Project Manager – Manufacturing Innovation  

Availability: Full time  

Location: Pune, India  

Experience: 5+ years in project management experience preferred  

About the Role  

·        We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to drive zero waste manufacturing innovations at our customers’ manufacturing plants. We are looking for a self-motivated person with a positive "can-do" attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills in English.  

·        As a project manager, you will play a key role in the implementation of our AI projects.  

Key Work Responsibilities  

·        Develop tailor-made change management strategies within the framework of digital transformation projects for Manufacturing Shopfloor.  

·        Assist project management division to build project management processes & templates.  

·        Set up detailed project planning and milestone tracking relating to Industry 4.0 implementations.  

·        Assessment of AI-Readiness of plants covering the topics of Sensors, PLCs, Traceability, Edge Devices, and Cloud Connectivity.   

·        Collaborate with stakeholders from customer plants to develop project scope, deliverables, goals, blockers, resources needed, etc.  

·        Conduct interviews and workshops as part of change management for the adoption of our AI products at customers’ plants.  

·        Lead customer meetings, manage expectations and build close relationships with customers to acquire their requirements.  

·        Manage interface among customers, external vendors, sales, product, and tech team to deliver projects successfully.  

·        Ensure continuous learning with respect to manufacturing innovation trends.  

Your Background  

·        Master’s or bachelor’s Degree in the engineering field of mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering or equivalent   

·        Strong project management skills from initiation to closure (scoping, structuring, work planning, status reporting tools, mgmt. updates)  

·        Experience in Industry 4.0 projects especially in the shopfloor digitalization, IIoT implementation, automation for manufacturing is essential.  

·        You are enthusiastic about digitization in production, e.g. for Industry 4.0, IIoT, MES, KI, predictive maintenance, and prescriptive quality use cases.  

·        Excellent presentation and communication (verbal and written in English and German) skills  

·        Ability to cope with ambiguity, especially in the project context  

·        Analytical mindset, innovative thinker, and collaborator  

·        Ability to mediate and bring cross-functional stakeholders with different objectives to agree on a consensus  

·        High degree of self-management and drive  

·        Strong customer orientation, ability to work in a team, flexibility, and willingness to travel are required. Preferred Skills  

·        Experience in the manufacturing or metal processing industry is a plus.