Job Details

Position: Digitalization & Vehicle Project Specialist

Location: Hybrid: 3 days onsite: 1400 Hwy 101 South, Greer, SC 29651

Duration: 11-12+ months contract with possibility of extension

Shift timing: Monday- Friday: 8 AM- 5 PM (8 hrs/day & 40 hrs/week)

Pay Rate: $48.5/hr on W2

JOB ID- 5269

I. Position Purpose/Scope : What are the key objectives of the position?

Supports digitalization and innovation strategies within the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas through collaboration with stakeholders, process partners. Responsible for the development of specific digitalization projects which support the overall strategy. Supports the industrialization of new vehicle project launches through implementation of supplier quality improvement initiatives. Identifies, evaluates, implements and manages communication initiatives and events for the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas.

II. Position Responsibilities/Accountabilities : List the major duties/accountabilities to achieve the positions key objectives.

• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify, plan, implement and manage digitalization projects to meet strategic needs of the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas.
• This includes coding and development of these digitalization projects.
• Serves as the point of contact for technical inquiries, managing change management initiatives for the purpose of increased efficiency and reduced need for external service contracts and/or licenses.
• Serves as the point of contact for small to medium sized projects, conducts status meetings, and effectively drives projects to completion.
• Communicates and represents the department with requests, testing and deployment.
• Leads internal/external benchmarking activities for new technologies based on industry, internal and BMW Group entity standards and innovations.
• Creates, modifies and maintains process instructions and delivers education on new technologies for applicable systems and IT tools when needed especially as new projects are developed.
• Supports the new vehicle project launches during the initialization phase.

II. Position Responsibilities/Accountabilities : List the major duties/accountabilities to achieve the positions key objectives.

• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify, plan, implement and manage digitalization projects to meet strategic needs of the Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas.
• This includes coding and development of these digitalization projects.
• Serves as the point of contact for technical inquiries, managing change management initiatives for the purpose of increased efficiency and reduced need for external service contracts and/or licenses.
• Serves as the point of contact for small to medium sized projects, conducts status meetings, and effectively drives projects to completion.
• Communicates and represents the department with requests, testing and deployment.
• Leads internal/external benchmarking activities for new technologies based on industry, internal and BMW Group entity standards and innovations.
• Creates, modifies and maintains process instructions and delivers education on new technologies for applicable systems and IT tools when needed especially as new projects are developed.
• Supports the new vehicle project launches during the initialization phase.
• Collaborates within cross-functional teams to ensure that project expectations are aligned and visible for discussion.
• Provides transparency for multi-project landscape affecting operations and identifies opportunities for quality improvement initiatives.
• Plans, develops and leads the implementation of identified initiatives.
• Develops and implements communication initiatives and events for the Purchasing and Supplier
• Network Americas with detailed content as appropriate for the intended audience.
• Supports shaping the divisions communications both internally and externally.
• Creates a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed including effectively allocating resources to successfully complete assigned projects.
• Prepares, consolidates, and edits relevant and sometimes complex communications of the
• Americas, including Mexico and Brazil to create a marketable storyline for events (i.e.:
• Employee Meetings, Supplier Forums, Project Events, Senior Management Meetings).
• Adheres to 5S and Safety Standards and Principles.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Knowledge/Skills:

• 3+ years of knowledge of information system concepts and technologies.
• 3+ years of written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• 3+ years of ability to interface with the business to meet requirements and targets.
• 3+ years of managing and working with data management and analysis, including understanding of various data structures and common methods in data transformation, data validation and visualization.
• 3+ years of experience with data visualization tools and report writing systems preferred.
• 3+ years of project management skills.
• 3+ years of analysis and communication of complex systems. 3+ years of analytical skills that allow for the development of data-driven reports.
• 3+ years ability to manage time and prioritize projects to meet deadlines, general project management experience.

Experience:

• 3+ years of related software operation/training experience which would include Office 365 Apps, MS Copilot skills.
• 3+ years of experience using PowerBI and/or MS Excel to create KPIs, scorecards, reports and dashboards.
• 3+ years of experience conceptualizing and implementing new tracking or reporting systems.
• 3+ years of experience with databases (e.g. Oracle, AWS) and coding languages (e.g. SQL, VBA, VS Code, Python).

Education:

• BA/BS Degree preferably in information technology, Business Administration, communication Science or related discipline, OR 3 years equivalent professional experience.