北京招聘

Position: Product Planning

Division/Department: Volkswagen Group China / Product Strategy & Product Planning

Location: Beijing

Main goals and objectives:

• Product Planning manager is responsible to drive development and implementation of future car projects for Skoda Brand in China. This function is the driver to implement new product strategies in the region and with this ensuring the medium and long-term competitiveness of the Brand in China.

• This function will achieve these goals by leading cross functional project teams, guiding their work by PEP standard timelines and financial targets. This includes collaboration with headquarters and JV colleagues.

• Focus of responsibility is on the early (strategic) phase of car projects with the ultimate objective to achieve PD/PF milestone with positive financial feasibility, sign licensing agreements and project handover to JV. The function will keep tracking and supporting the project until EOP.

Your Responsibilities:

1. Steer cross-functional product team between VGC, JV and headquarter to realize ambitious car project realization

2. Develop medium and long-term successful product strategies

• Work out positioning and product definitions for current and future product range.

• Define key characteristics and evaluate financial and technical feasibility

      3.  Coordinate investigation of technical feasibility of future car products in order to implement desired China market / customer requirements

• define platform premises include lifecycle and features

• define powertrain roadmap and necessary regulatory and emission requirements, include also BEV related issues, if needed, like battery density

• define innovation roadmap for car project in accordance with and clarify the underlying technical features and clarify technical roadmap

      4.  Support development of PSK/VAP presentations (China-, Skoda, Group-VAP and related pre-committees)

• Coordinate on time preparation of relevant department inputs

• Validation of input based on reference project and competitor benchmarks

• Prepare Vorlagen and aligning with stakeholders

      5.  Organize Eigenschaftsworkshops and other early phase workshops

• Organize Eigenschaftsworkshop to define car characteristics, incl. core competitor test drives to identify strength and weakness

• Defining competitive offer structure while considering financial and competitiveness of future product generation

• Aligning input with relevant stakeholders and agree on common proposal

      6.  Conduct cost optimization efforts to achieve project feasibility and GSV readiness

• Organize cross-entity cost optimization workshops

• Organize supplier workshops to find low cost measures

• Coordinating preparation and idea collection with stakeholders

• Set up and document workshop results

       7.  Team management and leadership

• Steer cross functional product team to achieve common goals

• Guide counter parts by defining and agreeing on targets, deadlines and following up on those

• Documenting project progress and next steps by meeting minutes and roadmaps

• Steer external partners and support staff to reach achieve working targets

• Guide and mentor new colleagues and interns by teaching and supporting their work and integrating them in the working progress

Our Requirements:

Necessary education:

• University studies: business economics, marketing and sales, business management, industrial engineer or similar; (master degree, MBA preferred)

Professional experience:

• 5-8 years of product management, engineering, purchasing, strategy, research and planning experience or similar fields

• Proven track record of implementing strategies and leading a product team

• Automotive knowledge and relative product technology knowledge

• Professional product management knowledge

• Professional knowledge in financial product calculation, R&D, purchasing, production and quality management

• Professional knowledge about product marketing, customer and product research

• Strong customer orientation and understanding of market trends

• Good data processing ability, strong with creating pregnant presentations, and precise Vorlagen

• Excellent oral and written expression

Personal skills:

• Strategic and structured thinking

• Self-driven, entrepreneurial spirit

• Readiness to accept responsibility

• Communication skill, persuasive appearance

• Good English and German language skills (fluent in spoken and written), Chinese language is a plus

What we offer:

• Strong brands, excellent products and image in Chinese market

• Performance oriented competitive compensation & benefits package

• Professional career development & qualification

• Good management, team work, open communication & feedback

• International working environment & global network

Join us and become a part of the Volkswagen Family - We are looking forward to welcome you on board!

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Volkswagen Group China

Volkswagen Group is one of the earliest and most successful international partners of China’s automobile industry. The Group has grown together with China’s auto industry, overcoming many challenges and achieving significant growths, during the 30 years’ partnership with China.

As early as 1978, Volkswagen Group started contacts with China. The first Santana was produced in Shanghai in April 1983. In October 1984, Shanghai Volkswagen Corporation Ltd, the first joint venture of Volkswagen Group in China, laid foundation in Shanghai. In February 1991, FAW-Volkswagen Corporation Ltd was established in Changchun, creating Volkswagen Group’s second joint venture in China.

The business scope of Volkswagen Group in China includes the production, sales and services of complete vehicles and parts, such as engines and transmissions. All of the Group auto brands — including Volkswagen, Audi, SKODA, SEAT, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN — have a business presence in China through Volkswagen Group China and its subsidiaries.