Senior Project Manager

Main tasks:

• Define project objectives (financial, scheduling, and quality goals)
• Selecting and negotiating project (core) team members in conjunction with the line management
• Establish adequate project organization (meeting structure, information/ knowledge exchange, documentation, archiving) 
• Set up an initial project plan in accordance with the valid processes (phases, deliverables, milestones/ Q-Gates, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with valid processes
• Projects set up for achieving development gates by customers' schedules. 
• Prepares Project plan for the associated customer projects with related APQP gates. 
• Achieves Gates releases on time for assigned projects. 
• Has all required documents in APQP / FIDES structure. 
• Coordination of project - team(s) globally including customer service and all production plants.
• Track the project progress, and define corrective measures if deviating from the plan
• Control the usage of the released project budget and project resources per approved project plan
• Decide and Report the overall project status by the financial and quality KPIs supported by a valid  tool and process set 
• Install and perform professional change management
• Perform opportunity & risk assessment, control and steer the implementation of opportunity & risk measures 
• Escalate issues if necessary
• Ensure that all project objectives are met in the required quality
• Representation of project-interests in supplier meetings
• Based on professional, well-documented change management negotiate changes and claims with the customer and with suppliers 
• Protect the confidentiality of project data
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations, inform and involve stakeholders regularly and in an appropriate manner
• Assign work packages to the respective project team members
• Help build up a supportive culture of cooperation and teamwork within the project

We are looking for:

• University Degree 
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Automotive field
• Experience in Global running projects and customer development projects
• Representation of the project in customer (internal/external) meetings 
• Representation of project-interests in supplier meetings
• Based on professional, well-documented change management negotiate changes and claims with the customer and with suppliers 
• Protect the confidentiality of project data
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations, inform and involve stakeholders regularly and in an appropriate manner
• Assign work packages to the respective project team members
• Help build up a supportive culture of cooperation and teamwork within the project
• People management experience (not necessarily as a direct manager)Contact with intercultural teams

What we offer:

• The 13th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
• Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that allows you to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case-by-case basis);
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 27);
• Transport from the Timisoara area – You can choose to come with the bus provided by the company if you’ll work from the plant location/office;
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and various languages are spoken in our company.

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Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic, and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly, and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture, and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services