Global Automotive Project Manager – Customer Launch Lead

Robert Bosch Group; Plymouth (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Robert Bosch Group is seeking a Customer Project Manager to lead braking production projects in our automotive division. You will drive program timelines, coordinate engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing teams, and ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities include managing risks, communicating status to stakeholders, and interface with customers during new model launches. International travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience with demonstrated success in launching automotive products into production.
• Experience managing projects with automotive OEM customers in a project management role.
• Demonstrated experience leading global cross-functional project teams, including engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing functions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure project objectives are met, including timing, specification, budget/profit, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead project cross-functional teams, including assigning responsibility for the different functional areas and holding the team accountable to achieve project deliverables and deadlines.
• Ensure customer sample requirements are met including on-time delivery, technical content, and part maturity.
• Serve as primary interface to customer new model launch and engineering teams for project deliverables and ongoing activities, including technical issues.
• Identify project risk items and lead mitigation and resolution efforts, including escalation as needed.
• Report status of project deliverables to internal stakeholders in periodic reviews (Project Reviews, Regional PRC, and Global PRC meetings).
• Develop program timelines and activity reports to drive the on-time completion of critical tasks.
• Lead change management with the customer, including evaluation of customer change requests for product design, tooling, and process changes to assess risk, cost, and timing implications.
• Maintain project status in Bosch project management systems and customer portals.
• Make informed decisions on critical topics of complex nature and communicate decisions to all stakeholders using sound logic and clear communication.
• Travel up to 20% of the time, including some international travel, as required by the position.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Robert Bosch Group is seeking a Customer Project Manager to lead braking production projects in our automotive division. You will drive program timelines, coordinate engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing teams, and ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities include managing risks, communicating status to stakeholders, and interface with customers during new model launches. International travel up to 20% may be required.