Program Manager (m/f/d) (Head of - Project/Program Management)

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Do you want to not only coordinate complex programs but actively lead them to success? In this key position, you will assume overall responsibility for demanding customer and development programs – from acquisition to successful series start. In doing so, you will work closely with international customers, interdisciplinary teams, and management, contributing significantly to sustainable corporate success.

Your Tasks

• Program Control: You assume overall responsibility for the planning, control, and successful implementation of complex customer and development programs – from acquisition to series maturity.
• Customer Management: As a central point of contact, you support OEMs and Tier-1 customers, conduct regular project coordination meetings, and manage escalations professionally and in a solution-oriented manner.
• Steering Interdisciplinary Teams: You coordinate the cooperation between Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Production, and Finance and ensure a smooth program process.
• Responsibility for Deadlines, Costs, and Quality: You ensure that all program goals regarding time, budget, and quality are achieved across all program phases.
• Risk and Change Management: You identify and assess program risks, initiate appropriate measures, and manage changes efficiently and purposefully.
• Launch Management: You support a successful and stable SOP including ramp-up, milestone control, and the implementation of Lessons Learned.
• Management Reporting: You prepare decision-relevant metrics, KPIs, forecasts, and status reports and present them in an audience-appropriate manner to management and customers.

Your Profile

• Successfully completed studies in the field of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable technical qualification
• Several years of professional experience in program or project management, ideally in the automotive industry
• Strong communication and leadership skills as well as experience in steering interdisciplinary and international teams
• Experience in dealing with common Automotive standards, such as APQP, PPAP, FMEA, IATF, and VDA
• Proficient use of project management tools such as MS Project, Power BI, SAP, as well as cockpit systems
• Very good English skills in speaking and writing
• High level of personal responsibility, a structured way of working, and strong decision-making skills

WE MAKE YOU A GOOD OFFER

• that you can trust. Responsible tasks await you, as well as short decision-making paths in an established German family business that offers excellent perspectives through its independence from drive concepts and the lightweight construction trend in the automotive industry.

Furthermore, look forward to performance-related compensation including collective agreement special benefits, a modern working environment, and a pleasant working atmosphere.

START YOUR SECURE FUTURE WITH REAL PERSPECTIVES NOW

Simply apply online in just a few minutes via our application form or send us your application documents – exclusively via e-mail as a PDF file – stating your salary expectations and availability to bewerbung@montaplast.com. We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!

Bonuses: Vacation pay and annual performance

Vacation: 30 days annual leave

Health: Occupational health offers

Career: Diverse training opportunities

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Your Contact Person

Luisa Fischer Human Resources

9 Reasons for MONTAPLAST

Competent, committed, and passionate: Our employees are the heart of our internationally successful family business – for over 60 years. Confidently and self-assuredly, we face the constantly growing challenges together every day.

Montaplast GmbH

• Krottorfer Straße 25
• 51597 Morsbach, Germany </body>