Project Manager – AMR / Warehouse Automation
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of autonomous mobile robot and warehouse automation projects across Europe. The role covers the complete project lifecycle, from initial project kickoff through installation, commissioning, testing, training, and final customer acceptance.
You will act as the primary interface between customers, internal engineering teams, service functions, and external partners, ensuring complex automation projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end implementation of AGV, AMR, and warehouse automation projects.
- Manage projects from initial kickoff through deployment, commissioning, and final acceptance.
- Act as the primary project contact for customers throughout implementation.
- Build strong working relationships with technical, operational, and commercial stakeholders.
- Lead regular customer meetings, project reviews, progress updates, and acceptance activities.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary project resources including
- Ensure effective communication between technical and commercial stakeholders.
- Clarify responsibilities, dependencies, and delivery requirements across participating teams.
- Support and coordinate on-site installation and deployment activities.
- Monitor implementation progress and system performance.
- Coordinate AMR/AGV commissioning activities.
- Oversee integration and system testing.
- Identify technical, commercial, operational, and schedule risks.
- Develop mitigation and contingency plans.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Approximately 3–8 years of project management or project-delivery experience within either Autonomous Mobile Robots or Automated Guided Vehicles.
- Experience managing customer-facing technical projects.
- Good understanding of industrial automation project implementation.
- Willingness to travel frequently across Europe.
- Professional fluency in French and Mandarin Chinese.
- Strong working proficiency in English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing warehouse or intralogistics automation systems.
- Understanding of AMR fleet-management and traffic-control systems.
- Experience integrating automation systems with: WMS, WCS, MES, SAP or ERP Platforms
- Project management certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or IPMA would be advantageous.
- Previous experience working within multinational technology or engineering organisations.