Principal Advisor - Factory Product Interface

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Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises divers brands in several European countries: e.g. Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Scania or MAN. Here in the US, we are blending German engineering with American ingenuity.

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Principal Advisor - Factory

Role Summary:

• Steer the collaboration within Operations and manage the interface with Product Management, Engineering and Purchasing.
• Requirements management and premises within the product project representing the Operations perspectives.
• Managing resources and ensuring efficient utilization of project management tools (e.g. project plan, risk management, change management, documentation and reporting).
• Assess the feasibility of new product or strategic collaboration projects from Operations view in alignment with all Operations functions.
• Working on several tasks while self-responsible working on the specification of costs, goals, deadlines and methods.
• Developing content for specified tasks with mostly existing, in-depth expert knowledge of the task areas.
• Independently preparing and coordinating decision papers, taking into account deadlines, costs and deviations in content.
• Developing and evaluating alternatives, taking into account departmental objectives (on time, on spec, on budget).
• Specify and secure the application of novel technologies under consideration of internal and external regulations.

Role Responsibilities:

• Full responsibility for the coordination of the interface between Operations, Development, Purchasing, Finance and Product Management.
• Responsibility for design for manu