PROJECT EXPERT – Manufacturing/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Automation

Responsibilities:

• Project Management
• Leading project / sub-project teams in large international projects
• Project manager and main point of contact for production issues in the core team of complex product developments and transfers
• Development of clear project goals for the production area – costs, cycle times, quality
• Support in the development of the overall project plan
• Planning of the subproject “Supply Chain” in close coordination with the overall / development project manager
• Organization and coordination of activities in production planning, test equipment, process development in the conception, development and introduction phase
• Perform interface and network management with staff responsible in BU / R+D, the company supply chain and 3rd party
• Continuous communication with all people involved in the project, stakeholders and management
• Identify conflicting goals that endanger the success of the project early and initiate suitable countermeasures (e.g. escalation, making necessary decisions …)
• Completes project targets and initiates optimization and control measures
• Preparation of annual transfer proposal that includes product determination, certification + import/ export check and return-of-investment calculation.
• Production / Supply Chain
• Participation in the definition of the production process for the respective product
• Obtains knowledge of the standards required for the respective project and requests them as part of the project – in particular specifications regarding the industrialization plan, industrialization (“simultaneous engineering”) and process approval
• Ensures use of documentation and project information standards
• Develops and implements improvements to existing documentation and project information standards
• Monitoring work progress, checking and clarifying the results
• Support of the project members with the tasks and the improvement of the work processes
• Implementation of cost-efficient product supply during the start-up phase
• Planning and coordinating prototypes and pilot series – reserved material, reserved manufacturing capacity
• Planning and coordinating the start of production at the respective production location
• Support the production sites in building new skills in the context of product launches and transfers
• Returns products ready for series production to the target production site
• Standards And Support
• Participation in the production strategy – Technologies and products at the production sites in a group of companies
• Design and optimization of guidelines and concepts for simultaneous engineering and design-to-production
• Participation in the standardization of business processes and procedures in the group of companies in the area of project and transfer management
• Training and further education of employees regarding the processing of technical projects, production processes and technological backgrounds
• Training other team members in industrial engineering
• Supervision of trainees, interns and students

Requirements:

• University/ Master Degree in Engineering / Engineering Management or equivalent.
• At least 08 years of experience in Automation/ Electronic industry/ Industrial engineer/ global company
• Exhibit technical know-how of product families on intended business unit
• Ability to work well with other IE departments; using suitable approaches to bring up conflicts and disagreements and attempting to minimize the tension and work out the differences.
• Ability to work well with (Global) Business Units; Using suitable approaches to bring up conflicts and disagreements and attempting to minimize the tension and work out the differences.
• Assigning tasks, responsibilities and accountability to suitable staff, and providing directions and autonomy while maintaining ultimate accountability
• Ability to comprehend and practise PEP/PTP
• Co-operates with others, shares useful or relevant information, experience
• Willing to support other when needed in achieve target, assignment, task
• Searching for an appropriate solution and taking the necessary action(s) without prompting from supervisor
• Communicate topics at the right time, express oneself in a manner that is appropriate and respectful.
• Using suitable processes, sources and resources to constantly review progress needed to achieve planned objectives
• Able to identify the route cause and handle the issue within scope of work
• Understand the PS process (PDCA) and able to apply to solve problem in scope of work
• Good English skills
• Good computer skills: Ms Office, Outlook, Excel….
• Salary: negotiable