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Detailed Description

What You’ll Do

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Support the Director Transformation Projects in steering the portfolio of projects
• Continuously track, monitor and report performance and health of the transformation project portfolio and propose recovery actions, as needed
• Drive selected projects or cross-functional workstreams within our strategic projects in the fields of business development, operations, procurement, engineering
• Conduct analyses of core business processes, identify and implement improvement opportunities
• Prepare the business rationale and decision proposals for new strategic projects
• Support the annual strategy process to refine the strategic priorities for GKN Automotive
• Support the communication and reporting of the status of the project portfolio to the Executive Team and other stakeholders

What You’ll Need

• University degree in Engineering or Business Management
• Experience in automotive or manufacturing industry
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in management consulting and/or corporate strategy, which includes operations and transformation programs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with affinity for numbers
• Highly structured and collaborative way of working
• Good business acumen and quick perception; willing to deep dive into a variety of topics as needed
• Strong communications skills at all levels
• English language skills required, German beneficial

Essential competencies we look for aligned to our company values

At GKN Automotive we are committed to ensuring that we have the right people, in the right roles and enabling the right environment for success. We are proud of our culture and are looking for people who share our values as these underpin everything we do, helping us to do business the right way. 

To be successful in this role you will be:

Driven

• Proactive, energetic, and autonomous
• Highly structured in ways of working
• Results and insights focused

Collaborative

• Ability to lead cross-functional and international teams
• Strong communication skills across all levels of the business
• Driven and humble approach to collaborating and influencing

Ingenious

• Good fundamental business acumen
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to distil large data sets into simple insights

Principled

• A flexible team player; willing to dive into a variety of topics as needed
• Acts as an owner, taking full accountability for their duties
• Strong willed and not afraid to challenge the status-quo in pursuit of progress

Diversity and Inclusion:

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.