Customer Project Manager

Bosch Group

$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, industrial engineering, or similar
  • 5+ years of experience managing automotive industry projects
  • Experience in all project phases: initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing
  • Strong cooperation and communication skills
  • Proficient negotiation and interpersonal skills
  • Strategic thinking with a results-oriented approach
  • PMP or similar certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage project deliverables from initiation to closure
  • Ensure project targets and KPIs are met: on time, on spec, on quality, on budget
  • Drive initiatives to enhance commercial performance and profitability
  • Monitor project execution and implement necessary countermeasures
  • Prepare and present accurate project status reports to leadership
  • Lead interdisciplinary project teams and foster team satisfaction
  • Act as primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders
  • Organize and lead meetings to ensure project objectives are achieved
  • Coordinate hardware/software deliveries for customer milestones
  • Oversee successful product launches and manage risk, quality, and problem resolution
  • Coordinate change management and ensure adherence to company guidelines

Benefits

  • Support for STEM initiatives and education programs
  • Exposure to global cross-functional teamwork
  • Opportunity to lead innovative automotive projects
  • Engagement with customers in the automotive sector
  • No future sponsorship for work authorization available
Full Job Description
Job Description

Key tasks & responsibilities:
  • Responsible for project management deliverables (Project initiation, implementation and closure.).
  • Responsible for achievement and maintenance of project targets and KPIs (on time, on spec, on quality, on budget/ profit, customer satisfaction).
  • Drive initiatives to maintain and improve commercial performance. (EBIT, EBIT hunting, change management, resource/sample profitability, etc.)
  • Monitor and control project execution, define and implement countermeasures.
  • Maintain accurate project status reports and present updates to leadership.
  • Lead interdisciplinary project teams.
  • Foster strong team and customer satisfaction through clear, consistent communication.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for customers and all project stakeholders.
  • Organize and lead customer and internal meetings to ensure the project deliverables fulfill project objectives.
  • Coordination of Hardware/Software deliveries to support customer milestones, including delivery of samples and series release.
  • Oversee successful product launches.
  • Perform and lead for risk management, quality management and problem resolution management, including the identification, analysis, implementation and evaluation of measures together with the cross functional team.
  • Coordinate change management, including requirement management, estimation and quotation.
  • Adherence to company guidelines, policies and legal terms.


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, industrial engineering or similar.
  • 5+ years of experience managing projects for the automotive industry.
  • Project Experience in all project phases (initiation, planning, execution & control, closing).


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strong cooperation and communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills related to customer interaction, and internal global cross-functional teamwork.
  • Strategic thinking and results orientation.
  • PMP or similar Certification a plus.
  • Sales/Commercial experience in the automotive industry


Additional Information

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
AWIM (A World In Motion)

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.

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