Senior Project Manager for Product Development (all gender)

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:

• 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.
• Applies advanced Project Management methods.
• Develops adequate project plans for managing the project objectives, scope, schedule, resources, budgets.
• Coordinates cross-regional activities between customer, supplier and internal stakeholders and provides direction.
• Performs project controlling and project reporting.
• Secures production approval and project closing.
• Communicates on executive level within the project organisation & takes over the role of the SPOC for the Steering Committee.
• Clarifies and aligns product specifications and requirements with the customer/supplier and the technical product development team.
• 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).
• Specifies product design, mould and sampling requirements (in POS).
• Plans, participates and reviews samplings and mould qualifications under technical and economical aspects.

• Completed technical education or equivalent experience in related fields
• Product Development Experience for 7+ years
• Excellent project management and Leadership skills
• Proactivity & Agility
• Enthusiasm
• Interpersonal competence and social adaptability