Technical Project Lead (Telematics)

Local Technical Project Lead (TPL) has mainly two scopes

1/ Project execution for application project

2/ Quote for new business acquisition

Balance between the above mentioned two scopes will be considered per project / business situation

Project execution for application project:

Responsible for the successful execution of tasks of product design and test assigned to the local team within the scope of the functional, design quality, time and cost objectives as agreed with the global Technical Project Leader.

Support (Global) TPL,

- for project coordination according to Project

Management handbook

- for maintaining detailed technical project plans

- for the definition of technical concepts

- for technical quotations by estimating local R&D

efforts

- for monitoring and controlling engineering budget,

development milestones, deliverables and resources

- for technical risk assessments and implement

lessons learned / best practices

Collect, negotiate and maintain technical customer requirements together with the Requirement Engineer and (global) TPL.

Input customer milestones and expectations to (Global) TPL.

Monitor project planning and execution.

Communicate and support customer expectations for scope, time, and quality and customer satisfaction on R&D.

Support project status reporting with Global TPL and PM (= Project Manager)

Support technical interface towards customers for all engineering.

Quote for new business acquisition:

Drive and lead telematics products (e.g. Data Communication Module) quote activities with the quote team within Function Cluster Connectivity (FC CON)

Make sure that the work packages for quotation are available in time and in a high quality

Align the quote strategy with FC CON Platform & Quote team (FC CON PQ) and also with BU CCN relevant Segment team (e.g. Customer Center Head, Quote Project Manager)

Use FC CON platform solutions or secure re-use from other projects

Provide optimized R&D estimation and bill of material (BOM)

Provide a technical attachment aligned with the platform and reviewed by the technical specialists

Align with other Function Clusters in case of a system offer

Collect competitor information and improve our market intelligence

Deliver the necessary quote information in time

Lead technical meetings and quote review meetings at the customer

Report the quote status on a regular basis (risk, opportunities, corrective actions)

Help to improve our quote process and the productivity of the quote team

Requirements:

• 3 years or more working experiences with Telematics products (preferred)
• 3 years or more business acquisition experiences in Automotive industry (preferred)
• Engineering background (mandatory)
• Fluent Japanese language (mandatory)
• Fluent English language (mandatory)