Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Project
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Kassel
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you coordinate operational product changes in agile development processes, manage change requests, plan material management, and optimize change management processes across the entire product lifecycle.
Your role in the team
- You are responsible for the operational implementation of Product Change Management in agile development value streams and ensure that technical changes are consistently, cost-effectively, and production-ready implemented throughout the entire product lifecycle, from development to production and service.
- By managing change requests and materials, as well as implementing and developing processes, methods, and tools of operational change management, you significantly contribute to the quality, delivery capability, and cost-effectiveness of our products.
- Agile Change Management - Coordinate operational product changes in development projects and manage them according to the agile workflows of the development value streams.
- Technical, economic, and production-related factors are considered holistically.
- Management of change orders - Responsible for the central coordination of change requests and ensuring consistent implementation of technical modifications across product variants, configuration options, and project-specific special editions.
- Material management - Plan, coordinate, and control the ramp-up of new materials as well as the ramp-down of expiring materials.
- There you align technical requirements with logistical and business management frameworks.
- Collaboration across the Product Life Cycle - Ensure close coordination with development, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, and other stakeholders to successfully implement changes from the requirements phase through series production to product discontinuation.
- Process and Tool Development - Identifying optimization potentials and actively shaping the further development of the operational application of the Product Change process.
- Furthermore, you support the implementation of relevant processes, methods, and tools in the national and international environment.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed university degree with a technical or economic focus or a comparable qualification.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of industrial manufacturing and logistics processes as well as an understanding of the impact of technical changes on material flows, inventories, and series processes.
- Strong project management, communication, and organizational skills, as well as proficient German and English language skills.
Experience
- At least three years of professional experience in supporting development projects as an operational Change Manager or in a comparable coordination role.
- Practical experience in Product Change Management, ideally within the CM2 Framework environment or comparable change management processes.
- Experience working with agile and self-organized development teams, as well as a willingness to actively share knowledge.
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What we offer
- Job Type: Full-time
- Contract type: Permanent
- Work model: Hybrid
- Travel activity: None
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Benefits
Health, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Higher Take-Home Pay
Food & Drink
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About Your Employer
SMA Solar Technology AG
ENERGY THAT CHANGES: Als ein global führender Spezialist für Photovoltaik-Systemtechnik schafft SMA heute die Voraussetzungen für die dezentrale und erneuerbare Energieversorgung von morgen. SMA wurde 1981 gegründet, hat ihren Sitz in Niestetal bei Kassel und ist mit Vertriebs- und Servicegesellschaften in 18 Ländern weltweit präsent.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Power Sector, Economy
Operational Change Manager
- Location
- Kassel
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
