Product Management - Change Manager

Overview

Product Management - Change Manager role in the Vehicle Motion Division. Senior Product Change Manager responsible for change management, securing implementation of complex and cost-reduction changes, and shaping the product portfolio. Works with cross-functional teams in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe, including manufacturing plants, to facilitate product changes, manage customer implementation scenarios, and accelerate time-to-market to ensure competitiveness and profitability.

Plymouth, MI (On-site)

Sales

• Job title:
  
  Product Management - Change Manager
• Starting date:
  According to arrangement
• Working time:
  Full-time
• Legal entity:
  Robert Bosch LLC

• Lead Engineering Change Management (ECM) process from centralized customer account view.
• Be a key member of the ECM Review Team (RT), steering and consulting with Engineering and Quality Leads.
• Serve as first-level interface/escalation to the ECM Steering Committee (Senior Leadership).
• Approve Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), planning and final review, as central sales representative.
• Actively shape the product portfolio through strategic insight into proposed changes and the change management process.
• Evaluate and define criteria on quality and completeness of ECR documentation prior to customer communication.
• Serve as key interface between change representatives and Customer Team Project Managers (PJMs).
• Organize communication to affected PJMs and distribute documents for customer communication.
• Coordinate documentation of customer requirements and provide to the change representative.
• Support Customer Teams with internal ECR Kick-Off Meetings while ensuring adherence to ECM guidelines.
• Increase ECM transparency by maintaining a comprehensive change overview and reporting across the organization as needed.
• Quarterly review with Senior Leadership on ECM state across VM-NA, including KPI status.
• Define, support, and deploy ECM training across teams as necessary.
• Share best practices across products and regions to ensure lean and effective ECM within VM-NA.

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional work experience in the automotive industry (engineering, project management, or similar) with strong change management background.
• 2+ years of full product life cycle experience.

• Self-driven, high energy and proactive with strong motivational skills to lead teams toward a common goal.
• Ability to make independent decisions of a complex nature.
• Strong organizational skills with a process-driven mindset.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and building internal networks quickly.
• Strong VM product and product release process know-how from quotation to SOP.
• Change management experience from OEM and/or Bosch industrialization view.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, SAP ECM Future or similar change management software.

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen and background check.