Project Manager Customer Team

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Able 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.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities in an international matrix organization.

Skills

• Project Management Methodologies
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Team Leadership
• Communication and Presentation Skills
• Decision Making
• Project Planning

Benefits

• 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