New Energy Vehicle

**New Energy Vehicle & Digital Product Specialist **required for a large manufacturing company based in **Sandton, Eastern Cape**

• *Duties & Responsibilities**:
• Plan, lead and organise cross-divisional and cross-departmental teams to ensure the successful project implementation of projects related to new energy vehicles and digital products
• Contributes towards strategic development of new product offerings and product digitalization
• Manage projects to ensure customer requirements are met while being economically viable
• Manage projects to achieve deadline while managing agile work processes
• Engage with international forums to ensure releases and on time project achievement
• Consistently evaluates and improves the sales and marketing customer journey
• Takes ownership of the performance and analytics of the Volkswagen vehicle apps; We Connect Go, We Connect etc.
• Leads projects to implement online services offered by the organization that enhance the Brand experience e.g. mobility apps, utility tools such as WePark etc.
• Supports and implements e-Commerce strategies for online services offered within the connected car eco-system e.g. functions on demand, electric charging payments etc.
• Prepare business cases with cross-departmental and cross-divisional departments for local and international forums
• Develops communication and change management plans to instil adoption and handovers of projects to relevant departments
• *Education and Experience**:
• A formal 3-year National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/ Business Management/ Marketing from a recognised tertiary institution
• Project Management certification and experience of project management from start to implementation
• Minimum 5 years Product Planning experience in the Automotive Industry (preferably)
• *Essential Skills & Attributes**:
• Excellent understanding of the changing automotive and competitor environment in SA and SSA
• Experience with product management strategies, process and project implementation
• Experience with development of digital eco-systems
• Experience in leading cross-divisional teams
• Experience in automotive process and systems would be advantageous
• Understanding of product marketing core processes
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with an excellent command of the English language
• Ability to develop implementation/ project plans for EV and Digital products
• Ability to present strategic concepts in a clear and concise way
• Data analysis
• Ability to build strong business relationships
• Results driven
• Ability to operate in a high performance team
• Budget management and an understanding of fundamental financial principles
• Computer literacy