Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.
The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems. Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers. Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services.
Job Description▪ Supervising team members - Standard Team as well as Extended Team
▪ Organize, document and track regular team meetings
▪ Define and realize solutions together with the team - especially when negative deviations from project targets appear
▪ Managing project work with customer - having regular meetings with customer together with team members and being the main interface regarding decisions
▪ Creates the project plan (scope of project) and updates when needed and communicate to all involved parties as the common basis
▪ Create and track project schedule (top/down as well as buttom/up) including final team commitment
▪ Updating scheduling depending on various changes and continuous maintanance
▪ Ensure fullfilment of milestone targets (PLC releases) in time
▪ Ensure customer milestones (e.g. development and sample deliveries milestones in-time)▪ Leading change management on project level
▪ Strict management of changes from request to realization or rejection
▪ Tracking Change Requests to ensure decision and implementation in time
▪ Role as "Change Manager Project"▪ Set up initial project budget (PAR) and profitabilty (PCIS)
▪ Ensure regular FC and define countermeasures to fullfil project targets when needed
▪ Set up modifications of budget and profitability when changes were decided
▪ Full responsibility for profitability influenced by team itself (e.g. material cost, cycle times etc.) and in charge to report deviations from outside the project (e.g. OH and FX rates, allocations etc.)▪ Prepare regular project reporting
▪ Leads escalation when ever needed
▪ Defines Key Performance Indicators to controll the success of the project (material cost, scrap rates, delay of milestones etc.)
▪ Leading the risk management of the project▪ Nominate team members together with line managers
▪ Ensuring proper staffing and resources to fullfil project targets together with the line managers of the various team members
Certified Mechanical or Electronical Engineer or comparable
Experiences in field of product developement production, purchase, sales and project management
Preferable 3 years of experience at 2 of the above mentioned disciplines as well as experience with project management
Skills and specific capability to lead a team of employees indirectly
Team working with partners from Europe, North Amarica as well as from Asia (depending on project scope)
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