Leading local projects including responsibility for deadlines, costs, quality and other project-specific aspects within a defined framework Controlling and monitoring cost development (actual vs. planned costs), e.g. with regard to tools, machines, production and purchased parts, R D costs Coordinating customer communications including project-related documents in coordination with the project team Issuing KPI reports Reporting the project status to the disciplinary and functional Manager Defining deadlines at plant level in coordination with the project team Monitoring and documenting the project progress based on the milestone schedule (APQP) Planning and coordinating project-specific customer audits in the plant in the relevant project phases in coordination with the respective departments Conducting ""lessons learned"" and participating in the continuous improvement of project processes Assuming escalation responsibility according to the defined escalation process Controlling the change management process within the project team Other duties, as assigned