management

Volkswagen Smart E-Mobility Hub

2023-10 - 2024-3 · 6 mos

HeFei

• Responsible for Change Control (ÄKo), including process standardization, coordination of 300+ engineering changes, and facilitation of review meetings. • Led the Color Commission (FaKom): color planning, alignment with design and sales, and tracking of feasibility and cost impacts. • Organized global product team meetings and optimized product definitions based on technical, timing, and commercial factors.

PSK Geschäftsstelle

Volkswagen Smart E-Mobility Hub

2021-7 - 2023-4 · 1 yr 10 mos

Hefei

• Responsible for organizing, facilitating, and documenting 18 monthly PSK (Product Strategy Committee) meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and briefings to ensure efficient decision-making. • Optimized and standardized committee documentation through quantitative analysis of topics and decisions to improve meeting efficiency and transparency. • Coordinated with international locations (Beijing, Wolfsburg) to align and develop annual plans for the product committee, ensuring effective intercultural communication.

IT Project Management Department Assistant

Huawei Technologies Düsseldorf

2018-8 - 2019-3 · 8 mos

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

• Assistant to Head of Department in managing the progress of international projects of billion-euro IT products for Western European companies, organized and hosted regular meetings of major projects, track the project progress of 40+ team members and analyzed project data and then made weekly reports in Chinese and English • Assisted HRBP in recruiting foreign technical experts, using platforms to publish recruitment information, organized and updated candidate profiles and arranged interviews; took charge of the recruitment of departmental interns • Coordinated internal and cross-departmental communication, organized team building activities such as Munich Oktoberfest and Christmas market and be responsible for the statistical summary of annual evaluation and reward activity of company