Join Our Team as a Project Manager at Johnson Electric!
Location: Zacatecas, Mexico (onsite)
Vacancy Type: Existing Position
Schedule: Full-Time
Travel: Frequent travel required
Relocation: Assistance available for qualified candidates
Please Note: This role requires strong English communication skills, including reading, writing, and speaking, as English is used regularly in business communications and collaboration with global teams. To ensure an efficient review process, please submit your resume/CV in English.
As our next Project Manager, you’ll lead internal and customer-facing projects for our automotive Powertrain Cooling business, from the RFQ phase through successful introduction into serial production. Your expertise in automotive project management, customer relations, cross-functional leadership, and risk management will be essential to achieving project milestones, improving business-unit profitability, and delivering successful product launches.
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
Technological Leadership: Be part of a company driving technological advancements in automotive manufacturing.
Professional Growth: Expand your project-management expertise through complex customer programs and global collaboration.
Collaborative Culture: Work across Engineering, Quality, Operations, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams.
Global Environment: Collaborate with customers, colleagues, and project teams across regions and cultures.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Manage customer projects from the RFQ phase through development, launch, and serial production while driving internal projects focused on improving business-unit profitability.
Lead cost-reduction activities and execute Product Line VAVE plans in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
Serve as the primary project contact for customers and cross-functional teams, maintaining clear communication across functions and regions.
Develop and drive project timelines, scope, requirements, responsibilities, deliverables, and open actions to achieve internal and customer milestones.
Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams to support successful project execution.
Monitor project performance, timing, commercial commitments, technical requirements, and customer-specific requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Identify technical, commercial, operational, and supply-chain risks and coordinate mitigation, recovery, and escalation plans when required.
Facilitate customer reviews, internal project reviews, and management updates while promoting collaboration and accountability across international and multicultural teams.
What We’re Looking For:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
Ideally 7–10 years of experience managing development and customer projects, preferably within the automotive industry.
Experience managing projects from quotation or RFQ through product launch and serial production.
Strong planning, organizational, analytical, risk-management, problem-solving, and project-execution skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, leadership teams, and cross-functional stakeholders in an international environment.
Strong English communication skills, proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project, and availability for frequent business travel.
Bonus Points If You Have:
Experience managing automotive electrification, E-Systems, or powertrain-cooling projects.
Experience with Value Analysis and Value Engineering methodologies, including cost-reduction or profitability-improvement initiatives.
Knowledge of automotive product-development and launch processes.
Experience managing complex supply-chain or component-procurement risks.
Experience working with global customers and geographically distributed project teams; additional language skills are also beneficial.
How to Apply: Apply online…