Assignment manager Green arrow, R&D Industrial Operation Asia

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.Do you have a background in automotive R&D, have good people skills, and love problem-solving? Then I suggest you spend some time reading through this ad!

Scania is building a new factory and R&D organisation in China to increase capacity and move development closer to the Chinese customer. If you would like to be part of building something new, like to connect the dots, and want to work in a high-paced environment then you will really enjoy this journey.

We are currently in the starting blocks of building a support organisation for the Chinese test vehicles in Södertälje and now we need a skilled Assigment Manager (green arrow) to lead the work for solving and learning from the problems that arise during vehicle testing.

Role description
In this role, you will work with reactive and proactive problem management by analyzing incident trends, identifying repeat incidents, prioritizing and suggesting where problem-solving efforts are required, and taking measures to find solutions. You will work closely with the responsible R&D work streams, identifying needed knowledge and skills, and lead your cross-functional team through the problem-solving phase to resolve the immediate impact as well as being part of the long-term solution.

You are responsible for keeping an overview of all incidents, updating the status, and keeping the affected stakeholder informed of progress, as well as continuously communicating any findings to the responsible engineers.

Your profile
We are looking for a technically skilled person to lead and motivate a team through complex and time-critical problem-solving activities. As a person, you are service-minded and naturally solution-oriented.

To succeed in the role you are a critical-thinking person with good root-cause-analysis skills. You have the ability to be able to step back, look at a problem logically, apply your own experience, and know whom to engage to resolve the issue.

You have an engineering degree and have a minimum 3 years of experience from the automotive industry within at least one of the following areas:


• Full vehicle testing
• Control system or software development
• Design engineering
• Assignment Management

We believe that you are used to working and delivering on high expectations. You have clear communication skills and communicate fluently in English. Swedish and Chinese language is meriting.

Our offer 
We offer a position within a high-performing team, committed to continuously evolving, with the common goal of keeping uptime and ensuring the learning loops from our test vehicles. In a high pace environment, you will be part of creating the future of Hero. It will be challenging, exciting, and an opportunity to develop. You will develop a broad network and the job will entail business trips. Consider it your dream job!

More information
For more information about the role contact Sandra Söderstedt, R&D Industrial Operations Asia, sandra.soderstedt@scania.com.

Application
Your application shall include your CV, personal letter, and copies of your certificates. Scania is using tests as a part of the recruitment process and interviews will be held during the application period. Please apply via JobSearch /scania.com as soon as possible, but no later than February 19th, 2023.

JobID: 20227701

Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.