Spain Innovation Manager

Motorsport Hackers; Valencia; Híbrido; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Motorsport Hackers is seeking a leader to centralize and coordinate Valencia site innovation initiatives, aligning with EU/IMG and ATP Innovation Environment. The role will define strategic objectives and deliver tech roadmaps using agile methods.

The candidate will build the Innovation Team, lead PoC/pilot developments, and ensure agility across manufacturing functions while aligning with Ford Europe and Ford Global strategies.

Formación

• Bachelor or Master’s in engineering.
• Experience in project and supplier management.
• Experience in team management.
• Understand emerging automation technologies.
• Critical and disruptive thinking.
• Curiosity and continuous self-learning.
• Effective communication.
• Strategic thinking.
• Knowledge on Agile methodologies.
• Resilience and adaptability.
• Innovation development and management techniques.
• Professional experience abroad or contact with international organizations.
• Experience in Innovation or research projects.
• Experience on Automation and digitization projects.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and coordinate the Valencia Innovation Team.
• Generate an ecosystem with partners to share information.
• Develop use cases for plant applications with new automation.
• Align projects with factory functions and focus on value.
• Promote and facilitate transformation towards an AGILE organization.
• Performs the Role of the Business Owner within Scrum and SAFe.
• Represent the Valencia site in relevant Ford forums.
• Coordinate participation in R&D consortiums and subsidies.
• Support and supervise R&D projects' execution, replication and scale.
• Develop short and medium-term innovation vision and roadmaps.
• Be part of the extended European/IMG innovation team.
• Foster collaboration between plants for replicability.
• Be part of ATP workgroup applying new technologies to manufacturing.

Conocimientos

Positive leadership

Emerging automation tech

Curiosity and learning

Effective communication

Strategic thinking

Resilience and adaptability

Agile methodologies

Team management

Project management

Vendor management

Innovation projects

Automation projects

Digitization projects

International exposure

Innovation and research

Educación

Bachelor's or Master’s in engineering

Descripción del empleo

Centralize and coordinate the technological innovation initiatives inside the Valencia Manufactuirng Site.

Ensure alignment and autonomy in technological innovation initiatives through the standardization and definition of common strategic objectives within the Alliance (EU/IMG) and ATP Innovation Environment.

Generate a vision of the future for the Valencia site in terms of emerging technologies aligned with the generation of technological and execution roadmaps using agile methodologies.

• Be part of the team to design and generate the Innovation Team that will support and deliver the Innovation Strategy

Lead the development and research in emerging technologies, through the development of PoC and Pilot projects.

Ensure agility and collaboration with the manufacturing functions in the development and implementation of technological innovation projects.

Align Ford Valencia's innovation strategy with Ford Europe, IMG and Ford Global within ATP

Ensure that the technological transformation is aligned with the required cultural transformation.

The job will include Flexible Manufacturing Automationand Digital Manufacturing, under the supervision of the Spain Innovation Leader.

Flexible Manufacturing Automationwith focus on equipment: Advanced Robotics, Mobile Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Artificial Vision and 3D Printing.

Digital Manufacturing includes Manufacturing Data Analytics, Manufacturing Digitalization, Connectivity and Cybersecurity.

The position will report to the EU/IMG Innovation Manager and be matrixed to the Valencia Assistant Plant Manager

Responsibilities

Coordination:

Lead and coordinate the Valencia Innovation Team, including multiple innovation sections with their coordinators and plant SPOCs.

Generate an ecosystem with other partners to ensure the necessary flow of information

Strategic knowledge of new automation and digitization technologies to develop use cases for plant applications. Provide innovative solutions to the needs of the factory. Improving cost, efficiency, productivity, and flexibility.

Alignment of projects with all involved functions of the factory, promoting customer and value focus.

Prioritize projects in line with business needs and established objectives of the innovation teams

Agility:

Lead, promote and facilitate the transformation towards an AGILE organization.

Performs the Role of the Business Owner within the agile frameworks Scrum and SAFe.

Global alignment and vision of the future:

Represent the Valencia site in relevant forums, both inside and outside Ford.

Coordinate, centralize and prioritize the participation in consortiums of R&D projects together with the department of subsidies.

Support and supervise the development and execution of R&D projects, ensuring their future implementation, replication, and scale ability.

Generate and propose a short and medium-term vision regarding innovation and establish transformation roadmaps and objectives focused on agile value generation.

Be part of the “extended team” of innovation in Europe/IMG

Foster collaboration between plants for the replicability and development of innovation supported by the European innovation team.

Be part of the ATP workgroup, oriented towards the use of new technologies applied to manufacturing in the transformation of electrical products.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

Positive leadership

Bachelor or Master’s in engineering

Experience in project and supplier management

Experience in team management

Understand emerging automation technologies

Critical and disruptive thinking

Curiosity and continuous self-learning

Effective communication

Strategic thinking

RECOMENDED:

Experience on Innovation or research projects

Experience on Automation and digitization projects

Creativity

Autonomy and Alignment

Knowledge on Agile methodologies

Resilience and adaptability

Innovation development and management techniques

Professional experience abroad or contact with international organizations

Job Info

• Job Identification 59241
• Job Category Manufacturing
• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Job Schedule Full time