Listing translated from German by Talent Club.
Our client, an established Austrian industrial company in western Lower Austria, is expanding its business activities to include special vehicle construction. The focus of the vacant position is the industrialization of customer-specific vehicle solutions, the establishment of efficient processes and the development of modular product platforms.
We are looking for a technically skilled personality with entrepreneurial foresight, strong implementation skills and enjoyment in building new structures. The position offers great scope for shaping and a long-term development perspective.
Technical Product Manager Special Vehicle Construction (m/f/x)
Establishment and industrialization of a new strategic business area
YOUR FUTURE ROLE
Taking over an existing product range in special vehicle construction and overall management of the know-how transfer, including structuring and documentation of existing product and manufacturing knowledge
Development of an end-to-end process from customer request to delivery
Industrialization of customer-specific vehicle bodies as well as development of modular product platforms and standardized variants
Technical project management of pilot and launch projects
Coordination of interfaces between design, production, assembly, purchasing and management
Evaluation of suitable digital systems as well as possible ERP, PDM, PLM and configuration solutions
Contributing to the product portfolio, preparing a scalable organization and prospectively building up a dedicated team
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
Completed technical education in vehicle technology, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, production or process engineering or in a similar field
Several years of relevant professional experience in vehicle or special vehicle construction, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, technical project management or production industrialization
Confident understanding of technical drawings and ability to design simple components
Experience with special manufacturing, batch size 1 or customer-specific products advantageous
Understanding of digital production and engineering processes as well as digital product documentation
Experience in managing technical project teams as well as very good German and good English skills
Down-to-earth, pragmatic and entrepreneurial personality with technical curiosity, assertiveness and hands-on mentality
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS POSITION
Building a strategic business area with great scope for shaping and decision-making
Rare combination of operational technology, product management, industrialization and business development
Direct influence on product architecture, production processes, digitalization and system landscape
Visible results through scaling a customer-specific niche product
Long-term development perspective up to leading an independent business unit
During the build-up phase, the focus of activity is between western Lower Austria and Salzburg. Initially, a high presence in Salzburg is planned for direct knowledge transfer.
For this position, our client offers an annual gross salary of around EUR 90,000 with the willingness to overpay depending on specific qualifications and experience.
HAVE WE CAUGHT YOUR INTEREST?
If you are interested in this new, exciting challenge, we look forward to receiving your online application via our career portal. Our consultant responsible for you will contact you immediately upon receipt of your documents. We kindly ask you to support us in processing your documents in compliance with the GDPR and to refrain from applying by email.