Project Manager

Your Key Responsibilities

• Agree on project targets and contents and develop solution concepts with experts based on client requirements.
• Ensure delivery of the projects assigned including all relevant steps, milestones, gateways and resources.
• Monitor project progress in terms of time, costs, quality (TCQ) and derive measures in case of deviations or claims.
• Steer and coordinate lessons learned and ensure proper documentation and project reviews.
• Lead the project team members functionally and coordinate all involved external service providers, resources or stakeholders.
• OES Product Portfolio: Analyses of lifecycle management at individual product level.
• Control of start of production (SoP), end of production (EoP), end of delivery obligation (EoD).
• Market volume and car park age.
• Failure rate in the field / Schaeffler Warranty Rate / Market Failure.
• Tooling Management: Control of Schaeffler owned tool list. - NEW Series Launches.
• Control of tool scrapping process after EOD / Phase Out.
• Control of tool return to Customer (Customer owned tool).
• Tooling ownership Assessment per R&M Target Product for Launch.
• Phase-out Management: Coordination of ATB quantities with the KAMs and Customers.
• Coordination of Inventory management - Forecast, Excessive/Obsolete disposition and scrapping residual components/Raw Material.
• Relocations/technical changes to the OES product portfolio: Regional interface between internal project teams and KAMs.
• Customer notification of the relocation or technical change according to CSR (e.g. SREA, BTAB, VCN, CN, etc).
• Initiation of IOP process and management of product sample processes.
• Project management for the EoP types/timing, safety stock, delivery reliability.
• Ensure customer-specific requirements in regard to validation and quality requirements.
• Business trips: customer visits and internal production plants.
• Initiate CER (Capital Expense Request).
• Support on R&D Budget planning and monitoring.
• Development and coordination of revaliation plan with Plant/Customer.
• Monitor customer Portals and Drive Root Cause Analysis and improvement Action Plan for Customer Scorecard.
• Monitor Business warehouse reports to Drive Root Cause Analysis and improvement Actions and Recovery plan for Backlogs.

Your Qualifications

• Engineering Degree preferred or Bachelor with field relevant Automotive field/ aftermarket experience.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards and compliance requirements in the automotive industry.
• Strong Manufacturing and Operations knowledge.
• Familiarity with Product Development, launch, qualification, and validation process.
• Knowledge of problem solving & Quality tools.
• Familiarity with Customer Specific Requirements sources.
• Strong knowledge on Microsoft office – Focus on PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experienced with SAP.
• Desirable knowledge on Customer portal Handling (GM, FORD Stellentis).
• 4–6 years of experience in automotive project management, with demonstrated and documented experience.
• Spanish or Portuguese Language is a plus.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment visa or other sponsorship.