Head of Local Segment for UX (TM)

* Actively manages stakeholder expectations, informs and involves stakeholders on a regular basis and in an appropriate manner;
* Actively contributes to local Business Area project & improvement initiatives;
* Is responsible to ensure that employee's competencies and skills inside the group are at the level required by the job and performs the yearly Performance Management Process for all direct reports;
* Mentors and coaches the team members on the topics of people development and performance management;
* Is responsible to make sure that every employee of his/ her group has tasks according to their qualification, competences and position;
* Participates to the budget planning and tracks the budget for his/ her group. Tracks budget status of training, business trips, investments, low value assets;
* Is responsible to define the Mission and Strategy for his/ her group considering the input from all stakeholders and to translate the strategy into roadmap;
* Interface to Application Engineering, partly supporting customer quality and purchasing departments and plants;
* Assigns, upon project requests, the relevant person for the requested role (Project Manager, Sales Manager or Project Controller);
* Participates at Segment Project Review Meetings;
* Represents Local Team in front of the Segment Leaders;
* Is responsible to track the status & progress of the projects lead by Project Managers from his/her team's;
* On demand, Lead technology and roadmap discussion with customer, create market trends for all related functions and technologies and create design strategy / roadmap for customer in accordance to the existing platforms;
* On demand from Segment side, in case of customer escalation act as an initial task force manager and coordinates all activities (Plant, R&D, Logistics, etc);
* On demand, participate in project acquisitions as Project Manager, supporting an Acquisition Leader;
* On demand, in case of project acquisition involvement, Is responsible to keep close contact to the customer team, project core team and bidding team and also to visit the customer in case of new acquisitions or tech days;
* On demand, represents the Segment organization during Customer, Supplier or Management visits in Timisoara Location (Plant and/or Application Engineering).


* University Degree in Technical Engineering, Economics, Finance and relevant experience;
* Minimum 3 years of experience as a project manager or line manager;
* Customer relationship techniques;
* Contracts and sales negotiation;
* Knowledge of Logistics and production aspects;
* Knowledge of technical aspects;
* Fluent in English; German would be a plus.

What we offer:

Pay for Performance:

* Achievement Bonuses and Rewards;
* Relocation Bonus for non-Timisoara Residents;
* Recommendation Bonuses for new team members;
* Flexibility Program including flexible hours, mobile work and sabbaticals.

Wellbeing:

* Health & Wellness (Private Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Sport activities etc.);
* Different discounts (glasses, tires, medical, shopping);
* In-house restaurant & coffee corners.

Life-Long Learning:

* Technical, Soft Skills & Leadership trainings;
* Dedicated Programs and Conferences;
* Free Language Courses (English, German, French etc);
* Access to e-learning platforms;
* Career development opportunities (local and international);
* Internal development communities (Experts, Agile Community of Practice, Artificial Intelligence etc).

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2020, Continental generated sales of i37.7 billion and currently employs more than 192,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Vehicle Networking and Information business area, with its vision of "Always On," sees the vehicle of the future as a partner that supports its passengers with intelligent and secure solutions - seamlessly networked, user-friendly, convenient and smart. The business area develops and integrates components and end-to-end systems for connected mobility - architecture, hardware, software and services. With solutions for networking, human-machine interaction, user experience, high-performance computing, digital services and system integration for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and fleets, Vehicle Networking and Information ensures stable and safe connectivity and smooth information flows for connected mobility.