(Associate) Manager (m/w/d) Automotive Transformation & R&D

Do you want to drive complex transformation programs in the automotive industry and take on responsibility for projects, clients and teams? 🚗 Our client is a leading boutique consultancy for strategy and management with a focus on automotive, mobility and digitalization. Reinforcements are sought for an extensive transformation program at one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers. Your entry is possible in Berlin, Cologne or Munich. As (Associate) Manager Automotive Transformation & R&D, you will actively shape the transformation along the automotive value chain. Depending on your experience, you will take on responsibility for complex sub-projects, coordinate various stakeholders and develop innovative solutions for the automotive industry together with the team. Your Benefits - Compensation: Transparent salary model with a clear level system, depending on your classification and experience: - Entry as Associate Manager from €6,400 gross per month. - Entry as Manager from €7,917 gross per month. - Bonus: As an Associate Manager, you receive an annual performance bonus of up to two monthly salaries. As a Manager, an annual bonus of up to €25,000 is possible. Long-standing employees can choose between the bonus or ten additional vacation days. - Vacation and time off: 30 vacation days per year. Additionally, sabbatical options and individual special arrangements regarding vacation. - Work culture: Lived 'du' culture. Personal responsibility, trust and direct coordination shape everyday work. The focus is on performance, collaboration and impact. - Working time model: Flexible working hours without fixed core working hours. The focus is on results, responsibility and professional collaboration. - Varied working model: A combination of office days, client visits and home office, depending on project, client and team. The work takes place predominantly at the client in the DACH region. - Career and development: Transparent career path with clearly defined standards for rank, performance and salary. With appropriate development, long-term career paths up to partner and even shareholder are open to you. - Mentoring and onboarding: Buddy program and structured onboarding in the first three months. Supplemented by a mentoring program, regular coaching and professional and personal development. - Further training and exchange: Participation in external training as well as bi-weekly best practice sharing within the team. Regular feedback sessions and open communication support your individual development. - Mobility: Public transport ticket for the commute. - Discounts: Corporate benefits with discounts on numerous products and services as well as further location-dependent discounts. - Team and events: Regular team and company events to strengthen cohesion, exchange and corporate culture. Your Tasks As (Associate) Manager Automotive Transformation & R&D, you take on responsibility for a defined portfolio of sub-projects within an extensive transformation program. You work closely with the program management, the specialist departments and IT and ensure that complex initiatives are driven forward in a structured way. - Project control: Plan and manage sub-projects, define work packages and keep track of progress, deadlines, risks, resources and dependencies. - Technical coordination: Bring together different perspectives from IT, research and development as well as production and develop viable solutions together with the relevant stakeholders. - Management reporting: Prepare status reports, recommendations for action and well-founded decision-making bases for the program management and top management. - Workshops and solution development: Structure complex questions, moderate workshops and develop concrete approaches and transformation measures together with the client. - Team leadership and quality assurance: Take responsibility for your sub-project team, support the professional development of project colleagues and ensure the quality of results. - Business development: Contribute to the further development of the consulting portfolio and support proposals, tenders, project acquisition and recruiting conversations. - Development of the consulting field: Help shape the expansion of the Automotive Practice and bring your experience in topics such as R&D transformation, product data management, Software Defined Vehicle and the automotive value chain. Your scope of responsibility depends on your entry level: - As an Associate Manager, you increasingly manage your own sub-projects independently, take on the professional leadership of project colleagues and gradually develop your responsibility for clients and team. - As a Manager, you are responsible for more complex sub-projects and their results, lead your team and independently drive collaboration with the client. In addition, you actively contribute to business development and project acquisition. Your Profile as (Associate) Manager Automotive Transformation & R&D - Studies: Completed degree, ideally at master's level, in systems engineering, vehicle engineering, industrial engineering, business informatics or a comparable field. - Automotive experience: Project experience in the automotive industry as well as a sound understanding of the automotive value chain. Experience in R&D is an advantage but not a requirement. Transformation projects from production are also relevant. - Digitalization and transformation: Experience in complex digitalization and transformation programs as well as understanding of IT architectures, enterprise architecture or systems engineering. - Languages and willingness to travel: Business-fluent German and English skills at a minimum of C1 level as well as willingness to travel one to three days per week within the DACH region. For entry as Associate Manager: - Consulting experience: Several years of relevant full-time professional experience in management or strategy consulting. - Bachelor's degree: ideally 4 to 5 years. - Master's degree: ideally 3 to 4 years. - Project responsibility: You have already led sub-projects or have increasingly taken on responsibility within complex transformation programs. - Leadership: Initial experience in the professional leadership of project colleagues is an advantage. - Business development: Initial contact points with proposal processes or project acquisition are welcome but not a must. For entry as Manager: - Consulting experience: Ideally 5 to 8 years of relevant full-time professional experience in management or strategy consulting. - Project control: You have independently managed complex transformation projects and taken on responsibility for results, risks and dependencies. - Leadership: Experience in leading teams, ideally also with disciplinary responsibility. - Business development: Experience with proposal processes, tenders or project acquisition and ideally a first own network in the automotive environment. - Certification: A PMP certification is desired. If you do not yet hold it, there is the possibility to obtain it afterwards. Do you want to take the next step in your consulting career and actively help shape the digital transformation of the automotive industry? 🚀 Send us your CV and learn more about the company, the project environment and your future role in a short 10-minute introductory conversation. 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