Project Manager

1. Acting as SPOC on behalf of the company being fully accountable and empowered to drive the project to success,
respecting the quality management system and PDP (including roles & responsibilities, processes, methods and tools).Single point of contact for Program & cascade customer requirements to Project Team.
2. Responsible of all aspects of Project Delivery execution for a specific customer, from RFI/RFQ to Launch and up to
final hand-over to series quality team. It covers creating long term customer intimacy at several management levels
through achieving customer satisfaction and establishing strong relationship.
3. Accountable for negotiating the scope of new business with customer. Create customer-focused strategies and value
propositions.
4. Leading national and international projects and being accountable for cost, schedule, technology, quality and
stakeholders acceptance throughout the product development process (PDP), including acquisition, development and
series phase.
5. Leading the project to a technical and commercial success based on the project contract, applying AMS project
management methods and best practices along the PDP considering the AMS quality management system.
6. Make and enforce sound decisions, to meet the project goals, applying AMS decision - making guidelines.
7. Assemble project team, in coordination with the functional department heads and create team spirit as well as
assigning work to the project team, coordinating and prioritizing the execution of workpackages and tasks according
project goals.
8. Perform self - assessments to proactively and foresighted minimize uncertainties and risk to pass the gate reviews and
obtain approvals from the Steering Committee for alternative solutions, continuously optimize and improve all aspects
of the project.
9. Manage change requests and claims ensuring proper communication, comprehensive impact analysis, fitting
implementation planning and prioritized execution.
10. Build a trustful and reliable environment, promoting required awareness and ensuring correct, timely and transparent
communication based on an auditable documentation.
11. Encourage, consolidate and optimize the project business case in coordination with the departments, obtaining the
total release and ensuring compliance with requirements for R&D and investment budgets and product margin.
12. Prepare and conduct necessary and regular internal and external status meetings for internal stakeholders as well as
customers and suppliers, if necessary with the participation of departments.
13. Experience with different customers (OEM's) national & international.

1. Experience:
a. > 3 years proven track record of leading projects related to Climate control panels/modules.with low - middle complexity (carry-over rate <50% of concepts from technology, manufacturing, logistics and
supplier mgmt. perspective, combined with a known customer) in the Automotive or comparable industry with a
businesscase of small (<50MUSD lifetime turnover)or middle size (>50MUSD - 100MUSD lifetime turnover)
b. > 2 years proven track record of leading projects related to Center infotainment displays / FID / PID.
with low - middle complexity (carry-over rate <75% of concepts from technology, manufacturing, logistics and
supplier mgmt. perspective, combined with a known customer) in the Automotive or comparable industry with a
businesscase of small (<50MUSD lifetime turnover)or middle size (>50MUSD - 100MUSD lifetime turnover)
c. > 2 years of experience in working in an international / multi-location team setup.
d. Overall Experience : 3 - 5 years.
2. Education:
• BE/BTECH degree in Engineering (Preferably Electronics/Mechanical), Business, Sales required along with formal
APQP training; M.S., PMP and/or agile certification and/or MBA preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge of TS and ISO Quality Systems certification requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of the PDP, the organization, role description, project
management tools, templates and process used in the market.
3. Knowledge:
• Product development cycle of automotive Climate control panels, Basic design elements of Haptics, HW/SW &
Optics, validation, Quality issues.
• Product development cycle of automotive infotainment Display, Basic design elements of HW & Optics, validation,
Quality issues.
• Experience with hardware and software-based products both in development and production environments.
• Manage JIRA project configurations, boards, and workflows to support clear visibility and accountability across
engineering, design, QA, and marketing.
• Languages : Local business -English (Mandatory) / Optional (Hindi , Marathi) ;Global business- English
(Mandatory) / Optional (German, Mandarin)
4. Skills:
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to breakdown
complexity for various levels of stakeholders.
• Ability to proactively mitigate the risks of escalations and applying problem solving
strategies.
• Solid team-focussed leadership to strengthen the collaborative cross-functional
culture.
• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritize work and deliver
customer value through iterative steps.
• Sound decision making and solid negotiation skills.
• Intrinsic motivation and self-reflected personality to achieve project goals within a
multi-cultural environment.
• Giving input to improvements of project management processes, tools and methods
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business.