Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!
Responsibilities:Program Ownership: Lead customer programs end-to-end from nomination to series production stabilization.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Align R&D, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, supply chain, finance, and sales teams.
Project Manager Leadership: Guide and support Project Managers to ensure consistent execution and governance.
Customer Interface: Manage customer communication, escalations, changes, and overall satisfaction.
Operations Coordination: Collaborate with plants to ensure readiness for industrialization, launch, and ramp-up.
Program Governance: Define and monitor plans, milestones, budgets, risks, KPIs, and reporting.
Risk & Change Management: Identify risks, drive mitigation actions, and manage scope changes.
Financial Oversight: Support profitability, cost control, investments, and business case alignment with Finance.
Education: Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Industrial Management, or related field.
Experience: 7+ years in program/project management in international manufacturing or automotive environments.
Program Management Expertise: Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs (time, cost, quality, scope, risks).
Leadership: Experience leading cross-functional teams and directly managing Project Managers.
Customer Management: Strong skills in handling customer interactions, escalations, negotiations, and issue resolution.
Operations Knowledge: Solid understanding of manufacturing, industrialization, quality, supply chain, and launch processes.
Certification & Tools: PMP or similar preferred; strong knowledge of program management methods, tools, and reporting.
Soft Skills & Languages: Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills; fluent English required.
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies S.a.s. di Externa Italia S.r.l.u.Skills Required
- Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Industrial Management, or related field.
- 7+ years in program/project management in international manufacturing or automotive environments.
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs (time, cost, quality, scope, risks).
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and directly managing Project Managers.
- Strong skills in customer interactions, escalations, negotiations, and issue resolution.
- Solid understanding of manufacturing, industrialization, quality, supply chain, and launch processes.
- PMP or similar certification.
- Strong knowledge of program management methods, tools, and reporting.
- Experience supporting profitability, cost control, investments, and business case alignment with Finance.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills; fluent English.
Freudenberg Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freudenberg Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Freudenberg Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered strong at many U.S. sites, with low‑cost options, HSA contributions, and on‑site clinics in some locations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is standard across U.S. entities, though exact match mechanics differ by business group and year.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often described as good, with some locations offering generous holiday schedules.
Freudenberg Group Insights
What We Do
Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg. Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf
