NPI Project Lead, High-Tech Manufacturing

NTS; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Growth opportunities through training/

Vacation days

Pension plan

Travel allowance

Laptop

Free fruit

Job summary

NTS Hengelo is seeking a Project Manager for NPI to lead multidisciplinary teams in industrializing advanced modules for international customers. From quotation to production transfer, you will maintain tight control over scope, time, and quality.

You will coordinate with account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, ensuring manufacturability and timely delivery. English and Dutch fluency are essential for global collaboration and customer communication.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in high-tech project management (machine construction, precision systems, or complex production environments).
• Demonstrable experience with NPI projects or industrialization.
• Strong in stakeholder management: from production managers and engineers to customers and management.
• Skilled in handling dynamic environments and managing changes across teams and locations.
• Able to make decisions under pressure and navigate technical and political complexity.
• A mindset focused on continuous learning, taking ownership, and improvement.
• Knowledge of production processes and industrial validation is a plus.
• IPMA C or D certification, or willingness to obtain this certification; NTS supports certification.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from quotation phase to production transfer to factories.
• Coordinate between account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, with focus on technology, logistics, and finance.
• Build the project plan from quotation phase, including risk assessment, resource planning, and scenarios.
• Establish and manage a multidisciplinary project team (4-8 FTE) within engineering and production.
• Maintain close customer relationships, monitor expectations, and translate ambitions into concrete deliverables.
• Responsible for flawless NPI execution: from proto to 0-series and production readiness.
• Bring structure to a dynamic environment where priorities and deadlines continually shift.

Skills

Project management

NPI projects

Stakeholder management

Dynamic environments

Decision making under pressure

Continuous learning

Production processes knowledge

IPMA C/D

Dutch & English proficiency

Job description

NTS Hengelo is seeking a Project Manager for NPI to lead multidisciplinary teams in industrializing advanced modules for international customers. From quotation to production transfer, you will maintain tight control over scope, time, and quality.

You will coordinate with account managers, engineers, procurement, production, and quality, ensuring manufacturability and timely delivery. English and Dutch fluency are essential for global collaboration and customer communication.