Customer Project Manager

Customer Project Manager - Automotive Business

The automotive industry is evolving faster than ever, electrification, autonomous driving, and digitalization are redefining what's possible. At SKF, we're a trusted partner advancing innovation in e-mobility, commercial vehicles, and the vehicle aftermarket, helping create smarter, more efficient, and sustainable solutions.

We are now looking for an Automotive Customer Project Manager to join our team.

In this role, you will lead and coordinate projects for some of the world's most iconic automotive brands. You'll be the central link between SKF production sites, product development and engineering, purchasing, and our customers, ensuring collaboration and delivering effective solutions.

This is your chance to drive the delivery of industrialization projects, collaborate with global stakeholders, and thrive in a challenging, high-tech environment.

What you can expect in the role?

• Overseeing and executing ETO (Engineering to Order) customer projects and ECM (Engineering Change Management) customer projects for all Automotive product lines and across multiple production sites.

• Management and coordination of the interdisciplinary and intercultural project team to meet quality, profitability, time and delivery targets.

• Ensuring flawless launches, securing customer satisfaction.

• Ensuring internal and external communication with all Stakeholders, including formal escalation management.

• Documentation of experiences and best practices identified during projects to ensure continuous improvement.

• Structured risk analysis, including the definition of mitigation plans to minimize risks for effective project completion.

• Formalizing and sharing of lessons learnt and best practices identified through Projects' execution.

You will enjoy working here if you?have

• Experience of technical leadership in the context of projects and the ability to manage (customer-oriented) projects across different cultures and regions.

• Knowledge of the relevant project management techniques, such as risk analysis, time and resource planning, preferably in connection with the APQP principles of the automotive industry.

• Familiarity with IT tools in the field of project management.

• Ability to build positive and long-lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate promptly and effectively.

• Good English language skills

• Relevant academic background in a technical field is a plus.