Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles, says: “Christiane Engel has laid essential foundations within the High quality Assurance of Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles for turning Volkswagen into an actual ‘Love Model’ that’s 100% targeted on prospects: She has contributed considerably to us as soon as once more reaching fine quality in our merchandise’ supplies, processing, software program and digital companies. I want to thank her for her work and her engagement, and on the identical time want Elvira Tölkes a heat welcome to the crew as the brand new head of High quality Assurance. In her we have now discovered an skilled professional with a confirmed observe document. Her job will probably be to proceed what Christiane Engel began and take the standard of our autos to the following stage. Top of the range in supplies, processing, software program and digital companies performs a decisive position in our prospects as soon as once more seeing us as a love model. I want Elvira Tölkes each success on this job.”
Elvira Tölkes has held varied administration positions within the Volkswagen Group since 2018. Most not too long ago, she was chargeable for a strategic digital transformation mission within the discipline of software program replace administration and cyber safety at Audi in 2020. Previous to that, she was chargeable for the event of the outside, inside, automobile safety and thermal administration of the brand new AUDI fashions as Vice President Physique Engineering.
She began her profession within the automotive business at Opel in 1992 after graduating in mechanical engineering from the Technical College of Kaiserslautern. From 1998 she assumed varied high-responsibility administration positions, together with director of homologation, program administration, total automobile validation and inside improvement, and automobile safety. Elvira Tölkes assumed accountability for the engine and element plant in Kaiserslautern in 2011, and have become head of the Eisenach plant in 2014. Earlier than becoming a member of the Volkswagen Group, she was Vice President of High quality at Opel. She assumes the place of head of High quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles on Could 1, 2023.
With over 1,200 staff, Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles’ High quality Assurance division oversees a complete of 28 manufacturing websites throughout all Volkswagen automobile courses. The objective of High quality Assurance is to offer a wonderful stage of buyer satisfaction and guarantee this in the long run. To take action, the High quality Assurance crew units customer-relevant high quality necessities alongside your entire buyer journey in automobile tasks. High quality assurance additionally checks all automobile capabilities and companies, points ultimate approval to be used available in the market, and thus ensures Volkswagen’s characteristically top quality in all its services. Through a world community, the unbiased enterprise unit can also be chargeable for constantly enhancing product high quality utilizing environment friendly troubleshooting processes, and for outlining and monitoring manufacturing unit processes and requirements in all Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles crops.