Project Management

Managing and executing of international projects of low to medium budget, complexity, risk and strategic significance (C projects) with full responsibility in a global context Managing international projects with international and interdisciplinary teams. Carry out project planning, steering and controlling on the basis of agreed targets and schedule (Implementation Plan Fulfilment) Driving and executing international projects with a clear focus on high performance of project teams and predefined goals. This includes the setup of a project to successful implementation at all involved locations Application and continuously improve of project management standards (processes, methods and tools). Setting and achieving day-to-day objectives that have noticeable impact on others within the job areas Planning, tracking and achieving project, quality, timing and commercial targets and explaining facts, practices, policies to others within the organization where past practices or divergent views constrain agreement Planning internal and external capacities in collaboration with team members and/or stakeholders, taking individual potential and competence into account Planning, coordinating and steering work packages and milestones within a project team using prescribed methods and systems Ensure sustained achievement of project targets and possibly adoption of project scope through continuous monitoring of new requirements and changed circumstances If required, integration of internal and external service provider, taking into account economic, qualitative and schedule-related aspects to successfully achieve project targets Monitoring project status, considering continuous processing and interpretation of internal and external information; monitoring the project workflow and in the case of deviations, changes or change requests to target specifications deciding on corresponding measures and ensuring internal alignment with all relevant stakeholders Coordinating and executing (engineering) change management in international project set-ups with a clear focus on profit and loss so as on resulting risks and opportunities. Steering of change evaluation, approval and implementation steps. Challenging the project team by finding the best solutions for HELLA, considering also benchmark. Monitoring and tracking of successful implementation of changes in all impacted locations Developing risks and opportunities assessment processes and tools that quantify stakeholder risks and opportunities tolerances in order to assess and determine risks and opportunities thresholds for the project and set criteria for risks and opportunities levels. Facilitate the project team’s evaluation of the identified risks’ and opportunities attributes using qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques in order to prioritize the risks and opportunities for response planning Proactive and early escalation when deviations from targets occur; illustrating existing alternative solutions in agreement with the project stakeholders involved. Identify problems and update or modify working methods in own role without the benefit of defined procedures Establishing systematic relationships to internal and external clients Carrying out forward facing project steering in form of project steering meetings with clients based on agreed quality, cost and scheduling targets Developing and implementing communication strategies Analysing and evaluating processes as well as deriving and prioritizing improvement suggestions for reorganization and optimization of existing processes (CIP)

Leadership (project-related)

Functional lead of the employees in the competence responsibility Guiding, instructing and supporting employees in function-related tasks