About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

For VPC, we're looking for you as a Project Manager.

Project Manager 
Project Manager
 

 

Responsibilities:

External:

Understand and advocate customer expectations in contract beyond contract create consensus in case of conflict Start in OTO / stay to the end Maintain trust based customer relationship Drive life-cycle handover Lead communication with customer and respond to inquiries and feedback Trigger proactive communication and aim for clarification in case of conflicts Direct claim management

Internal:

Have strategic view Provide general, proactive coordination of full scope of the project including all contributions of involved parties in OTC Understand and drive the setup of the project (budget, risk, targets) Optimize budgets and schedule Initiate required measures: evaluate chances, mitigate risks Direct the development of schedule, e.g., buffer allocation by risk/chance Forward looking, proactive management of the schedule in regular formats together with master scheduler, controlling and all involved functions Understand, challenge, and orchestrate deviations Maintain a professional Project Reporting

Requirements:

Critical thinking, solution oriented, business acumen, sense of urgency, lean thinking, striving for change, self-disciplined Knowledge in paper-machine business highly beneficial Experience in international project leading required preferably in plant business International work/study experience is highly beneficial Fluent English communication skills Mainstream ERP/reporting systems: knowledge of order-processing-systems (SAP), MRP and network scheduling, MS Office especially MS Project Professional communication and explanation skills Highly independent workstyle required Readiness for national and international travels required