Product Care Project Leader

About the role

The Product Care Project Leader drives cost‑reduction, quality‑improvement and sustainability projects across the product lifecycle. Working closely with design, manufacturing and platform engineering teams, the role ensures specifications are implemented according to design guidelines and corporate standards.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and execute projects to lower direct material and labor costs while enhancing sustainability.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives to reduce warranty service call rates.
• Provide technical support to factories, manage rework reduction, and handle design change requests.
• Design, develop and modify components and assemblies; coordinate prototyping, tooling, cost quoting, sourcing and production trials.
• Collaborate with Quality, Purchasing, Production, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering and Tooling Engineering.
• Introduce new components into production, resolve issues, and support new model ramp‑up.
• Participate in FMEA, prepare timing plans, risk assessments and project status reports.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 5‑7 years of experience in product development, cost reduction or quality improvement.
• Familiarity with quality tools such as FMEA and PSRA.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, approval and environmental regulations across countries.
• Experience working in matrixed, international environments.

Required skills

• CAE knowledge.
• CAD – Catia.
• PLM – Teamcenter.
• FMEA and PSRA methodologies.
• ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
• Basic electric and gas safety knowledge.