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Bespoke Project Manager
Posted Today by Hays
Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
Chichester
Summary: The Bespoke Project Manager role involves managing the delivery of bespoke content in the manufacturing area at Rolls-Royce's Goodwood facility. The position requires balancing customer requirements with manufacturing KPIs while leading cross-functional teams. Candidates should have automotive industrial experience and the potential for leadership development. Fluency in English and knowledge of German are preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the build landscape for bespoke production, adapting to new product introductions and continuous improvements.
- Prioritize feature introductions and chair cross-functional project teams to resolve conflicts and make business decisions.
- Lead technical change requests and develop consensus among cross-functional experts to ensure cost-effective product introductions.
Key Skills:
- Degree in automotive engineering or business management (preferred but not essential).
- 2 years relevant vocational experience in project management, production planning, logistics, or product engineering.
- Fluent in English with good knowledge of German.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.
- Potential for leadership development.
Salary (Rate): Competitive hourly pay rate
City: Chichester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Automotive
Assignment Type: Temporary, ongoing basis where you will be engaged via Hays
Location: Chichester
Working Environment: office based on site
Pay type: Competitive hourly pay rate
Our client
The world’s pre-eminent super-luxury automotive brand based in Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, which comprises its global headquarters and Global Centre of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence.
Job Description
To work as part of a cross-functional project team to manage the successful delivery of new Bespoke content into the manufacturing area at Goodwood, finding the best solutions balancing between Rolls-Royce systems & customer requirements whilst ensuring that there is no negative effect on the manufacturing KPI's.
What awaits you:
- Management of build landscape for Bespoke production with changing and continuously developing product components (new product introductions and current product continuous improvement).
- Managing feature introduction landscape, by effectively prioritising, taking business decisions, chairing cross-function (and cross-plant) project teams, resolving conflict where applicable within the project landscape and plant functions by clear communication and relevant decisions.
- Managing technical change request via a consolidation meeting landscape and leading in a common direction on Bespoke issues. Developing and delivering a clear consensus of opinions from cross-functional experts with the goal of achieving the most cost-effective product introductions to the highest quality standards with zero impact on series production.
Degree in automotive engineering or business management and 2 years relevant vocational experience, preferred but not essential
Fluent English, good knowledge of German.
What you should bring along:
- Automotive industrial experience (preferably low volume manufacture) in the capacity of Project Management, production planning, logistics or product engineering.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate a cross-functional team, interfacing with many different levels which the Project Manager will not have any direct authority over.
- Potential to develop into a future leader of people.
Benefits:
- Competitive hourly rate along with an annual performance-related bonus
- Access to a subsidised restaurant
- Hays Go1 training platform which offers a library of over 70,000 courses.
- Access to Ben – Offers support across a wide range of topics such as mental health well-being, financial or legal matters
- Local retail and restaurant discounts
- 35 days annual leave (Including bank holidays)
What next?
If you are interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.