Job Description

Directs and coordinate AS-NA initiatives for the Product Cost Management (PCM) aspect of Ratio Product Planning (RPP) that includes both planning and driving implementation for region.  This position drives results to strategic deployment KPI’s pertaining to cost performance with: suppliers, customers, operations and performance quality in all areas of the region as well as periodic global division and cross divisional initiatives. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned) 

• Responsible for acquiring cost performance measures in line with the business strategic and revenue objectives. 

• Leverage process and product knowledge with collaborative relationships to close opportunities using lean principles and recognition of achievement.

• Develops and executes strategy that builds and maintains a growing funnel of potential opportunities.

• Provides visibility and transparency of opportunities to all relevant key internal stakeholders both domestic and international.

• Prioritization and Rolling Top 5 methodology to focus on high return and profitable opportunities.

• Lead and coordinate strategic workshops both intercompany and intracompany to improve P & L of products and processes with cross-functional teams through Value Add and Material optimization.

• Sell the Bosch cultural and behavioral mindset to associates by challenging the norms by which we operate to continuously look for opportunities to improve systems.

• Ensure that cross functional and cross location collaboration is optimized based on common project plans and common work packages.

• Lead and introduce to region project management tools both traditional and SCRUM towards strategic vision as part of driving the culture and behavior towards an Agile mindset.

• Progression of commercial aspects of AS in regards to terminology, reporting, etc. as applicable towards the PCM functional group within RPP.        

• Central reporting lead with engagement of executive officers on periodic basis. Both concisely and with passion to effectively articulate the knowledge of the business across all functional areas being affected by project measures.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or professional certification and 3 to 5 years’ related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Experience should be gained in areas of process and/or product engineering, lean processes, change management.

• Project management experience leading a cross-functional team.

             PREFERRED:

• Master’s with business discipline; or 10 years related experience and/or training.

• P & L responsibility or competency.

• SCRUM Master Project Manager Training.

• Cross departmental technical experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.