Project Manager Automotive

The Global Project Manager is responsible for leading the NPI stage of the project. Starting from project kick off through product design, process design and finally handover the project to serial production while managing timeline, budget and set of deliverables in order to reach to industrialization readiness efficiently on time.

The above will take place while proactively communicating with senior management, project team members and the customer in order to effectively meet the company and all stakeholders expectations.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Detailed project requirements analysis and Project scope planning.
• Establish a project timeline and manage project milestones and deadlines.
• Budget management , proactively target efficiency of the budget utilization in order to improve the project profitability
• Assign and delegate project tasks to team members and oversee their progress and performance.
• Manage weekly customer and internal project team meetings while reviewing and solving open issues /bottle necks (Engineering, marketing, Quality, Purchasing, Supply chain).
• Ongoing communication with the serial production site project manager from the early design stage until full and successful handover.
• Responsibility for the project tasks while manage and control matrix management of the internal and external organizational work interfaces.
• Analyze project risks, develop mitigation plans and implement actions to minimize risks
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with all stakeholders to ensure successful deliverables on time.
• Prepare and present project status reports to management and stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and regulations related to automotive industry.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in project processes and procedures with the aim of achieving efficiency and increasing productivity.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical e

Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3 years of project management.

Required experience –

• Timeline and budget management- Must
• Direct contact with suppliers and customers - Must
• Technical orientation with respect to injection molding , assembly , design ,quality and metrology- Must.

Fluent Language requirements:

• English.

Computer skills

• MS project ,
• Team center/PLM.
• Understanding of 3D/2D data review (Solid works/Tetra)
• Microsoft Office programs

Personal Skills

• Integrity
• Enthusiastic drive and charisma .
• Ability to motivate and harness the team by matrix management.
• Attention to details.
• Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to multi-task under pressure and prioritize competing demands.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.