COG Platform Support Project Manager (m/f/x)

It takes the brightest minds to be a technology leader. It takes imagination to create green energy for the generations to come. At Siemens Gamesa we make real what matters, join our global team.

Siemens Gamesa has a vision for renewable energy: we believe in the power of nature and technology. Help us to be ready to face the energy challenges of tomorrow and make a green footprint – join us in creating a better future for our planet.

We focus on hiring the best people, wherever they may be in the world. We pride ourselves on the flexibility we offer to our employees and are committed to building a workforce that can grow with the company. Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

In our culture of trust, we focus on empowerment, diversity, and continuous learning. Valuing our people is what makes us one global team, with our colleagues’ safety at the heart of our organisation.

For the Operational Management department, Platform Support (OM PS), based at our European office in Hamburg, Germany, we are looking for a COG (Corporate Operations and Governance) Platform Support Project Manager.

How to contribute to our vision

As a Platform Support Project Manager within Siemens Gamesa, you will interface with our main stakeholders and be accountable for operational activities throughout the development and prototype phase until a smooth handoff to serial production occurs for the platform / product assigned.  You will be the Corporate Operations & Governance (COG) representative in Direct Drive projects. 

• You coordinate a cross functional team to ensure results in cost and time, aligning priorities and escalating possible challenges that the team finds that can impact not delivering in time.
• You will coordinate the PLM support for COG and act as the Key Interface to TE.
• You ensure data quality and transparency with the help of KPIs.
• You will facilitate the identification of cost out ideas to guarantee product competitiveness throughout product lifetime.
• You work in close collaboration with the Stakeholders in the PLM Projects to identify risks & opportunities on platform target achievement for the Management Team.
• You ensure suppliers are involved in the earliest steps of the product development.

Your job will also involve….

• Focus the efforts on driving the concepts of design to cost and design for function and align internally in procurement on the platform needs in terms of time cost and quality
• Promote open design to avoid single source situations at later stage
• Drive and/or contribute to projects and programs to ensure best in class procurement engineering practices
• Communicate status within project team, on cost and sourcing
• Follow-up with design/quality reviews
• Ensure transparency on components design, procurement and manufacturing by monitoring target settings
• Contribute with cost out ideas identification throughout development and once the products are in serial production

What you need to make a difference

Passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead to change. We also looking for a person who thrives in an international environment and is assertive, proactive, and results oriented. You have a structured and hands-on approach to complex tasks and have experience in leading a team. You have experience in Project Management and working in cross-functional teams.  We expect you to hold a relevant engineering degree combined with several years of experience in manufacturing and/or procurement. You also have good experience within the IT technologies Microsoft Office, SAP, and Team Center and are fluent in English (compulsory), German and/or Spanish (desired)

In case you have acquired your skills in alternative ways your application is just as well appreciated.

In return of your commitment, we offer you…

• Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come
• A global team of diverse colleagues who share passion for renewable energy
• Trust and empowerment to make your own ideas reality
• Personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation
• Competitive package

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, employee discounts and much more.

Empowering our people

https://www.siemensgamesa.com/sustainability/employees

How do you imagine the future?

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Our global team is on the front line of tackling the climate crisis, reducing carbon emissions – the greatest challenge we face.

We believe diversity creates more opportunity for success. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life: it doesn’t matter the gender, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation or disability. Our main aim is to find people from around the globe who can contribute to world-changing technology.

Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a work environment that is free from discrimination and where employees are treated with dignity and respect. Employment at Siemens Gamesa is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to job competence. Siemens Gamesa does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, religion, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, rules or regulations. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, promotion and benefits.

We are driven by people - from more than 100 different countries, they build the company we are every day. Our diverse and inclusive culture encourages us to think outside the box, speak without fear, and be bold. We value the flexibility that our smart-working arrangements, our digital disconnection framework and our  family-friendly practices bring to the new way of working.