Job Role Definition

Job Title: Project Manager Date Reviewed: January 2016

Department: Project Management

Location: Alcala de Henares

Reporting to: General Manager

Responsible for (staff): No

General Purpose of Role:

The Program Manager is responsible for managing the activities of projects / programs
involving department or cross-functional teams. Monitors the project from initiation
through delivery. Manage key projects from concept through launch to ensure risk
minimization, profit maximization, and compliance to customer, and industry
requirements.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Project Management:
Full Responsability on the Project management, including:
 Determination of Customers requirements.
 Assisting in the preparation of commercial quotations for the concepts.
 Participate in the presentation of the concepts to the Customers
 Co-ordination of the following project activities:
 Project Review Meetings with Project team members and Management.
 End of Phase Reviews (EOPR’s) with Project team members and
Management.
 Participation in Design and DFMEA Reviews
 Monitoring and reporting Changes in Scope relative to original specification.
 Creation and maintenance of timelines in accordance with project
requirements
 Recording and monitoring all Open Issues for the NPI project.
 Establish and monitor the ROI for the NPD.
 Liaising with the Engineering Manager on final design details for
manufacturing.
 Facilitate project communication within the team, ensuring the team is aware
of status, actions items, timelines, etc
 Ensuring that all the procedures within the NPI process are followed
2. Customer liaison/visits, in order to:
 Discuss technical objectives
 Build and enhance relationships with customer engineering personnel,
 Assist and accompany Sales personnel, when required, on Customer visits.

3. Program Management:
 Oversee the product range of the company and recommend new product
and businesses and the end up of old products.
 Maintain an awareness of new and emerging technologies and their potential
applications.
 Maintain an awareness of quality certification requirements of customers and
the industry and ensure compliance

Person Specification

Specific Qualifications and knowledge

 Degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Electrical Engineering

 Desirable with an specific knowledge in the subjects of thermodynamics and fluid
mechanics
 Project Management Certificate (PMP) preferred.
 Basic knowledge MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Microsoft
Office.
 English knowledge: Proficiency level, written and verbal.
 Knowledge of other languages are a plus.

Previous Work Experience:

 Project Management for 10 years in automotive or similar industry (5 years

minimum).
 Commercial exposure. Regular contact with both Customers and Suppliers on both
technical and commercial issues.
 Project/Programme Management experience.

Skills and Behavioural Competencies:

 Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

 Good presentation skills desired.
 Strong organization, time and project management skills.
 Keeps commitments and delivers under pressure.
 Must be detail and task oriented
 Problem solving, decision making, discriminatory and judgment skills