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Project Manager

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Country: France (FR) 
City: Voisins-Le-Bretonneux 

 

Job Function: Project Manager
Job Discipline: Gen Proj/Prog Mgmt 
Job Family: Project/Program Management 

 

Yazaki Corporation, a family-owned company, was founded in 1929 as the first Japanese manufacturer of automobile wiring harness systems. Within the automotive business our product range includes wiring harness systems, plug connection systems and electronic systems. More than 284,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 478 locations in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our Components Project Management Team, we are looking for a Project Manager. 

 

 

As a key member of the Components Project Management team, the Project Manager:

 

  • Establishes cross-functional project team 
  • Defines sub-projects, scope and objective of the project based on the requirements of sponsor and customer
  • Creates, develops and controls a detailed work plan and a schedule for project completion 
  • Ensures that the project’s deliverables are reached in time, to the required quality standards and in the planned budget (QCD: Quality Cost Delivery)
  • Determines, allocates and controls the resources (time, money, equipment, man power etc.) required to complete the project;
  • Judges correctly if escalation becomes necessary for potentially critical issues
  • Leads Project Management Team (PMT) members (Co-Manager)
  • Assigns challenging but achievable work packages to PMT members and sub-project managers and measures their performance against goals 
  • Ensures quick, open and clear information flow between project team members and to the stakeholders of the project (develops and implements a communication plan) 
  • Supports and guides Team Members in critical situations, settles disputes equitably and can find common ground
  • Monitors and controls the status of the project objectives against plan
  • Identifies the critical path of the project schedule, conducts risk assessment and takes appropriate countermeasures where necessary
  • Holds regular cross-functional team meetings to follow up on tasks and issues and ensures project team follows YAZAKI Project Management System (YPMS);
  • Ensure that the team reports the status according to YPMS requirements
  • Identifies with his team potential financial issues or unprofitable aspects and proposes alternative solutions 
  • Involves the key influencers and gets support from the management to increase profitability
  • Leads the customer communication
  • Supports the project team members in critical communication to the customers and suppliers 
  • Supports new business related activities and focuses on a long term customer satisfaction

 

Candidate requirements:

 

  • University degree - Engineering or similar
  • 2 to 3 years minimum of experience in Project Management
  • Good knowledge of business plan techniques, negotiations techniques
  • High personal motivation and the ability to develop practical or innovative alternative approaches to meet objectives
  • Strong analytical background
  • Advanced English language skills
  • Willingness to travel

 

 

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. 

 

We are looking forward to receive your application and to get to know you. Please apply by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. We wish you all the success in your application! 

 

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