Program Manager (m/f), Hannover / Bordeaux

Depuis plus d'un siècle, Jonhson Controls travaille à l'amélioration des lieux où les gens vivent et se déplacent ainsi que des véhicules qu'ils utilisent. Nous sommes aujourd'hui parmi les leaders mondiaux dans les domaines de l'aménagement intérieur et de l'électronique automobile, de l'efficience énergétique des bâtiments, ainsi que des solutions énergétiques. Avec 140 000 salariés répartis sur 1 300 sites dans 125 pays, nos produits et services contribuent à créer un monde plus confortable, plus sûr et plus durable.

Au sein de notre division Automotive, nous développons des solutions innovantes pour les intérieurs et les systèmes électroniques automobiles de plus de 200 millions de véhicules à travers le monde.

For the hybrid business in Power Solutions in Hannover and Bordeaux, we are offering two positions as a

Program Manager (m/f)

Tasks

• Define and implement program plans, budgets, and schedules ensuring co-ordinated planning and realization of BU product development, tooling, and start-up programs
• Manage the customer relationships
• Manage the SDT and co-ordinate communication and deliverables between and within functional areas (e. g. engineering / manufacturing, engineering / sales)
• Manage scope changes, communicate internally and to customer in a timely fashion to meet cost / time / product / quality targets
• Develop, baseline, and maintain the program timeline and ensure the program achieves customer milestones, internal deliverables, engineering deadlines, and plant start-up
• Meet 0-100-30 launch performance targets
• Ensure that suppliers are prepared for launch via supplier advanced quality planning procedure and by working closely with the Advanced Quality Engineer
• Full responsibility for finance and launch execution results
• Develop, in conjunction with other functional areas (within and across other BUs), the program cost targets (e. g. piece cost, investment, engineering budget)
• Conduct program reviews and phase exit / gate reviews on a regular basis, ensure participation by relevant sponsors and stakeholders, report summary program status on a monthly basis and ensure program documentation in PLM (e. g. project file, SOW, timeline, PLUS deliverables)

Profile

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Business MBA
• PMP certification or equivalent
• Adequate experience in manufacturing industry, in an automotive manufacturing environment, preferably with JCI/JiT or an automotive Tier 1 supplier, in two SDT areas
• Experience of managing at least one product development program through to launch including budget ownership responsibility
• Customer and supplier relationship management skills
• Working knowledge of costing / quoting process
• Business, commercial, and financial understanding
• MS Project, MS Office, Lotus Notes skills
• Knowledge of the manufacturing process specific to the products
• Knowledge of design and development process
• Results-orientation
• Experience of customer relationship management
• Very good communication and negotiation skills
• Conflict management competencies
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organisation
• Knowledge and experience of program management standards, -tools, and -methods
• Business fluency in English as well as fluency in German (and French for Bordeaux)
• Extensive travel availability (for the Bordeaux position): The position will involve significant travel (approximately 60%) between the company sites involved in the program: integration center Hannover, Germany, Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, Continental AG, Nürnberg, Germany, cell manufacturing site Nersac, France, cell development site Bordeaux, France, cell production site Holland, Michigan, and cell development site Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Benefits

• An international work environment
• Responsible and self-directed work
• Opportunities for promotion within the company