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RESIDENT ENGINEER (M/F/D)

Peachtree, GAHybridFull TimePosted 10 days ago

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Required skills

  • automotive supplier
  • light technology
  • vehicle electronics
  • spare parts
  • workshop business
  • special vehicle manufacturers
  • customer support
  • product coordination
  • customer service
  • quality

Role summary

HELLA, operating under the FORVIA umbrella, is a publicly listed automotive supplier specializing in lighting technology and vehicle electronics. As a Resident Engineer in Northville, Michigan, this hybrid role focuses on providing optimal customer support through acquisition, product coordination, customer service, and quality assurance. Responsibilities include managing customer relationships, coordinating projects, controlling costs, analyzing market and competitive situations, and supporting quality initiatives. The role requires a graduate degree in Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering and involves building strong customer contacts and driving new business opportunities.

RESIDENT ENGINEER (M/F/D)

Standort Northville, USA

Pacesetting. Passionate. Together. HELLA ist ein börsennotierter, international aufgestellter Automobilzulieferer, der unter der Dachmarke FORVIA agiert. Innerhalb dieses faktischen Konzerns steht HELLA für leistungsstarke Lichttechnik sowie Fahrzeugelektronik. Zugleich deckt das Unternehmen mit seiner Business Group Lifecycle Solutions ein breites Service- und Produktportfolio für das Ersatzteil- und Werkstattgeschäft sowie für Hersteller von Spezialfahrzeugen ab. HELLA ist mit rund 36.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern an über 125 Standorten weltweit aktiv und hat im Geschäftsjahr 2021/2022 einen Umsatz in Höhe von 6,3 Milliarden Euro erzielt.

IHRE AUFGABEN

This is a hybrid position located in Northville, Michigan

Job Objective
To provide optimum customer support in terms of acquisition and product coordination, customer service, and quality.
Ensuring the achievement of deadlines, cost control, quotation preparation and securing optimum pricing.
To recognize market developments from customer and competitive points of view and make suggestions about the joint
definition of future technologies and necessary measures. Building up a good customer relationship and looking after
personal contacts at the customer whilst realizing personal and departmental targets / objectives.

1 Customer relations

Continually build and improve customer relationships through presentations and consultations of 
both a technical and commercial nature. Coordinate customer visits internally and externally, 
provide representation on site and support for strategically important issues. In so doing to 
maintain current business while obtaining new orders, thereby securing and improving 
turnover/yield.
2 Product planning/ updating and project coordination

To look after existing and development projects at the customers, and start/ stop developments on 
site in agreement with superiors. Process tasks set by the customers/Hella Companies and forward 
the tasks resulting from these to internal organizational units. Arrange for product-specific 
rationalization and value creation measures to be initiated. Process engineering change management 
requests by Hella or the customer during and after the project phase
in order to
be able to present and implement optimum technical solutions to the customer.

3 Project control
Push cost specifications at the customers in connection with cost lifetime and special production 
costs. Arrange for invoicing for samples / prototype series deliveries as well as for tool costs
in order to
guarantee adherence to the budgeted costs or even remain below them.

4 Competitive situations
To observe, analyze and report on the market situation, competitive activities, customer wishes, 
trends, benchmark components
in order to secure and extend optimum market shares in the long term

5 Quality
To support the respective departments within the company if serious problems occur during the 
course of series production, series processing, in the event of quality defects,
in order to avoid negative customer reaction with regard to future business.

6 Contacts
To build up and look after personal customer contacts,
in order to achieve the best possible customer contact network for the advancement of business opportunities.

7 Acquisition
To carry out acquisition activities according to "strategic selling" in early phases 
(design-finding phases) up until order placement, in order to win new orders.

8 Exhibition service
Participation in exhibitions (booth service) and support for internal


IHRE QUALIFIKATIONEN

Graduate in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering


Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit und entfalten Sie Ihr Potenzial in einem weltweiten Unternehmen, das Ihnen beste Voraussetzungen für Ihren persönlichen Karriereweg bietet.

Bitte senden Sie uns Ihre Bewerbung über unser Karriereportal mit Angabe Ihrer Gehaltsvorstellung und der Kennziffer req19062.

HELLA Automotive Sales, Inc., USA
Noel Vargas



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