Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Project Manager

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 4-6+ years in manufacturing
  • 2+ years in project supervision in areas like industrialization or program management
  • Familiarity with Bills of Material (BOM)
  • Strong organizational and planning skills
  • Demonstrated leadership and conflict management experience
  • Proficient problem-solving and analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage project activities and pre-series builds
  • Oversee new equipment installations for project milestones
  • Assist in resolving customer product specification issues
  • Define project scope and required resources
  • Act as primary customer liaison for information transfer
  • Prepare project status presentations for management
  • Collaborate with engineering and other departments for business support
  • Implement planning for equipment installations related to launches
  • Establish corrective action procedures to minimize downtime
  • Facilitate regular project team meetings for updates

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment
  • Annual incentive plan
  • Paid vacation and personal time
  • 401k plan
  • Health care benefits
  • Paid holidays
  • Support for diversity and community outreach
  • Access to supportive employee groups
Full Job Description
Req ID 90511 | Gray Court, United States ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC

About the Team

The Project Manager I - PCM is responsible for managing the project launch activities by ensuring successful progression of both internal and external customer milestones within product launch for specified transmission programs. This position is also responsible for building project teams and tracking project activities from industrialization phases through the successful launch of programs both within time and budgetary constraints, all while adhering to ZF company standards/policy and customer requirements (both internal and external).

What you can look forward to as Project Manager:
  • Manage project management activities and pre-series builds to support internal and external customers.
  • Manage new equipment installations to support project management milestones and objectives.
  • Assist Program Manager with evaluation and resolution of customer issues related to product specifications, design optimization, and production.
  • Work with management to define the project class and scope of project and resources needed for project management activities; manage the launch of new parts lists and applications as needed
  • Serve as primary contact/liaison to customer; identify information/data and resources needed by customer and ensure timely transfer of such information to appropriate ZF department/team and the customer.
  • Prepare and present the status of projects at gate reviews to the customer and internal management (including corrective actions if necessary).
  • Work with ZF engineering teams (design, test, controls and resident) and global R&D, in addition to other departments such as purchasing, quality, and sales, in order to support business development, capacity, and continuity; manage and facilitate teams in a crisis mode with the current and/or future production issues.
  • Ensure implementation of planning phase for equipment installations in the plant related to pre-series and launch management projects in coordination with the manufacturing planning department in Germany.
  • Establish planning and corrective action procedures for ensuring minimal operation downtime and commercial impact for line stoppages or cycle times during pre-series events.
  • Facilitate/conduct project team meetings regularly in conjunction with core team, support staff, and managers, and discuss updates on assigned tasks and project targets and milestones.


Your Profile as Project Manager:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 4-6+ years of progressive experience in a manufacturing environment
  • 2+ years of experience with project supervision in one or more of the following areas: industrialization, manufacturing engineering, manufacturing planning, and/or program/launch management
  • Experience with Bills of Material (BOM) structures, design change procedures, and technical facets of product development
  • Proven organizational and planning abilities
  • Proven leadership ability and experience with coaching, mentoring, motivation, and conflict management
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills


What We Offer:
  • A supportive collaborative team environment
  • Annual Incentive
  • PlanPaid Vacation
  • Personal Time
  • 401k Plan
  • Health Care Benefits
  • Paid Holidays
  • A strong diversity culture
  • Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities


Be part of our ZF team as Project Mgr I-Gen and apply now!

Contact

Elizabeth Painter

About Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is a German car parts maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south-west German region of Baden-Württemberg. Specialising in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology, the company has a global workforce of around 160,000 with approximately 260 locations in 41 countries. In 2019, ZF achieved sales of ?36.5 billion. ZF is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers and a leading technology company for mobility.
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