Senior Technical Project Manager to Husqvarna Group

Husqvarna Group is a world-leading producer of outdoor power products for garden, park and forest care. Products include chainsaws, trimmers, robotic lawn mowers and ride-on lawn mowers. The Group is also the European leader in garden watering products and a world leader in cutting equipment and diamond tools for the construction and stone industries. The Group’s products and solutions are sold under the main brands Husqvarna Gardena that serves professionals in more than 140 countries. Net sales in 2020 amounted to SEK 42 billion and the Group has more than 12,000 employees in 40 countries.

We are now recruiting the next Technical Project Manager to Husqvarna Groups Battery Competence Center. If you want to work in a technical and global environment, managing complexed projects, this might the opportunity you are looking for!

Working in an international team of project managers, you will be an important part of Husqvarnas electrification journey and take forest-, park- and garden equipment into the future. This vacant role is about being in the absolute center of electrification as the leader of battery projects with high complexity.  Employment is with Husqvarna AB and will be positioned in Huskvarna/Jönköping, Sweden. Selection will be on an ongoing basis, so don´t hesitate with your application!

About the team
The Husqvarna Battery Competence Center (BCC) is a battery development expert team serving the Husqvarna Group with battery and charger solutions. The team is located in four sites, both in Germany and Sweden, making the team international.
With a diverse configuration of roles in the BCC team, an innovative and dynamic atmosphere is created. Some roles needed in projects are outside the BCC core team which requires maintaining a good stakeholder network in the organization.
This is also a great opportunity to learn all aspects of battery design and deployment and to influence how the BCC operates, both internally and externally.

Tasks and responsibilities
As a Technical Project Manager BCC be fully responsible for assuring the success of Husqvarna Groups battery development projects. This is a high-profile role with an immediate impact on the launches of our product and services. In order to be successful you need to master managing complexed projects and a different set of  knowledge areas. Focus will shift between different functions and levels of detail throughout the project, always providing excellent leadership of the team. 

More specific tasks will be; plan and lead high-level activities throughout the projects from initiation to closure, report status to  steering committes and senior management, stakeholder management, communication in all directions, manage solutions to deviations of scope together with your team. This is a complex and challaging position and as support in your projects you will have team of engineers (HW, SW, Mechatronic) lead by an engineering lead. 

The Project Manager will report to BCC Project and Portfolio Manager who in turn is reporting to the head of BCC.

Skills
  BSc in relevant area, project management certifications is advantageous
You have at least 7 years of relevant experience from all project phases including managing teams, planning, budgeting, financial follow-up, risk management etc.
You have solid experience of managing cross functional and distributed projects, within battery/electronics development, with a proven strong track record.
English fluency in both writing and speaking is a must, speaking/reading Swedish or German is an advantage.
You are expected to travel to other Husqvarna and BCC sites and to suppliers.
This is a role that requires physical presence in the offices of the BCC but most routine work can be done off-site.

Personality Skills You are a highly experienced and driven problem solver who always looks for solutions with a positive approach.
You are analytical and can boil down complex issues to the essentials
You are well organized, thorough and reliable with the ability to regularly shift focus from a detailed level to high level perspective.
Excellent in communication skills and stakeholder management
Excellent in structuring the work and understanding the benefit of information accuracy
You are a person with a prestige-less approach and that you can self-manage and show curiosity for your colleague’s work. Beeing a part of BCC, a technical special task force, with the aim of creating smart battery solutions for Husqvarnas electrification journey meansthat you need to be flexible when it comes to helping others even outside your work description and you can expect to have the same support. Possessing an ability to empathize the situation of the colleagues in your team and the organizations we serve is essential. These values are of high importance for the operation and culture- they enable us to have fun at work even when the going gets tough. Through your leadership, those values will be preserved even when you need to ask the team to step up and deliver beyond exceptionalism.


This recruitment is conducted by OnePartnerGroup, therefore all initial contact is with them. For questions regarding the process please contact recruitment consultant Marcus Rosenblom at marcus.rosenblom@onepartnergroup.se

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