Project Manager

Project Manager - Manufacturing Innovation

Availability: Full time

Location: Pune, India

Experience: 5+ years in project management experience preferred

About TVARIT

TVARIT GmbH specializes in developing and delivering cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the metal industry, including steel, aluminum, copper, cast iron, and more. Our software products empower customers to make intelligent, data-driven decisions, driving advancements in Predictive Quality (PsQ), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and Energy Consumption Reduction (PsE).

With a strong portfolio of renowned reference customers, state-of-the-art technology, a talented research team from prestigious universities, and recognition through esteemed awards such as the EU Horizon 2020 AI Prize, TVARIT is recognized as one of the most innovative AI companies in Germany and Europe.

About the Role

We are looking for a Project Manager to drive zero waste manufacturing innovations at our customers’ manufacturing plants. We are looking for a self-motivated person with a positive "can-do" attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills in English. As a project manager, you will play a key role in the implementation of our AI projects.

Key Work Responsibilities

• Develop tailor-made change management strategies within the framework of digital transformation projects for Manufacturing Shopfloor.
• Assist project management division to build project management processes & templates.
• Set up detailed project planning and milestone tracking relating to Industry 4.0 implementations.
• Assessment of AI-Readiness of plants covering the topics of Sensors, PLCs, Traceability, Edge Devices, and Cloud Connectivity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from customer plants to develop project scope, deliverables, goals, blockers, resources needed, etc.
• Conduct interviews and workshops as part of change management for the adoption of our AI products at customers’ plants.
• Lead customer meetings, manage expectations and build close relationships with customers to acquire their requirements.
• Manage interface among customers, external vendors, sales, product, and tech team to deliver projects successfully.
• Ensure continuous learning with respect to manufacturing innovation trends.

Educations & Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or an equivalent engineering discipline. Candidates from premier engineering institutes such as IITs, IIITs, NITs, or BITS are preferred.
• Experience in the manufacturing or metal processing industry is a plus.
• Experience in Industry 4.0 projects, especially in shopfloor digitalisation, IIoT implementation, and automation for manufacturing, is essential.

Skills Required

• Strong project management skills from initiation to closure (scoping, structuring, work planning, status reporting tools, mgmt. updates)
• You are enthusiastic about digitisation in production, e.g. for Industry 4.0, IIoT, MES, KI, predictive maintenance, and prescriptive quality use cases.
• Excellent presentation and communication (verbal and written in English and German) skills
• Ability to cope with ambiguity, especially in the project context
• Analytical mindset, innovative thinker, and collaborator
• Ability to mediate and bring cross-functional stakeholders with different objectives to agree on a consensus
• High degree of self-management and drive
• Strong customer orientation, ability to work in a team, flexibility, and willingness to travel are required. Preferred Skills

We Offer

• Culture of innovation, creativity, learning, and even failure, we believe in bringing the best in you.
• Progressive leave policy for effective work-life balance.
• Get mentored by highly qualified internal resource groups and opportunity to avail industry-driven mentoring program, as we believe in empowering people.
• Multicultural peer groups and supportive workplace policies.