THE COMPANY
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 2023, Continental generated sales of €41.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 56 countries and markets.
ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists. The Continental group sector offers its customers connected, environment-friendly, safe, and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 42,000 employees in more than 40 countries and sales of some 6.8 billion euros (2023), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.
Are you ready to shape the future with us?
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Design and OEM Responsibility:
▪ development of feasible designs (grain, color, prints, combinations) and ensuring of receiving customer approvals incl. documentation within PLC process
▪ being involved in design developments and in design releases for customer projects
▪ identifying customer/market Design needs
▪ design presentations Internal / External
▪ responsibility for the surface design developments with the affected customers
Strategy Design Americas:
▪ support Segment Automotive Interior and Segment LivTec in the Americas region for strategic decision-making and/or acquisition phase of strategic important OEM projects for the region
▪ networking and expanding partnerships between SSL Design and affected departments at customers
▪ observation of competitive Design technologies/activities together with sales.
▪ Design - Plant Support Winchester
Design and Project Management:
▪ Initiating and/or Monitoring of trial batches through the internal process
▪ Tracking color developments through the internal development process
▪ Tracking grain developments through the internal development process
▪ Tracking color developments through the internal development process
▪ Tracking of internal Design Projects
Customer Projects:
▪ Americas customer project management of Design projects in Americas
▪ Attending color, print, or/and texture evaluations at suppliers, production, customer
▪ Escalation management within the Americas Design department
Collaboration:
▪ Collaboration and advicing all BA SSL stakeholder and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle (PLC) which have an impact on Design related product / production properties (e.g feasibility and impact on BA SSL)
▪ Building up and extending collaboration between SSL and the affected departments at the customer. Main task is the acquisition of new projects
Reporting:
▪ reporting based on defined cycles within a defined reporting system (1:1 Meetings, Dashboard, Actionlist etc)
• Report status updates, projected timelines to customer
• Report to affected internal departments with recommendations basis customer feedback
• Reporting and documenting customer approval status (establish ISAR, transfer form roller to serial status, master creation…)
Design Support:
▪ Collecting necessary input from the customers
▪ Presenting color submissions and grain developments to the customer
▪ Building up and extending collaboration between SSL Design and the affected departments at the customer
▪ Support PM team for acquisition of new projects
▪ internal presentations
Team Work:
▪ Team Member within a PM Team.
▪ Responsibility for the surface design developments with the affected customer.
▪ Collaboration with all parties and departments involved in the Product Life Cycle Process PLC.
▪ Collaboration with Creative Design, Automotive Design, LivTec Design, DTS SSL
Trend/Market Research:
▪ Supervision, observation, gathering, and analysis of the American market, especially colors, textures, prints, and materials of competitors
▪ Recognize of Design and color trends of the American market
▪ Observation and analysis of the color and trim area and the surface material of SSL versus competitors’ portfolios in regards of color, grains, prints, and structures, surface characteristics, haptics…
Other:
▪ Traveling to suppliers, fair/tradeshows, and customers
▪ Reports, presentations and updates from customer, shows, events
▪ Preparation of Design Presentations
▪ Presenting of SSL product portfolio design samples and design presentations
THE ENVIRONMENT
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE
ADDITIONAL WAYS TO STAND OUT
THE PERKS
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
We develop, manufacture and market environmentally friendly, multi-material, smart industrial and service solutions that make mining, railway engineering, the automotive industry and other important industries safer and more convenient.
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ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists. The Continental group sector offers its customers connected, environment-friendly, safe and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 42,000 employees in more than 40 countries and sales of some 6.8 billion euros (2023), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.
