Delivery Director Automotive
Luxoft is a global leader in high-end software development.
Luxoft is looking for talents with a passion for technology & ready to create original solutions. Once on board, you are invited to expand your knowledge & skills, offering you a continuous learning experience helping you stretch your potential.
So if you’re enthusiastic by the idea of accessing cutting edge technology & innovation to make an impact, why don't you join us?
Delivery Director Automotive
Miejsce pracy: Stuttgart
Nr Ref.: VR-7428
Responsibilites
- Manage and administer the construction works in accordance with the Contract
- Business development and engagement.
- Negotiates contracts, SOW/ delivery goals/ budgets/ with customers & vendors.
- Decision Maker in emergency cases.
- Must be aware and in control of all aspects of multi-sites operations, including strategy, cost plans and goals definition
- Leading regular site meetings.
- Analyze industry trends, sales channels, competition
- Opportunity sensing and seeding ideas within customer organization that could convert to business for Luxoft
- Developing new area(s) of expertise/business at for the company as assigned
- Accountable for meeting company goals within subordinated business unit.
- Mapping company strategy/goals to Continental unit.
- Discussing and closing high level escalations and issues from Sites or from Customers
- Facilitating the optimum high level utilization of people and other resources across the Sites.
- Contributing-to/Driving organizational initiatives (e.g. improving cost savings, improving speed, enhancing growth opportunities, etc.)
- Supervises - Continental Regional Managers.
- Line Reporting - Reports to Senior Delivery Director.
Requirements
Typical Experience
6+ years of experience in:
- Project Management
- Proposal development
- Appropriate experience with a team of managers and specialists at the helm for managing multiple large-projects
- Automotive experience on the same or similar position not less than 5 years
- Minimum Education Qualification: Specialist/MSc in Computer science or relevant
Skill and Expertise
- Practical, logistical mind
- Ability to develop good relationships with other professionals
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to delegate large project responsibilities/authority - with the right check and balance
- Ability to do effective performance management for Sr. members in technical and management ladders and share strengths and areas of improvements for effective appraisals. Ability to communicate
- Ability to identify potential of Sr. team members in both ladders and identify specific training and assignments to improve their skills & maturity in technical and non-technical areas
- Pre-sales experience (support in proposal preparation, RFP/RFI processing)
- Extensive senior management and project management experience
- Experience of developing and managing several complex, multi-discipline projects concurrently
- Knowledge and experience in working with legal and business teams within Company.
- Ability to drive project management, product and process reviews with customers.
- Ability to scan business / customer environments and sense opportunities / threats
- Good problem solving skills - & in getting the team to rally around to solve problems
- Ability to create a compelling and inspirational picture of the future by translating company vision / mission / functional objectives to activities team can identify with.
- Expertise in conflicts management and complex negotiation processes.
Soft Competencies
- Positive, cheerful, enthusiastic personality mixes/communicates well with people - displays initiative people leadership qualities.
- Possess solid foundation of people skills, including political skills and leadership.
- Strong communication skills to deal with various stakeholders.
- Drive innovation in the program, always open to new ideas.
- Ability to mix, work well and present to customers effectively handling their doubts and questions
- Ability to build team spirit and morale and a culture of high performance among direct reports and the team.
- Ability to raise issues constructively with team and with engineering management.
- Ability to establish a positive work climate through personal actions, policies, with consistent signals displaying commitment to the team’s mission
- Maintains focus on goals in difficult situations – and shows flexibility in developing alternative methods of achieving goals
- Ability to build consensus working with team and with peers.
- Above average communication & presentation skills to influence team, peers and Sr management in own, customer and supplier organizations
We offer
Account Director is the engineering head of subordinated business unit (NA, Europe, and Asia) – and carries budget and delivery responsibility for all infotainment projects under his/her supervision.
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