Project Manager

Appealing Points:

• Lead End-to-End Automotive Projects – Take ownership of project planning, delivery, budget, quality, and stakeholder management for advanced automotive and mechatronics products.
• Work with Global Automotive Customers – Collaborate with international automakers and cross-functional teams, driving customer communication and successful project execution.
• High-Impact Leadership Role – Manage project teams, control costs and profitability, and ensure quality while contributing to the development of next-generation automotive electronics.

Annaul Salary: 10 Million yen and Above

Job Responsibilities:

• Project Management (PM) Tasks (70% of total workload):
  • Defining the overall project scope, formulating schedules and scenarios to achieve milestones, and managing progress.
  • Monitoring, evaluating, setting goals for, and developing Project Team Members (PTMs).
  • Leading project escalations involving relevant departments and driving resolutions when issues arise.
  • Ensuring compliance with and promoting Valeo’s values, culture, standards (products, methods, tools), ethical guidelines, and Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) requirements within the team
  
  
• Cost and Profitability Management (30% of total workload):
  • Achieve project profitability targets (product development, return on development investment, margins, etc.).
  • Define and manage project budgets (including assigned systems).
  • Prepare and submit investment requests (CAA/IAR), and review and challenge costs submitted by team members.
  • Apply “Design to Cost” methodologies and promptly escalate deviations from targets to senior management.
  
  
• Customer Relations and Communication Management:
  • Change management for internal and external stakeholders (including internal teams and domestic/international automakers) and coordination within the team.
  • Preparation of decision-making processes for various committees and governance stages, as well as the creation and verification of progress reports.
  • Building and maintaining positive relationships with domestic and international customers (local and central) and providing timely updates on project progress.
  
  
• Quality Control and Organizational Management (Quality-Related Operations):
  • Overall management to ensure the achievement of project quality objectives.
  • In the event of defects or quality issues, driving resolution in collaboration with relevant departments and providing explanations and reports to customers.
  
  

Job Qualification:

• Professional experience in the automotive industry (technical background or knowledge is mandatory).
• Production management experience in the field of mechatronics.
• Product knowledge and hands-on experience with SMT/PCBA, OR hands-on experience/understanding of software refreshing (particular emphasis is placed on SMT/PCBA product knowledge).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project team management or leadership experience (managing multiple members).
• Project management experience with telematics products.
• Deep understanding of SMT/PCBA products (candidates with a sales background will also be considered if they possess strong product understanding).
• In the absence of SMT/PCBA product experience, knowledge and experience with similar products (such as electronic components).

Language proficiency: Business Level Japanese (JLPT N2) and Business Level english.

Company Description:

The company is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, the Company proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2019, the Group generated sales of 19.2 billion euros and invested 13% of its original equipment sales in Research and Development. On December 31, 2019, Company had 191 plants, 20 research centers, 39 development centers, and 15 distribution platforms, and employed 114,700 people in 33 countries worldwide. The company is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

. Skillset Required: Project planning, Project delivery, Budget management, Quality management, Stakeholder management, Automotive product knowledge, Mechatronics, Project management, Team development, Escalation management, Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) compliance, Cost management, Profitability management, Design to Cost methodologies, Change management, Customer relations, Communication management, Quality control, Organizational management, SMT/PCBA product knowledge, Software refreshing understanding, Production management, Telematics product management, Electronic components knowledge, Business level Japanese, Business level English