Program Manager Military Ground Vehicles (mfd)

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About Collins Aerospace

At Collins Aerospace we work closely with our customers to solve some of the most challenging issues in the aerospace and defense industries. We combine creativity with a broad range of products capabilities and expertise always with a strong focus on our customers. By developing smart solutions and using the latest technologies and innovations we help our customers meet the needs of a rapidly changing global market.

At Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH based in Ratingen near Düsseldorf our mission as part of Collins Aerospace is to protect lives through innovative fire protection and fire suppression systems. We develop and manufacture automatic smoke detectors fire warning systems and fire suppression systems for a wide range of military and civil vehicles.

As experts and innovators in this field we continuously develop our products and capabilities to meet changing market requirements and support future growth.

This role calls for a leader eager to operate within a fast-moving evolving portfolio that encompasses all program phases from development through production and sustainment. You will be leading a sustainment program where you will be responsible to direct interaction with the customer and other external entities proposal preparation and negotiations and internal cross-functional addition you will provide support to other development and production will lead through strong cross-functional engagement partnering closely with Engineering Operations Quality Assurance Supply Chain Finance and Contracts to execute programs with rigor. Managing financial performance including cost schedule and margin is essential along with organic growth through the assigned programs.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and represent customer needs to leadership while building and maintaining excellent relationships with customers and key suppliers
• Accountability for profit and loss and program execution including risk and opportunity cost quality and schedule performance
• Set program priorities resolve conflicts and barriers support internal and external reviews with leadership and the customer(s)
• Provideleadership and direction to a cross functional team
• Identifies and reacts to problems and supports solutions such as allocation of resources and operational execution
• Manage and grow the customer relationship and ensure customer satisfaction
• Lead proposal and negotiation activities with domestic customers industry partners and suppliers
• Expected to support domestic & international travel as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience
• Program management or leadership experience
• Experience working sustainment program
• Experience with reporting metrics through customer Program Management Reviews
• Experience managing proposals negotiations
• Fluent German and English language skills
• Solution-oriented and independent working method
• Strong leadership and communication skills

What We Offer You:

• Specialpayments&leavedays

• Corporate &seasonalbenefits

• Work-lifebalance

• Flexibleworkinghours

• 30daysofpaidvacation

• Canteensubsidy

• Job bike

• Corporatefitnessmembership(FitX)

• Globalcareeropportunities

• Employeescholarprogram

• Englishlanguagetrainings

• Internal and externaltrainings

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