Ernst has more than 30 years of professional experience in various industrial fields such as plant and mechanical engineering, "white goods", automotive, nuclear, aerospace, rail applications, surface coating/forming and measuring technology as well as industrial applications of fluid technology (pneumatics/hydraulics).

• Vice President Quality, Grohe AG
• Head of QM, thyssenkrupp Bilstein
• Quality-Director Europe, Tenneco Automotive
• Quality-Director IMI-Norgren Precision Engineering
• Quality-Director Advanced Q, Strategy/Standard, JCI
• Quality-Manager Europe, ATAG Kitchen Group

• Design, implementation and continuous improvement of QM or integrated management systems
• Organizational process modeling and performance optimization
• Supplier management (selection, approval, development)
• Implementation of customer-specific requirements in the organizational process model (e.g., VW Formula Q, Daimler MBST)
• Specific QM training (problem solving, FMEA etc.)
• Escalation management for event-oriented Q issues (customer/supplier side)
• Certification procedures and maintenance of certification status for regulations 9001, VDA 6.x, IATF, IRIS, ASME etc.
• EFQM model