Customer Project Manager EMEA - SKF Automotive Business Italy

SKF Group; Airasca; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF Automotive Italy seeks an Automotive Customer Project Manager to lead and coordinate ETO projects for major automotive brands. You’ll be the central link between SKF Automotive sites, product development, purchasing, and customers to ensure collaboration and effective solutions.

Based at the Airasca site, Italy, you’ll drive cross‑functional and cross‑cultural teams, manage risks, ensure flawless launches and customer satisfaction, and report to the Automotive EMEA PMO leader.

Qualifications

• Experience leading customer-oriented projects across different cultures and regions.
• Knowledge of project management techniques, including risk analysis and time/resource planning (APQP knowledge a plus).
• Familiarity with IT tools in the field of project management.
• Ability to build positive, long-lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate promptly.
• Good command of German language for customer and colleague communication.
• Technical academic background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate ETO projects for Automotive product lines across multiple sites.
• Lead interdisciplinary, intercultural project teams to meet quality, profitability, time and delivery targets.
• Ensure flawless launches and high customer satisfaction.
• Maintain internal and external Stakeholder communication, including escalation management.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for continuous improvement.
• Conduct structured risk analysis with mitigation plans.
• Share lessons learned and best practices across teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project management

Cross-cultural collaboration

IT project tools

Education

Technical degree

Tools

PM software tools

Job description

By creating bearings and solutions for everything from industrial applications to vehicles, SKF plays an essential role in our everyday lives. In Q4 2026, SKF intends to spin off its Automotive business and list it as a separate company under the name of SKF Vertevo. A company created to support the future of the automotive market, and to co-drive the future of mobility faster.

This role will be a part of that new company. Would you like to join us, and move people further?

Customer Project Manager EMEA - SKF Automotive Business Italy

The automotive industry is evolving faster than ever, electrification, autonomous driving, and digitalization are redefining what’s possible. At SKF Automotive, we’re a trusted partner advancing innovation in e-mobility, commercial and passenger vehicles, and helping create smarter, more efficient, and sustainable solutions.

We are now looking for an Automotive Customer Project Manager to join our team in Italy. In this role, you will lead and coordinate projects for some of the world’s most iconic automotive brands. You’ll be the central link between SKF Automotive production sites, product development, purchasing, and our customers, ensuring collaboration and delivering effective solutions.

This is your chance, together with the dedicated Automotive EMEA PMO, to work on innovative projects, collaborate with global stakeholders, and thrive in a challenging, high-tech environment.

If you’re interested in innovation and want to be part of a team that contributes to progress, this is your opportunity.

What you can expect in the role

• Overseeing and executing ETO (Engineering To Order) customer projects for all Automotive product lines and across multiple production sites.
• Management and coordination of the interdisciplinary and intercultural project team to meet quality, profitability, time, and delivery targets.
• Ensuring flawless launches and securing customer satisfaction.
• Ensuring internal and external communication with all Stakeholders, including formal escalation management.
• Documentation of experiences and best practices identified during projects to ensure continuous improvement.
• Structured risk analysis, including the definition of mitigation plans to minimize risks for effective project completion.
• Formalizing and sharing of lessons learnt and best practices identified through the execution.

You will enjoy working here if you have

• Experience of technical leadership in the context of projects and the ability to manage (customer-oriented) projects across different cultures and regions.
• Knowledge of the relevant project management techniques, such as risk analysis, time and resource planning, preferably in connection with the APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) principles of the automotive industry.
• Familiarity with IT tools in the field of project management.
• Ability to build positive and long-lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate promptly and effectively.
• Good command of the German language, with the ability to communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Relevant academic background in a technical field is a plus.

If you want to go further

This role will be based at our Automotive site in Airasca, Italy.

Employment will be on a local contract, and therefore, you need to live in the region and be able to commute to our Airasca site several times per week.

You will report to Luca Donetti, Manager of Automotive EMEA PMO, located in Airasca, Italy.

Transparency and fairness matter to us

At SKF, we see diversity in our workforce as an asset that supports better business results. We are committed to having a fair and inclusive recruitment process where all hiring decisions are based on objective, job-related criteria, ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates.

To support a fair and transparent recruitment process, the process may include assessments, and before hiring, we may also carry out background checks and verify application information.

For this position, the starting point of the salary range is a gross annual salary (base salary) of €45.000 The compensation package also includes company performance-related bonuses.

The National Labor Contract applied is “CCNL Industria Metalmeccanica”.

During the first interview, we discuss your salary expectations and explain more about the package. Our final offer will be based on an objective and gender-neutral evaluation of your experience, skills, and potential, aligned with the scope of the role and our internal salary guidelines. Our recruitment process may differ from country to country and will always be in line with applicable country-specific laws and regulations.

Come as you are – just be yourself. #weareSKF