Director PMO

JOB DESCRIPTION

Director PMO

What can you expect?

Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 30 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.

Global leadership for Program Management processes (PLUS)

Leading the Program Management Office for EMEA, providing functional leadership for the Program Management community with a focus on processes and systems.

At Adient, we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees, which involves being able to work remotely for up to 5 days per week based on the agreement within specific department.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Global leadership for the Adient PLUS Processes and leading global Program Management Steering Committee.
• Analyze PLUS specific change requests – review, align globally and disposition.
• Lead continuous improvements of PLUS including alignment with latest IATF-standards.
• Facilitate and support executive program red-flag reviews.
• Conduct Program Management community knowledge survey, identify needs and knowledge gaps and develop solutions and trainings for gap closure.
• Create training-material and tutorials for the PLUS processes.
• Support internal and external PLUS process audits. (TÜV, TISAX…)
• Leading and providing direction and guidance for PMO staff.

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or Business.
• Professional qualification of Program and Portfolio Management
• (Certificate in Program management from PMI, IPMA, Prince2 or equivalent).
• Fluent in English
• At least 10 years of experience in Manufacturing preferably automotive industries.
• At least 7 years of experience in project management, preferably in the automotive industry, ideally in Complete Seat, Metal, Foam or Trim.
• Leading a minimum of 5 new product launches. At least 1 complex launch including design and complex bill of materials.

Preferred:

• Experience with ADIENT or an automotive Tier 1 supplier.
• Proven capability to develop and deliver program management training courses.
• At least 2 years of experience in PMO role.
• Proven track record of experience in leadership, general management and communication.
• Expert in “Project Management Knowledge Areas” example: Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide).
• Ideally have knowledge about Business Operating System (BOS) and deep knowledge about PLUS Procedures, -Standards, -Forms, -Work Instructions.
• Knowledge in MS-Office applications like MS-Project, EXCEL, TEAMS, SharePoint, One-Note, Forms, Planner, Streams.

Other:

• Ability to summarize and present complex topics to leadership audience.
• Ability to facilitate global, x-functional discussions and drive conclusions and decisions.
• Experience with multiple cultures and organizational setups.
• A strong leader with the ability to independently assess communicate and address potential program risks, even if not yet recognized by program teams.

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dagmar Sováková on +421 910 828 746.

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