Junior Project Manager | Automotive

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

YOUR ROLE

As a Junior Project Manager, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering improvement projects across an international automotive environment, working alongside strategic alliance partners and key stakeholders across the automotive industry.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Leading and coordinating improvement projects, taking full ownership from initiation through to completion, ensuring milestones, risks and deliverables are clearly defined and tracked.
• Acting as a central point of contact between internal departments and external partners, organising and facilitating follow-up meetings that drive actions forward and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Conducting benchmarking activities to identify best practices and improvement opportunities, supporting operational excellence and continuous improvement programs across the organisation.
• Collaborating with alliance partners to identify opportunities for cost reduction and CO₂ emission improvements, including supporting discussions and negotiations with insurance companies on vehicle premiums and ratings.

YOUR PROFILE

• At least 2 years of professional experience in Project Management or Project Coordination, with a proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities simultaneously in a structured and organised way.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience organising meetings, driving actions to completion, and building effective relationships across different business functions and cultures.
• A proactive, hands-on mindset - you are a self-starter who is comfortable working independently in an international and multicultural environment, with a willingness to learn and grow.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential; experience or affinity with the automotive sector, value chain, supply chain, or operational excellence activities is a strong advantage.
• An analytical and problem-solving approach, with the ability to assess complex cost and performance data and translate findings into actionable project recommendations.

What you'll love about wo rking here:

• At Capgemini Belgium we offer flexibility in more than one way: next to our hybrid way of working, where we offer you can work 70% from home, we also offer our flex abroad program. With this program you can work up to 45 days abroad, this to maintain a good work-life balance.
• Our mission is your career path. Our array of career growth programs and diverse professions are crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
• OUTfront, Women@Capgemini or CapAbilityare 3 examples of employee led networks dedicated to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within workplace and society.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.