In the field of the Customer Experience mission, the Project Milestone Keeper at each milestone or review:            

They appreciate the project status according to the different KPI (Quality, Performance, Cost, Time Schedule, Industrial, Purchasing, Brand) and deliverables expected at each milestone. They contribute to improve the standards (Product Development Process) by bringing Their lessons learned from the different projects they are in charge. They will identify key program stoppers and if required, trigger appropriate escalation to help solve them prior to the milestone. They help/advise the project Teams to deploy the quality actions (recovery plans for program stoppers) and all the method needed to ensure the reachability of the Q Product results or Q Process results.

 

Their perimeter is:

The platform projects or the midlife projects (serial life) The serial life evolutions (i.e. window launches) Platform The partnership or cooperation projects The new industrializations: i.e. new plant projects

 

To lead their mission, they :

Have a very tight relationships with the project Team (all the main actors) to appreciate the right execution to obtain the contains expected at each milestone, Establishes the quotation of the deliverables expected for each milestone and to draw up the milestone assessment, Arranges the sharing milestone assessment meeting before each milestone to share the synthesis and the quotation of the assessment, Arranges, if needed, all the meeting between “Key stakeholders (Design, Brand, Industrial, …)” and the project in order to find solutions for a recovery plan, Identifies the right method or process to advise the next projects and to improve the standards by using his lessons learned, Attends to the meeting to improve the method or process thanks to his own lessons learned acquired during the follow up of his projects, Has the assistance of a Project Quality Team to manage the activities allowing to define the milestone assessment.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (other 4 year engineering degrees in combination with relevant experience may be considered) 10 + years engineering experience. 5 + years of management experience. Experience in the automotive industry and product development Self-directed, team oriented with demonstrated planning/problem-solving skills Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to deal with a variety of people at all levels of the organization Ability to collect and synthesize data into meaningful information and communicate clearly to all levels of the organization Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)

 

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced Degree Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build solid partnerships, both internally and externally Expertise in planning, prioritizing, and goal setting including the ability to manage multiple projects, determining project urgency, creating detailed action plans, and organizing schedules, people, and tasks Assertive and ambitious nature Results oriented Motivated to learn new principles and ideas, and have excitement in applying these new principles Motivated to make a positive impact in the work environment and on the quality of the products produced