Project Manager for Serial Production
Your Contribution
We are looking for a responsible and motivated individual for the position Project Manager for Serial Production. The candidate will be responsible for planning and managing strategic serial production projects and initiatives within the production plant, which are linked to serial production programs. The general responsibility of the candidate is to ensure the successful implementation of serial production projects with the goal of achieving project objectives related to profitability, costs, quality, and timelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for planning and managing serial production projects within the plant (e.g., production changes, iPCO and PPI projects,...)
- Overall responsibility for successful implementation of serial production projects to achieve objectives related to profitability, costs, quality, and timelines
- Support for audits conducted by clients and projects
- Ensure effective management of opportunities and risks in projects
- Coordination of project team members, clients, internal and external stakeholders in production capacities
- Functional leadership of the project group
- Provide feedback on employee performance to the line manager
- Planning and assigning tasks to project teams while monitoring and supervising progress
- Overall responsibility for managing the simplified project budget
- Successfully manage the interests of all stakeholders in individual projects
- Reporting to superiors on project status, including regular checks and follow-up to ensure profitability, avoid losses, and meet deadlines
- Creating and maintaining production project plans
- Monitoring and implementing project tasks in line with serial production project objectives (e.g., freezing delivery deadlines, applying indexation, etc.)
- Coordination of project activities that affect project goals (EOP activities, volume increases, scope reductions, etc.)
- Acceptance and official handover of development projects at QG4 stage
- Acting as the contact person for project tasks for internal and external stakeholders/clients
- Monitoring and reporting on project status, including all changes and deviations between planned and actual status (e.g., material changes, product changes, design changes, etc.)
- Coordination of project relocations to other production sites in support of the responsible person from the current location
- Initial activities related to specific project capacity planning and investments (e.g., tool replacement) and preparing maintenance budgets together with other functions to achieve optimal utilization of system and work equipment capacities
Your Experience and Qualifications
- Education: University degree / Technical faculty (Industrial Management, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical fields)
- Work experience: Minimum two years in project management or team leadership roles
- Language skills: English – upper intermediate level
- Computer skills: intermediate knowledge
- Knowledge of quality standards and tools (ISO, IATF, VDA,...)
- Preferably certified in project management
- Knowledge of continuous process improvement
- Knowledge of technical cleanliness standards
- Understanding of production processes
- Experience in project management or team leadership
- Experience in the automotive industry
Our Offer
We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s).
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