Supply Chain Project Manager at Danfoss

Do you thrive in a fast-paced learning environment with a high degree of freedom, and can you create value in a global organization working across multiple functions?



Are you a talented business professional who likes to be challenged on a broad set of skills? Do you thrive working in a cross functional, multi-cultural and highly visible project environment, where your efforts will play a key role in creating value for the company? And do you have experience and a significant interest in developing highly competitive end-to-end supply chains? Then you might be the Supply Chain Project Manager we are looking for to join our strong team in Graasten, Denmark.



The position does not only offer great opportunities to be exposed to different parts of a leading global industrial organization, it also provides a great opportunity for personal development across a wide variety of personal skills. Danfoss Drives possesses a unique position as a dedicated drives specialist in the market place. Your contribution will be important to the further development, to the benefit of all our stakeholders.

 

Your new role

As our new Project Manager, you will be representing and managing the Global Supply Chain aspects in product development projects. You will work closely with colleagues in R&D and product management while leading all Supply Chain project team members from various functions like: Procurement, logistics, manufacturing technologies and operations. You can also be assigned to larger Supply Chain projects, which could include manufacturing transfers. You will act as the overall project manager and be the link between our various specializations. In both roles, you will be working with different cultures in a global and cross functional setup, and you can expect 20-50 travelling days a year, mostly within Europe and the Far East.

 

More specifically, you will ensure that projects are executed within the frames of the Global Supply Chain strategy.  In close cooperation with our key experts, you will also ensure that topics like product costs, quality and time to market. This could be through e.g. DfX or lean principles by applying relevant manufacturing technologies and overall timely execution supported by project management processes.



Click the link to know more about Danfoss Drives: http://drives.danfoss.com.



Your experience and qualifications

• An appropriate technical or economical degree (B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent)
• Several years experience from Project Management and/or Supply Chain development
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), whereas spoken Danish is a significant advantage
• Excellent communication
• Ability to lead team members toward common objectives while fostering team spirit
• A self-starter with the ability to handle multiple projects

Among the key success factors to this role will be your competences or curiosity in developing key leadership skills like: Prioritizing and facilitating. You will also need a great deal of logical thinking and self-motivation to be successful in this position. In addition, you are resilient and can deal with complexity. You are a fast learner with the ability to adapt to change. You are known for your open-mind, social skills and communicative approach to all levels in the organization, this enables you to build relations and cooperate across cultures and geography.



Preferred

• Knowledge from automation and robotics, and Lean principles / Toyota Production System (TPS)/Six Sigma is an asset
• Industrial supply chain or electronic drives/frequency converter assembly, test, quality and/or project experience

For further information about this position,

Please contact Director, Global Project Office, Karsten Thor Thinggaard at +45 2055 2156 (Excluding week 44-45, due to holiday). For information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Marie H.-Kristensen at +45 2860 5891.



Are you up for the challenge? Please apply at your earliest convenience and send your application and CV in English no later than November 17th 2017. The position will be closed once we have found the right candidate.



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