Title: Agile Project Manager

Location: Hybrid, 2-3 Days Onsite in Chattanooga, TN Per Week

Type: 6 Month Contract to Start, Likely to Extend; 40 Hours Per Week

Benefits: PTO, Holidays, Medical, Dental, 401K

Our client is one of the world's leading auto manufacturers . Their Central Office Engineering team is seeking an experienced and driven Agile Project Manager with a robust background in business process improvements. This role is pivotal in enhancing and streamlining their engineering processes, ensuring robust project management practices, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities:

General Project Management - planning, organizing, and coordination as well as operational support.

Collaborate and Engage:

• Work closely with counterparts within the Engineering organization and other departments to align project goals and deliverables.
• Identify and engage with relevant external stakeholders to understand their needs, expectations, and emerging trends, providing comprehensive reports through all required channels.

Process Improvement and Development:

• Identify internal process and technical improvement opportunities.
• Develop and implement tools, templates, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain and refine project management tools and methodologies, such as Jira and Confluence, to support project tracking and management.

Automation and Digitization:

• Show a keen interest in and motivation for bringing solutions for automation and digitization of current processes and workflows.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and digitize workflows to enhance productivity and accuracy.

Forecasting and Analysis:

• Ensure forecasting processes are robust, consistent, and aligned with group standards within the Central Office of Engineering.
• Analyze, define, and document requirements for workflows and business processes to enhance operational efficiency.

Audit and Compliance:

• Prepare and organize audits as part of the scheduled annual audit plan for the Central Office of Engineering.
• Address audit findings by updating the Product Compliance Management system where applicable.

Process and Lean Improvement:

• Utilize lean process and process improvement skills to drive continuous enhancement initiatives.
• Engage with IT departments and external vendors to implement and support process improvements.

Required Skills:

• Agile methodologies
• Skilled in presentation development primarily using Power Point
• Excellent teamwork ability and strong interpersonal skills
• Highly organized and dependable
• Skilled in data analytics and spreadsheet preparation & development using Microsoft Power BI, Excel
• Strong computer skills; primarily but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Confluence, JIRA
• Ability to work flexible and extended hours as work load requires
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Project management skills - responsible for completion of timelines and content fulfillment incl. ability to track, monitor and coordinate anticipated and on-going matters within the different stakeholders of the organization

Desired Skills:

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment including managing multiple tasks
• Experience in audits as auditor or auditee
• Lean Six Sigma
• German language skills
• Experienced leading small teams (agile)
• Experience with Product Compliance Management Systems