Team Lead Program Manager Plant

ElringKlinger is one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and technology groups. The key to our success: a team of more than 10,000 employees at 44 sites. In particular, they value ElringKlinger’s flat hierarchies, open culture of communication, and attractive prospects for career advancement as well as the opportunity to make a direct contribution to the business and to work independently within an international environment.
Our joint ambition: to drive the future.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leading local projects including responsibility for deadlines, costs, quality and other project-specific aspects within a defined framework
• Controlling and monitoring cost development (actual vs. planned costs), e.g. with regard to tools, machines, production and purchased parts, R&D costs
• Coordinating customer communications including project-related documents in coordination with the project team
• Issuing KPI reports
• Reporting the project status to the disciplinary and functional Manager
• Defining deadlines at plant level in coordination with the project team
• Monitoring and documenting the project progress based on the milestone schedule (APQP)
• Planning and coordinating project-specific customer audits in the plant in the relevant project phases in coordination with the respective departments
• Conducting ""lessons learned"" and participating in the continuous improvement of project processes
• Assuming escalation responsibility according to the defined escalation process
• Controlling the change management process within the project team
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Successfully completed Bachelor’s (technical degree preferred)
• 2-3 years of professional experience in the area of responsibility (particularly within the automotive industry).
• Practical experience in elastomer and plastic component/system design.
• Ability to lead people and co-ordinate cross-functional teams.
• Strong computer knowledge
• Knowledge of OEM product and process development and a working knowledge of APQP and ISO/IATF
• Effective communication, problem solving, and leadership skills are essential.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relations skills as well as effectively fostering a teamwork environment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $70,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Work Location: In person