The Role
Lead and execute vehicle projects, coordinate teams, monitor progress, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with quality standards. Communicate technical requirements to stakeholders and support engineering teams.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
- Plan and execute vehicle projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for SWE organization at the vehicle level.
- Lead cross-functional teams within SWE organization, providing guidance and support to team members.
- Communicate vehicle requirements and provide support to Core Engineering Teams as needed.
- Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and report to stakeholders regularly.
- Manage project budgets, including cost rollup and budget allocation.
- Oversee GIMS/Issue Management and burn-down processes, identifying and resolving issues as they arise.
- Identify the need for and coordinate War Rooms when necessary.
- Lead Assembly Plant Pilot builds, ensuring smooth execution and timely resolution of any issues.
- Coordinate software implementation trials (PER trials) and collaborate with EE SWAT team for End of Line (EOL) activities.
- Take the lead in resolving any SCA Vehicle Audit issues, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Provide support to Core Engineering Team, including part verification, APQP, DV/PV, and Off Tool parts activities.
- Manage EBOM (Engineering Bill of Materials) and oversee Quality/Warranty analysis, implementing necessary actions to address quality concerns.
- Coordinate Assembly Plant clean points and oversee Service Actions to enhance product quality and customer satisfaction.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Proven experience in project management, particularly in the automotive industry. 10-year minimum
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively.
- Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with a strong ability to analyze data and create compelling presentations.
- Results-driven with a focus on achieving project objectives and meeting deadlines.
- Experience with budget management and cost analysis.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Knowledge of APQP, DV/PV, EBOM, and quality/warranty analysis processes is desirable.
- Familiarity with software implementation and end-of-line activities is desirable.
- Ability to travel to assembly plants, including the US or Canada, to support vehicle builds (20-40%).
Top Skills
Excel
PowerPoint
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The Company
What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
