Project Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Project Management aspects relating to the successful delivery of projects that have been assigned.
• Work with multi-disciplined teams and demonstrate full accountability for on time delivery of the agreed scope and adherence to WIPAC’s Project Lifecycle Phase Exit Process, using best practice project management techniques.
• Achieve and report on agreed KPI’s using the Project Dashboard.
• Manage project budgets by maintaining an accurate, up to date Project Budget Worksheet, showing budget, actual and forecast information for prototypes, D&D, tooling and piece price, revenue, expenditure & margins.
• Manage project timing and maintain an accurate, up to date project timing plan. Liaising with suppliers and internal resources to ensure good visibility of project status and highlight concerns.
• Lead customer project meetings and visits & be the customer point of contact to successfully manage customer relationship during the project phases.
• Chair and minute internal project meetings, maintaining a project level open points list, with the project team as appropriate.
• Ensure that all Projects are managed in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Ability to identify, report and escalate project risks in line with approved business processes.
• Ability to ensure that Project and Series Engineering Changes are managed in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Effective project scope and change management in line with approved business processes including preparation of commercial aspects of project related changes.
• Manage pre-production build phases & process equipment development in line with project requirements.
• When required/appropriate, provide support and mentoring to Project Engineers to ensure successful project delivery.
• If required, support the Head of Programme Management with development of Project Management tools and processes.
• Report project status to the Senior Management team at monthly project reviews.

Experience and Qualifications

• Previous experience working within an automotive Company ideally a 1^st Tier Supplier.
• Educated to degree or equivalent level in a technically based subject.
• Relevant Project management experience, ideally with some qualification e.g. PRINCE 2
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels and develop good working relationships.
• Problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Initiative and the ability to offer new ideas.
• Ability to plan, multi-task and manage time effectively.
• Ability to motivate and lead a team.
• Computer literate in Microsoft office programmes including Project.
• German speaking preferred but not essential.