What you will enjoy doing
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager that Leads complex and challenging product development projects by his excellent project management skills, coordinates activities during the development from project kick-off up to handover to production plant to meet ALPLA interests and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Provides leadership on complex and challenging product development projects, coordinates and performs activities from project initiation until project close-out. This includes product design, pilot, development, production development, qualification and successful handover into production environment.
2. Applies advanced Project Management methods.
3. Develops adequate project plans for managing the project objectives, scope, schedule, resources, budgets.
4. Coordinates cross-regional activities between customer, supplier and internal stakeholders and provides direction.
5. Performs project controlling and project reporting.
6. Secures production approval and project closing.
7. Communicates on executive level within the project organisation & takes over the role of the SPOC for the Steering Committee.
8. Clarifies and aligns product specifications and requirements with the customer/supplier and the technical product development team.
9. Identifies and resolves technical issues and risks to achieve project goals by considering the whole process chain (test and downstream equipment, machine accessories, format parts).
10. Specifies product design, mould and sampling requirements (in POS).
11. Plans, participates and reviews samplings and mould qualifications under technical and economical aspects.
What makes you great
12. Completed technical education or equivalent experience in related fields
13. Product Development Experience for 7+ years
14. Excellent project management and Leadership skills
15. Proactivity & Agility
16. Enthusiasm
17. Interpersonal competence and social adaptability
What you can expect working with us
18. We believe in flat hierarchies, short decision making paths and open communication
19. There is ALPLA Kids all-day childcare for children aged between 15 months and 6 years
20. You can expect a secure future with us – as a manufacturing company, we are globally on a growth path
21. We promote climate-friendly mobility with everything from a year-long season ticket for local public transport to purchasing an e-bike
22. Benefit from discounts on tickets for sports events, better private insurance conditions, the registration fees for running events being covered and numerous discounts at retail outlets in Vorarlberg