Global NPD Project Manager: Engineering & Cross-Functional

VAT Vakuumventile AG; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT Vakuumventile AG seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead New Product Development, customization, and product transfer projects from HQ to the Malaysia plant. You will drive projects through VAT’s Evolve Producst & Services process with milestones and manage resources across departments.

You will collaborate with Product Manager, Development Engineer, Buyer Specialist, Product Quality Engineer, NPI Engineer, Lab Engineer, and more, forming and guiding cross-functional teams toward

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline.
• 5 years working experience as Program/Project Manager or Project Leader or Project Engineer or Project Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Lead project through VAT’s Evolve Producst & Services process with several milestones (Ideation, Concept, Design, prototype, verification, industrialize, commercialize)
• Work in close collaboration with Product Manager, Development Engineer, Buyer Specialist, Product Quality Engineer, New Product Introduction Engineer, Lab Engineer and may not limited to it.
• Responsible to acquire project resources (team members) from various departments and form a project team accordingly.
• Take a leadership role and navigate project team towards project goals.
• Develop project management plan, execution of the plan in a timely manner, monitor progress and attend to risk/issue.
• Responsible for project KPIs (scope, schedule, project-cost and product-cost)
• Provide project status report to superior, Management & key-stakeholders in a timely fashion
• Ensure communication and engagement with project key-stakeholders at optimum level.
• Utilize Project Management Software for project needs, efficiency and report generation.
• Attend VAT Innovation Project Review and Process Compliance Board for status report or milestone approval.
• Proactively contribute and support continuous improvement activities.
• Lead or work as part of cross-functional or international team.
• Excellent in communication (verbal and writing)

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Leadership

PM certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera

Dynamic 365

Job description

VAT Vakuumventile AG seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead New Product Development, customization, and product transfer projects from HQ to the Malaysia plant. You will drive projects through VAT’s Evolve Producst & Services process with milestones and manage resources across departments.

You will collaborate with Product Manager, Development Engineer, Buyer Specialist, Product Quality Engineer, NPI Engineer, Lab Engineer, and more, forming and guiding cross-functional teams toward