Tasks
The Project Manager leads and manages a project with defined scope within the specified time, budget and quality framework to the satisfaction of the customer, ensuring economic success for the company and profitability of the product over lifetime.
**Responsibilities**:
- Project definition and planning:
- Define project goals (financial, scheduling and quality goals)
- Selecting project core team members in conjunction with the line management
- Establish adequate project organization (meeting structure, information/ knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving)
- Setup an initial project plan in accordance with the BU's valid processes (phases, deliverables, milestones/ Q-Gates, etc.)
- Ensure compliance to the BU's processes Lead new business pursuit activities for AM products with CC customers.
- Project execution and control
- Track the project progress, define corrective measures if deviating from the plan
- Control released project budget and project resources per approved project plan
- Ensure project profitability meets or exceeds established targets
- Report the project status using the valid tool and process set
- Install and perform professional change management
- Perform risk assessment, control and steer the implementation of risk measures
- Escalate issues if necessary
- Project representation:
- Representation of project in customer meetings
- Representation of project-interests in supplier meetings
- Based on professional, well documented change management negotiate changes and claims with the customer and suppliers
- Protect confidentiality of project data
- Managing project team and stakeholders
- Actively manage stakeholder expectations, inform and involve stakeholders on a regular basis and in an appropriate manner
- Assign work packages to project team members
- Help build up a supportive culture of cooperation and teamwork within the project
**Qualifications**:
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years experience within automotive industry
- Minimum 5 years project management or sales experience within automotive industry
- Knowledge of OEM organizational structures and product development methodologies
- Experience leading cross functional project teams
- Experience working within or leading remote teams in different countries or regions
- Knowledge of project financial metrics and methodologies
- Knowledge of problem solving methodologies (e.g., A3, Toyota Business Practice, 8D, Ishikawa, why-why, etc.)
- Knowledge of Continental Product Life Cycle (PLC) product development process or equivalent
- Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Excellent presentation, negotiation skills
- Run toward the work, not away from it
- Customer focused
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science or business
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar project tracking software
- English language proficient
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of ADAS products
- Knowledge of automotive electronic module product development
- Experience leading a team of direct reports
**Benefits**:
Lebensversicherung
Kantine
Mitarbeiter werben Mitarbeiter
Karriereberatung und Trainingsangebot
Gesundheitsvorsorge
Gehaltsbonus
Flexible Arbeitszeiten
Reisekostenzulage
About us
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods.
Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation.
In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets.
On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.
The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems.
Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers.
Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services
Keyfacts
Job-ID
239409BR
Function
Engineering
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