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Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

• The program manager forms together with the Sales Manager and a Customer Solution Manager a customer empowered team. As a team we are accountable for a dedicated Automotive customer. In this case Stellantis.• Accountable for the operational implementation and maintenance of the End2End navigation solutions. This includes software and map deliveries, prioritisation and escalation management, resource and budget management. • Driver on the investment scope (CAPEX/OPEX) and approval by… Show more • The program manager forms together with the Sales Manager and a Customer Solution Manager a customer empowered team. As a team we are accountable for a dedicated Automotive customer. In this case Stellantis.• Accountable for the operational implementation and maintenance of the End2End navigation solutions. This includes software and map deliveries, prioritisation and escalation management, resource and budget management. • Driver on the investment scope (CAPEX/OPEX) and approval by management on new opportunities and change requests. • The size of the different projects relates to a total yearly volume of more than 3 million cars and a revenue of 100+ Mio €.• Managing a team of Project Managers and Resident Engineers that are the link between the customer and internal units.• Stakeholders: Automotive Customers or Map Compilers, Business Unit Automotive Sales, Product Management and different Production Units. Show less

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Customer focussed liaison between Production Unit Maps and Business Units Automotive and Enterprise.• Accountable for all customer specific map topics in Production Unit Maps: new opportunities, change requests, map deliverables, prioritization, escalations and reporting. • Influencer of the roadmap owned by Product Managers for new features, content and for maintenance activities based on customer priorities.• Contributor to priority setting of the annual budget of 100 Mio € for… Show more • Customer focussed liaison between Production Unit Maps and Business Units Automotive and Enterprise.• Accountable for all customer specific map topics in Production Unit Maps: new opportunities, change requests, map deliverables, prioritization, escalations and reporting. • Influencer of the roadmap owned by Product Managers for new features, content and for maintenance activities based on customer priorities.• Contributor to priority setting of the annual budget of 100 Mio € for the Production Unit Maps. Presenting of business cases with value up to 10 Mio € for investments to management.• Manage with a team of 3 managers. • Stakeholders: Business Unit Automotive Sales and Product Management, different Production Units within TomTom and to a limited extent directly to Automotive, Enterprise customers and map compilers. Show less

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Corporate portfolio management for Production Unit Maps.• Design and implement the operational plan and resource plan process. Steer priority setting of the annual budget of 120 Mio €.• Project lead of the restructuring of the Production Unit Maps. Liaison between consultants, Maps Leadership team, HR and Legal. • Project lead of a corporate confidential project: agreement of the scope, execution and status reporting to the steerco.• Process owner of the commitment management… Show more • Corporate portfolio management for Production Unit Maps.• Design and implement the operational plan and resource plan process. Steer priority setting of the annual budget of 120 Mio €.• Project lead of the restructuring of the Production Unit Maps. Liaison between consultants, Maps Leadership team, HR and Legal. • Project lead of a corporate confidential project: agreement of the scope, execution and status reporting to the steerco.• Process owner of the commitment management process for Product Managers and Project Managers.• Process owner of the project management framework based in different project management methodologies (PMI and Prince 2).• Set up a number of KPI’s on process rigor and realizations, follow up and steer towards corrective actions. • Stakeholders: Production Unit Maps leadership, Product Managers and Project Managers. Show less

Gent Area, Belgium

• Steer the project portfolio for Expansion Markets with focus on content and coverage extensions and quality improvements. • Increasing Project Management maturity level in these regions.

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

- One of the main contributors on the project management framework for the Content Operations. Design and implement a capacity planning and project reporting mechanism. Follow up and support the project managers globally for all aspects related to the project management framework. - Design the quality reporting strategy of the databases globally. Develop and implement the processes for quality measurement and estimations. Steer the quality measurement and reporting globally. - Steer the… Show more - One of the main contributors on the project management framework for the Content Operations. Design and implement a capacity planning and project reporting mechanism. Follow up and support the project managers globally for all aspects related to the project management framework. - Design the quality reporting strategy of the databases globally. Develop and implement the processes for quality measurement and estimations. Steer the quality measurement and reporting globally. - Steer the SEA project portfolio in order to realise the committed scope of business requirements on time, in line with the quality requirements and the planned cost. Support project managers on risk projects and risk management. - Plan the EMEA and America’s project portfolio for production units and sourcing areas and ensure that the project portfolio is realised in line with the requirements of program and product management. Total annual value of 30 million €. Show less