EHE Global Value Optimization Lead – Infotainment & Connectivity
About The Position
The Global Value Optimization (VO) Lead for Infotainment & Connectivity leads and coordinates global and North American Value Optimization activities for the Infotainment & Connectivity core function. The role drives the worldwide and North American portfolio of value optimization opportunities from idea generation through engineering development and implementation, aligning global and regional organizations while accelerating execution and achievement of Technical Product Cost (TPC) and Value Optimization targets. The lead coordinates the global portfolio and roadmap with VO Analysts, Technical Engineers, Purchasing, Cost Engineers, and Project/Program teams. The role promotes opportunity generation, cross-region reuse, technical evaluation, timely development and implementation, and governance of the portfolio. It also monitors performance indicators, addresses gaps and roadblocks, and escalates issues requiring leadership support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Technology, or a related discipline.
- At least 8 years of engineering experience.
- Experience in automotive product development, engineering, value optimization, cost optimization, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional and/or global initiatives.
- Experience managing complex portfolios, priorities, actions, and performance targets.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical, business, and leadership organizations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience within Infotainment, Connectivity, Electrical/Electronic/Software, or Vehicle Engineering domains.
- Experience with Value Optimization, Technical Product Cost (TPC), cost engineering, benchmarking, or product-cost reduction.
- Experience working across engineering, purchasing, cost engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and program teams.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive results across organizations without direct authority.
- Strong understanding of automotive product development and implementation processes.
- Global or multi-regional program leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the global Infotainment & Connectivity Value Optimization portfolio and roadmap, ensuring alignment across regions and relevant functional and program teams.
- Drive generation of value optimization opportunities through benchmarking, competitor analysis, workshops, innovation activities, and supplier collaboration.
- Promote global cross-pollination and reuse of Value Optimization opportunities across regions and vehicle programs.
- Coordinate technical evaluation of new ideas, including feasibility, engineering effort, and readiness for inclusion in the portfolio.
- Drive ideas through screening, investigation, engineering development, and implementation, ensuring required deliverables and actions are completed.
- Accelerate execution of approved opportunities and minimize lead time from idea creation to mass-production implementation.
- Establish governance and regular reviews of the global portfolio, including idea maturity, risks, roadblocks, and performance.
- Monitor and report key performance indicators, including gap to target, ideas by maturity phase, and lead time to implementation.
- Identify performance gaps and coordinate recovery actions with global and regional stakeholders.
- Proactively escalate technical, timing, and execution roadblocks requiring leadership support.
- Drive achievement of Global and North America Region Infotainment & Connectivity TPC and Value Optimization targets.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
