Acquisition & Project Manager- Power Electronics

Bosch Group•Farmington Hills, MI

10d

About The Position

Work in electrification and lead customer acquisitions for power electronics projects for electrified vehicles. The role includes defining and engaging in preselling strategy and taking technical responsibility for acquisitions across the Americas. Lead a cross-functional global project team spanning system, hardware, mechanics, software, application, purchasing, and plant functions, while acting as a central interface among involved teams and customers. Collaborate with commercial teams to define and align pricing strategies, and identify customer trends and requirements, market activities, and competitor information with customer teams. Pursue acquisition targets and communicate local market requirements to the organization to support sustainable alignment of technical product concepts. After an acquisition is won, guide the project through development with the local engineering team and the global development network, coordinating with functions including purchasing, industrialization, plants, and quality.

Requirements

Completed university degree at the Master's, Diploma, or PhD level in electrical engineering, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or a comparable field.
At least 7 years of experience in vehicle electrics/electronics, product development project management, project management, software and hardware, and cooperation in international teams.
Communicative, assertive, resilient, creative, and a team player.
Proactive, independent, committed, and responsible working style; systematic, solution-oriented, and goal-oriented.
German skills are helpful.

Nice To Haves

German language skills.

Responsibilities

Define and engage in preselling strategy for power electronics acquisitions.
Take technical responsibility for customer acquisitions throughout the Americas.
Lead cross-functional global project teams involving system, hardware, mechanics, software, application, purchasing, and plant functions.
Serve as a central interface across involved functions and customer teams, optimizing cooperation and processes and fostering solution-oriented, partnership-based collaboration.
Define and align pricing strategies with commercial teams to support winning acquisitions.
Identify customer trends and requirements, market activities, and competitor information in collaboration with customer teams.
Pursue and realize acquisition targets.
Communicate local market requirements to the organization to support sustainable alignment of technical product concepts.
Guide projects through the development phase after acquisition, working with local engineering and the global development network and coordinating with purchasing, industrialization, plants, and quality.