Team Leader Exteriors Trim

Italdesign is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Team Leader to become part of the Ultra Limited Series body development team, with particular focus on BIW and Exteriors trim. She/he will be responsible for coordinating, managing and ensuring target achievement in the assigned competence field.

• Ensuring the integration and the required performances of the different vehicle systems, within the competence field
• Ensuring/monitoring the robustness of the Typical sections, base for the Design convergence phase
• Ensuring/monitoring the robustness of the Data released for tooling kick off and production (3D / 2D)
• Management/coordination of the work team, including cooperation with other departments, customers, engineering partners and product suppliers
• Ensure alignment on technical specifications between teamwork, departments and customer
• Defining/monitoring a time/budget planning and managing project workload
• Achievement of the project's technical objectives relevant for the competence field
• Management of "escalation" process on issues related to the competence field

Key Requirements

• Knowledge of body and trim development for production
• Knowledge of materials and production technology with particular attention to Composites and Aluminium
• Knowledge of tooling lead time
• Knowledge of main characteristic affecting target/performances
• Knowledge on how to deal and interpret Design model
• Ability to transform technical contents/targets into economic/geometric constraints into feasible process solutions
• Ability to organize/motivate a teamwork depending on needs and contingent situations
• Problem solving and ability to synthesize information
• Priority management, proactivity, flexibility, resilience
• Ability to manage component and system suppliers
• Decision making skills combined with an assertive and persuasive leadership style
• Ability to anticipate, manage critical situations and provide effective solutions

Preferential Requirements

• Technical drawing and modeling (CAD processes, basic knowledge of Catia 5 and data release systems)
• Quality standards, processes, dynamics according to customer (OEM) process and requirements
• Legislative/homologation/rating constraints
• Knowledge of component validation methods and procedures (e.g. testing specifications)
• Ability to transfer methodology and know how in her / his own project team and to the rest of the department team

Other Information

Education: Technical High School degree, Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Materials engineering or equivalent.

Language skills: Fluent Knowledge of written and spoken Italian and English are required. Knowledge of German would be appreciated.

Workplace: Moncalieri (TO) and availability to travel.

Benefits: Continuous training (technical, soft and languages skills), company canteen, health insurance, car leasing program, smart working, flexible benefits, good work-life balance.

Italdesign is committed to create an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer (L.903/77). We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, parental or social status.