Manager, Product Lifecycle Management

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to manage the delivery and support of the Product Lifecycle Management solution within CEER.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Communicate product status, changes, and strategy to stakeholders regularly.
• Present updates and recommendations to senior management.
• Facilitate collaboration between departments such as Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.
• Ensure alignment of goals and objectives across teams to meet product milestones.
• Coach the user community in the implementation of new processes and functionalities.
• Implement strategies for product enhancement and retirement as needed.

Process Improvement

• Develop and refine PLM processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Collect the PLM delivery metrics, analyze deviations, clarify and propose possible counter measures.
• Monitor and analyze product performance, implementing improvements as required.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

• Develop and implement quality control processes and documentation.
• Ensure Solutions delivered on time.
• Validate new PLM releases according to the Test Specification and Non-Regression Tests.
• Support the functional & business leader documenting the User Acceptance.

Training and Support

• Provide training and support to teams on PLM tools, processes, and best practices.
• Act as a resource for product-related queries and problem resolution.
• Validate new PLM releases according to the Test Specification and Non-Regression Tests.
• Support the functional & business leader documenting the User Acceptance.

Budget Management

• Assist in developing and managing budgets for product development and lifecycle activities.
• Monitor expenditures and provide forecasts for future resource needs.

Education:

A bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as:

• Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or related)
• Business Administration
• Product Design
• Supply Chain Management
• Information Technology

Skills & Competencies:

• Knowledge of Teamcenter solutions preferred or experience with similar automotive PLM Solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of CAD solutions preferably NX with Teamcenter Integration.
• Proven experience in Operations Management in accordance with ITIL best practices.
• Excellent project management and organizational abilities.
• Experience of applying SAFE (Scaled Agile Framework) methodologies.
• Knowledge in the Automotive industry domain (processes, functions, tools).
• Fluent in English.
• Effective communication and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communicator at operational level, both written and verbal
• Ability to adapt and work in a startup mode environment and deal with a high level of ambiguity
• Outstanding office software/computer skills.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with PLM software/tools.
• Experience and knowledge of key infrastructure elements of a Teamcenter environment advantageous.
• Experience in PLM implementation projects holding roles of Business Analyst or Solution Architect.
• Familiar with Siemens Product Delivery Projects and Tools.
• Hands On Experience of using tools to manage AGILE projects such as ClickUp, Azure DevOps or JIRA.
• Experience in managing big PLM projects with more than 30 team members split across multi-vendors.

Minimum Experience: 

• Requires 5-10 years of experience in the field of managing and delivery IT solutions and projects.
• Deep understanding of Product Lifecycle Management solutions preferred.
• Applied knowledge of managing projects using AGILE methodology.