Customer Project Manager
Bosch Group · Plymouth, MI, us ·
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Category
- Project management
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- No
Manages customer projects for automotive clients at Bosch's Plymouth, MI site, leading interdisciplinary teams from project initiation through launch while owning KPIs like budget, quality, schedule, and customer satisfaction. Requires an engineering bachelor's degree and 5+ years of automotive project management experience.
Key tasks & responsibilities:
- Responsible for project management deliverables (Project initiation, implementation and closure.).
- Responsible for achievement and maintenance of project targets and KPIs (on time, on spec, on quality, on budget/ profit, customer satisfaction).
- Drive initiatives to maintain and improve commercial performance. (EBIT, EBIT hunting, change management, resource/sample profitability, etc.)
- Monitor and control project execution, define and implement countermeasures.
- Maintain accurate project status reports and present updates to leadership.
- Lead interdisciplinary project teams.
- Foster strong team and customer satisfaction through clear, consistent communication.
- Act as the primary point of contact for customers and all project stakeholders.
- Organize and lead customer and internal meetings to ensure the project deliverables fulfill project objectives.
- Coordination of Hardware/Software deliveries to support customer milestones, including delivery of samples and series release.
- Oversee successful product launches.
- Perform and lead for risk management, quality management and problem resolution management, including the identification, analysis, implementation and evaluation of measures together with the cross functional team.
- Coordinate change management, including requirement management, estimation and quotation.
- Adherence to company guidelines, policies and legal terms.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, industrial engineering or similar.
- 5+ years of experience managing projects for the automotive industry.
- Project Experience in all project phases (initiation, planning, execution & control, closing).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong cooperation and communication skills (verbal and written)
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills related to customer interaction, and internal global cross-functional teamwork.
- Strategic thinking and results orientation.
- PMP or similar Certification a plus.
- Sales/Commercial experience in the automotive industry
Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.
By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.
BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives
FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
AWIM (A World In Motion)
Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.