Manager of Product Center Autonomous Mobile Robots - NA

Our Auburn Hills, MI, location is seeking a highly self-motivated and detail-oriented Deployment Engineer to join the Autonomous Mobile Robots team at Safety and Motion. The ideal candidate has a background in either Program Management, Sales, or Engineering and will be responsible for solution design, customer consultancy, and installation of mobile fleets within multiple industries, such as automotive, food and beverage, or distribution.

Are you ready to shape the future with us?

THE POSITION

• Operationally steer the business to achieve budget & financial targets for NA
• Preparing, proposing & arguing the budget for the upcoming year                         
• Positioning Continental in a highly agile market environment as a top OEM for Mobile       
• Robots in intralogistics
• Create and execute the right strategy (Markets, Products, Partners) to meet our growth
• Defining the right operating model for the region (Governance, Processes, Tools)
• Build up high-performance teams & development of people
• Constantly adjust the Organization while scaling up towards >30 people                      
• Define the regional Marketing & Sales strategy and track execution                               
• Ensure achievement of regional Order Intake target                                           
• Ensure superior customer experience by setting up a holistic customer execution team (incl. Project Mgmt., Sales & After-Sales Management)                                                    
• Act as escalation path for key customers in the region                                                     
• Representing the regional business towards internal & external stakeholders                 
• Support decision upon the right global product roadmap by including the market view into the decision
• Ensure local for local approach with the regional requirements

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

• Immediate Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition & Employee Discounts
• Annual Bonus
• Employer 401(k) Match
• And more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Law, Engineering or similar discipline or 14 years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in positions with external stakeholders. Held positions with a broad bandwidth of topics across functions to understand how a business holistically needs to be run
• Minimum 5 years leading complex projects to gain experience in managing complexity
• Minimum 2 years of direct or indirect leadership role
• Strong Stakeholder Management and experience in communicating and working with intercultural teams
• Experienced in Marketing & Sales Strategy

This role is an internal only position, external applicants will not be considered for this role

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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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 Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems. Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers. Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services.