Project Manager – Body Electronics

FORVIA HELLA; Northville (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health benefits

PTO

401K matching

Career development

Annual bonuses

On-campus restaurant

Team events

Job summary

FORVIA HELLA seeks a Project Manager in Northville, MI to own full functional program management of next generation body systems. You will lead global, multidisciplinary teams across engineering, purchasing, quality, and logistics to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to meet safety and quality targets.

The role emphasizes strong risk management, stakeholder communication, and execution across international sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or related field).
• 4+ years of experience managing complex automotive projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead global, multidisciplinary teams (engineering, purchasing, quality, logistics).
• Deep knowledge and prior experience participating in body control programs.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders in a diverse international environment.
• Strong risk identification and mitigation planning throughout program phases.

Responsibilities

• Managing and executing international projects of low to medium budget, complexity, risk and strategic significance (C projects) with full responsibility in a global context.
• Driving and executing international projects with a clear focus on high performance of project teams and predefined goals. This includes the setup of a project to successful implementation at all involved locations.
• Planning, tracking and achieving project, quality, timing and commercial targets and explaining facts, practices, policies to others within the organization where past practices or divergent views constrain agreement.
• Executing (engineering) change management in international project set-ups with a clear focus on profit and loss.
• Defining, planning, coordinating and steering work packages and milestones within a project team using prescribed methods and systems.
• Ensuring sustained achievement of project targets and possibly adoption of project scope through continuous monitoring of new requirements and changed circumstances

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Global team leadership

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor/Master)

Job description

Location Northville, USA

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

YOUR TASKS

FORVIA - HELLA is seeking its next great Project Manager to join our growing team. The primary function of this role is to take ownership full functional program management of next generation body systems.

About Us

FORVIA - HELLA is is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this factual group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000 employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated sales of €4.4 billion in the seven-month short fiscal year 2022.

Daily Responsibilities

• Managing and executing international projects of low to medium budget, complexity, risk and strategic significance (C projects) with full responsibility in a global context
• Driving and executing international projects with a clear focus on high performance of project teams and predefined goals. This includes the setup of a project to successful implementation at all involved locations
• Planning, tracking and achieving project, quality, timing and commercial targets and explaining facts, practices, policies to others within the organization where past practices or divergent views constrain agreement
• Executing (engineering) change management in international project set-ups with a clear focus on profit and loss.
• Defining, planning, coordinating and steering work packages and milestones within a project team using prescribed methods and systems
• Ensuring sustained achievement of project targets and possibly adoption of project scope through continuous monitoring of new requirements and changed circumstances

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or related field).
• 4+ years of experience managing complex automotive projects
• Demonstrated ability to lead global, multidisciplinary teams (engineering, purchasing, quality, logistics).
• Deep knowledge and prior experience participating in body control programs
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders in a diverse international environment
• Strong risk identification and mitigation planning throughout program phases.

Why Forvia Hella?

• Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
• Industry leading health benefits program
• Lucrative PTO policy
• Competitive 401K matching
• Extensive career and training opportunities
• Annual Bonuses
• On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
• Team and company wide events
• And much more!

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Eric Spence