Senior Manager, Overall Vehicle Development (Expat Possible)

Lead the Overall Vehicle Development (OVD) team and ensure the successful development and delivery of integrated vehicle solutions throughout the entire product development process. The position is responsible for dimensional concept development, vehicle packaging integration, ergonomics, weight management, fuel efficiency pre-validation and prototype activities, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, product targets, regulatory standards and project milestones.

Description of tasks

1. Management\:
• The management, motivation and development of staff using HR tools, founded on our mission statement & corporate values, and provision of purposeful internal communications in order to achieve the agreed objectives.
• Ensuring that the necessary training appropriate to the needs of individual employees and the tasks assigned to them is provided. Informing subordinated employees about the relevant provisions and instructing them to comply with the provisions. Ensuring that they are implemented properly.

2. Planning & Control\:
• Plan and manage budget, headcount, capacity and resource allocation in line with business priorities.
• Monitor budget performance and resource utilization and implement corrective actions where required.

3. Overall Vehicle Development and Integration\:

• Drive vehicle dimensional concept, packaging integration and ergonomics development, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, technical targets, regulatory standards and overall vehicle feasibility.
• Define, monitor and steer overall vehicle targets related to weight, fuel efficiency and other key vehicle attributes, and coordinate optimization measures across different functions.
• Plan, coordinate and support prototype build, ensuring timely identification, escalation and resolution of vehicle integration issues throughout the development process.
• Coordinate overall vehicle development topics across relevant engineering functions, managing technical trade-offs, monitoring project risks and maturity, and supporting management decision-making to ensure achievement of project objectives.

4. Ensure adherence to safety, health and environmental requirements and promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

5. Drive continuous improvement, digitalization and capability development within team. Ensure that relevant technical methods, processes and competencies are continuously developed in line with future business needs.