Magna International
Website:
magna.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/magna-international
Industries: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Job details:
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What We Offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary
Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities
The Project Manager is responsible for the coordination, implementation and execution of IT projects in Magna IT. For Magna this role requires a strong analytical skillset to be able to work on business requirements together with our cross-functional business ensuring consistency with the Magna IT strategy, commitments and goals.
Major Responsibilities
- Planning and implementation of multiple IT business projects or strategic initiatives within the Magna IT.
- Manage project scope, budget and timelines to meat goals and deliverables.
- Develop full scale project plans.
- Track project tasks and resource using appropriate tools.
- Develop statement of requirements together with functional teams.
- Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.
- Lead consistent steering committee update meetings with the project sponsors to review project status, key risks/issues and associated mitigation strategies.
- Work closely together with business departments as well as Magna IT departments like enterprise architecture, IT Infrastructure or IT Solutions, Software architecture.
- Provide direction and support to project team.
- Implement and manage project changes to achieve project outputs.
- Project evaluations and assessment of results.
Knowledge and Education
- Completion of a degree in Computer Science – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
- Project management professional (PMP) designation, CAPM, PMP or equivalent certification is an asset
Work Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ progressive experience planning and implementing IT projects with cross-functional stakeholders from IT and business groups.
- Knowledge of the theories, principles and practices project management and organizational change management.
- Proven experience with business and requirements analysis.
- Project management and supervisory principles and practices to supervise project staff and coordinate multiple complex projects under pressure to meet schedule and budget commitments.
- Project experience based on technologies like MS SQL based web applications, MS Azure, MS PowerBI is an asset.
Skills And Competencies
- Excellent MS Office knowledge.
- MS Project experience is an advantage.
- Basic Understanding of IT Infrastructure, network, databases, web applications, data integration.
- Profound English communication skills, Solid German communication skills are an asset.
- “Hands-on” mentality
- Functional understanding of processes
- Planning and organizing.
- Communication skills.
- Delegation.
- Team work.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, decision making.
- Negotiation skills and political acuity to ensure that conflicts project and stakeholder requirements are managed to ensure a successful outcome.
- Interpersonal and oral/written communication skills to make presentations to senior management and other senior stakeholders.
- Adaptability.
- Stress tolerance.
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Worker Type
Regular / Permanent
Group
Magna Corporate
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