Project Manager Customer Team

Brose

$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years' experience in project management
  • 3+ years leading cross-functional teams
  • Experience in product development and industrialization in manufacturing
  • Proficiency in project management methodologies and risk management
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills
  • Fluency in English, spoken and written

Responsibilities

  • Lead B-Projects from nomination to production launch
  • Plan and manage customer projects, engaging all stakeholders
  • Independently control processes necessary for product development
  • Manage project proposals and changes through to closure
  • Develop and update the master timing plan, driving corrective actions
  • Serve as the main contact for customers and suppliers
  • Implement project changes and manage customer interactions
  • Ensure operational risk management throughout project life cycle
  • Prepare and present Quality Gate reports with project team
  • Lead global cross-functional project teams as per PM standards

Benefits

  • Meal voucher and food discounts
  • Pension and life insurance contributions
  • Transport allowance
  • Financial bonuses for holidays and profit sharing
  • Free parking near office and shopping areas
  • Modern work environment with equipped offices
  • Flexible working hours
  • Excellent transport accessibility in city centre
  • Language and professional development courses
  • Access to rehabilitation services
  • Participation in sports and cultural events for employees
  • Discounted mobile and internet plans
  • Provision of laptop and mobile phone
  • Friendly workplace atmosphere
  • Opportunities for business travel
  • 5 weeks of vacation
Full Job Description
Your Tasks

  • Lead primarily B-Projects from project nomination through stable series production.
  • Plan and manage complete customer projects in alignment with all affected stakeholders, customers, suppliers, business units, group functions, and plant organizations.
  • Independently plan and control all processes, activities, and capacities required to develop a production-ready product in accordance with the Product Development Process (PDP).
  • Create project proposals and manage project changes through project closure, including preparation of status reports, change documentation, and final project reports.
  • Develop, agree, maintain, communicate, and continuously update the master timing plan while monitoring project progress and initiating corrective actions when necessary.
  • Serve as the primary interface to customers and suppliers for all project-related matters and decisions.
  • Decide on the implementation of project changes and customer-related courses of action.
  • Ensure effective operational risk management throughout the entire project lifecycle.
  • Prepare and present Quality Gate reports in accordance with PDP requirements in collaboration with the project team.
  • Lead global cross-functional project teams in accordance with the Project Management Handbook and defined project management standards.


Your Profile

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or a comparable field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management, including at least 3 years of experience leading projects with cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing product development and industrialization projects within a manufacturing environment.
  • Fulfills the competency profile of a Senior Project Manager.
  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, project planning, risk management, and change management.
  • Ability to lead global project teams and effectively manage customer and supplier relationships.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills.
  • Fluent in spoken and written English.
  • High level of ownership, accountability, customer focus, and results orientation.
  • Strong leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities in an international matrix organization.


We offer you a modern working environment with our Brose working world

We offer
  • meal voucher 135 Kč/day, discounts in Nová Karolina mall food court
  • pension and life insurance contribution
  • transport allowance
  • e-benefits - Benefit Plus
  • Christmas and summer holidays financial bonus, profit shares
  • office or near shopping mall underground free parking
  • modern and newly equipped offices
  • flexible working hours (core time 9am - 2pm), 7,5 hours shifts
  • very good transport accessibility by tram, bus, train, bike or scooter thanks to the location of Ostrava city centre
  • language and other courses
  • rehabilitation centre based in our plant in Kopřivnice
  • sport and culture events, camps for children
  • discounted mobile and internet tariffs from Vodafone
  • laptop, mobile phone
  • friendly and relaxed atmosphere
  • innovative environment (we improve automate, robotise)
  • 5 weeks holidays
  • business trips abroad

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