Project Manager - Product Improvements
Sonova Group
Who we are
You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.
We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.
If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.
Join Sonova. Create sense.
Alicante, Spain
Project Manager - Product Improvements
The Project Manager – Product Improvements is responsible for optimizing and ensuring the quality, delivery readiness and costs of the products at the different Sonova production sites.
Your tasks:
- Responsible for the qualification of components of already launched products for purposes such as second source or supplier PCN with focus on plastic parts and electrical components
- Lead, manage and support product improvement and product change projects according to our post launch engineering processes. Release products after changes
- Support development and continuous improvement of PCN and PLE processes
- Responsibility for timely deployment of the respective product change and product improvement actions to avoid negative impact on manufacturing and product supply chain
- Execute and document product changes according to Change Control process
- Lead projects to optimize manufacturing quality, cost, delivery and yield in the production of hearing aids and accessories through continuous improvement of procedures, manufacturing processes and products
- Implementation of the planned measures and changes, taking into account the entire supply chain (inventory, logistics flow, etc.)
Your profile:
- Degree in Materials Science, (Micro-)Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- Project management experience
- 3+ years of experience in electronics manufacturing, preferably in the medical device industry
- Familiar with lean and change management, and working with international production sites (VN/CN/MX)
- Strong initiative, problem-solving mindset, and structured working style
- High resilience, adaptability, and motivation
- Analytical, conceptual thinker with practical creativity
- Excellent teamwork, communication, and intercultural skills
- Proficiency in electronics development/manufacturing, supply chain, and production processes
- Proficient in MS Office 365, SAP, and MS Teams
- Fluent in English
We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more – including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, an excellent range of foods, sports and cultural facilities, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles.
Iris Van Aert, Talent Acquisition Manager, is looking forward to receiving your complete application via our online job application platform.
For this vacancy only direct applications in English will be considered.
Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.
We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.
