Digitalization & Vehicle Project Specialist

At-a-Glance: Are you ready to build your career by joining an international automotive company? If so, our client is hiring a Digitalization & Vehicle Project Specialist. Position Type: • Contract • On-Site Required: • BA/BS Degree preferably in information technology, Business Administration, communication Science or related discipline, OR 3 year’s equivalent professional experience. • 3+ years of: • Related software operation/training experience which would include Office 365 Apps, MS Copilot skills. • Experience using PowerBI and/or MS Excel to create KPIs, scorecards, reports and dashboards. • Experience conceptualizing and implementing new tracking or reporting systems. • 3+ years of experience with databases (e.g. Oracle, AWS) and coding languages (e.g. SQL, VBA, VS Code, Python). • Knowledge of information system concepts and technologies. • Written and oral communication and presentation skills. • Ability to interface with the business to meet requirements and targets. • Managing and working with data management and analysis, including understanding of various data structures and common methods in data transformation, data validation and visualization. • Experience with data visualization tools and report writing systems preferred. • Project management skills. • Analysis and communication of complex systems. • Analytical skills that allow for the development of data-driven reports. • Ability to manage time and prioritize projects to meet deadlines, general project management experience. Responsibilities: • Supports digitalization and innovation strategies within the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas through collaboration with stakeholders, process partners. • Responsible for the development of specific digitalization projects which support the overall strategy. Supports the industrialization of new vehicle project launches through implementation of supplier quality improvement initiatives. • Identifies, evaluates, implements and manages communication initiatives and events for the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas. • Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify, plan, implement and manage digitalization projects to meet strategic needs of the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas. • This includes coding and development of these digitalization projects. • Serves as the point of contact for technical inquiries, managing change management initiatives for the purpose of increased efficiency and reduced need for external service contracts and/or licenses. • Serves as the point of contact for small to medium sized projects, conducts status meetings, and effectively drives projects to completion. • Communicates and represents the department with requests, testing and deployment. • Leads internal/external benchmarking activities for new technologies based on industry, internal and group entity standards and innovations. • Creates, modifies and maintains process instructions and delivers education on new technologies for applicable systems and IT tools when needed especially as new projects are developed. • Supports the new vehicle project launches during the initialization phase. • Collaborates within cross-functional teams to ensure that project expectations are aligned and visible for discussion. • Provides transparency for multi-project landscape affecting operations and identifies opportunities for quality improvement initiatives. • Plans, develops and leads the implementation of identified initiatives. • Develops and implements communication initiatives and events for the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas with detailed content as appropriate for the intended audience. • Supports shaping the divisions communications both internally and externally. • Creates a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed including effectively allocating resources to successfully complete assigned projects. • Prepares, consolidates, and edits relevant and sometimes complex communications of the Americas, including Mexico and Brazil to create a marketable storyline for events (i.e.: Employee Meetings, Supplier Forums, Project Events, and Senior Management Meetings). • Adheres to 5S and Safety Standards and Principles. • Performs other duties as assigned by management. Get in Touch: We want to hear from you! If you think you'd be a good match, submit your resume and reach out to Abhinav at 201-478-6828 to learn more. #HbM6349