At Winning Consulting, we are currently looking for a IT Project Manager to join in our team in a project in one of our clients in the Automotive  Industry.


The service to be provided requires an IT Project Manager that is capable of lead and manage major tasks (subprojects) and coordinate them with the overall project. A technical background in APIs management/interfaces and/or Kafka will be relevant to consider.

Our Client expects following competencies to be available at the service provider

• Manage internal organization  client’s projects in Digital Industries business unit.
• Lead a project that has a goal of supplying electronic catalogs via the usual track but also facilitate innovative provisioning mechanisms. The data supply is carried out of the standard software STEP from the provider Stibo Systems.
• The project manager will also support the main project lead and will coordinate subprojects in alignment with related E-Business Platform projects. Upcoming tasks are mainly in the area of data exchange via API or Kafka. However, also the main topic product data provisioning will be in focus.
• Alignments & management of subprojects
• Ensure full coordination between subproject, main project and external partners
• Time planning/resource coordination in alignment with project management
• Evaluate topics and take own decisions within the area of responsibility
• Follow up on tasks and subproject until GoLive
• Ensure end-to-end process from demand until productive usage
• Capability to specify business demands (no detail design specifications)
• Ideal is experience around classification standards (like ECLASS and ETIM) and in the area of product master data management & API management / interfaces
• Ability to learn and analyze
• Establish and maintain relationships with clients.

 Our client considers relevant for outsourcing company to assure consultants with skillset and experience covering

• Between 3 to 6 years of proven relevant professional experience in global IT project, preferably in a hybrid environment (mixture of on premises and cloud solutions)
• Ideally already experience in managing small projects or subprojects
• Advanced knowledge of agile way of working in previous tasks
• Very strong intercultural communication to reconcile different interests
• Ideally experience around Product Master Data Management
• Technical background is a plus
• API management/handling and/or Kafka is a plus
• It is mandatory to be business-fluent in English language (speaking and writing). German is a plus