Program Manager

Yazaki Europe Middle East and Africa; Ovar; Presencial; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible working arrangements

Continuous learning opportunities

Resumo da oferta

Yazaki Europe Middle East and Africa, based in Ovar, Portugal, seeks a Program Manager to drive cross-regional programs and guarantee delivery on scope, time and budget. You will lead PMTs, manage risks and maintain strong customer communications.

Ideal candidates hold engineering or business degrees, have 2+ years as a Project Manager, knowledge of PM principles (GPM/IPMA), and excellent leadership and English skills.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s studies in engineering and business administration.
• Excellent customer skills with written and spoken English.
• Very good knowledge of Project Management principles and methods (GPM/IPMA or similar).
• Excellent communication, moderation and analytical skills.
• Very good leadership skills.
• Knowledge of financials and negotiations experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as Project Manager.

Responsabilidades

• Steers programs covering multiple related projects or multi-regional projects.
• Defines sub-projects, scope and objective of the program based on sponsor and customer requirements.
• Creates, develops and controls a detailed work plan and schedule for program completion.
• Ensures program deliverables are reached on time, within quality and budget.
• Determines resources required to complete the program.
• Judges escalation needs for potentially critical issues.
• Leads the program management team (PMT) and assigns work packages.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Financial knowledge

Negotiation

Formação académica

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Business Administration

Ferramentas

GPM/IPMA

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Program Manager.

We are open to candidates in our plant in Ovar

The Yazaki Program Management organization is looking for a dynamic, organized and results-driven Program Manager who can effectively collaborate with different business areas on a global scale. This role involves managing and strengthening customer relationships, promoting cross-functional business integration, and coordinating projects efficiently to ensure objectives are achieved and business value is delivered.

Responsibilities

Steers programs covering multiple related projects OR multi-regional projects:

• Establishes cross-regional and/or cross-carline program team
• Defines sub-projects, scope and objective of the program based on the requirements of sponsor and customer.
• Creates, develops and controls a detailed work plan and a schedule for program completion.
• Ensures that program’s deliverables are reached in time, to the required quality standards and in the planned budget (QCD: Quality Cost Delivery)
• Determines, allocates and controls the resources (time, money, equipment, manpower etc.) required to complete the program.
• Judges correctly if escalation becomes necessary for potentially critical issue.

Coordinates Program Team:

• Lead a programs and Project Management Team (PMT)-members (Co-Manager).
• Assigns challenging but achievable work packages to PMT members and sub-program managers and measures their performance against goals.
• Ensures quick, open and clear information flow between program team members and to the stakeholders of the program (develops and implements a communication plan).

Tracks and reports on program development:

• Monitors and controls the status of the program objectives against plan.
• Identifies the critical path of the program schedule, conducts risk assessment and takes appropriate countermeasures where necessary.
• Ensures regular cross-functional team meetings in the projects to follow up on tasks and issues and ensures program team follows YAZAKI Project Management System (YPMS).
• Ensure that the team reports the status according to YPMS requirements.

Ensures program profitability over lifetime:

• Identifies with his team potential financial issues or unprofitable aspects and proposes alternative solutions.
• Involves the key influencers and gets support from the management to increase profitability.

Customer and supplier communication:

• Leads the customer communication.
• Supports the program team members in critical communication to the customers and suppliers.
• Supports new business-related activities and focuses on a long term customer satisfaction.

Candidate’s Profile

• Bachelor’s Studies in Engineering, Business Administration.
• Excellent customer skills with written and spoken English.
• Very good knowledge of Project Management principles and methods (GPM/IPMA or similar)
• Excellent communication, moderation and analytical skills
• Very good leadership skills
• Knowledge of Financials, negotiations experienced.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as Project Manager.

What do we have to offer?

• At Yazaki, we provide a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth, including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for continuous learning.

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.