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  • Arethia

    Indre-et-Loire


    • Role description

    As Senior Project Manager, you will join our central Project Management team in Reinbek, which leads the company's large and complex cross-functional projects and sets the standards for how projects are run across all of arethia's global locations. Join us during a pivotal growth phase and help create the foundations of a team that will drive meaningful transformation across the organisation.

    You will independently lead complex projects with senior stakeholders across departments, and you will be the person we turn to when a project has drifted off course and needs to be brought back on track. 

    This is a delivery role first, and it is also a chance to shape how project management works in a growing, international company: you will contribute to our standards and methods, support colleagues who run their own projects and help build a project management community across our sites. As the team grows, so does the scope of what you can take on.


    Your Mission

    • Project Leadership – Lead large, cross-functional projects independently from initiation to closure, including planning, governance, steering committees and stakeholder management.
    • Problem Solving - Facilitate and actively participate in problem-solving sessions to drive project success 
    • Project Recovery – Take over projects that have drifted off course or lost their lead, diagnose what went wrong and re-establish structure as interim or permanent lead.
    • Stakeholder Management – Navigate demanding situations with senior leadership and across departments and prepare well-founded decisions for steering committees.
    • Quality and Coaching – Support department-led projects as quality assurance and sparring partner and coach project managers on their deliverables.
    • Standards and Methods – Contribute to our project management standards, templates and training formats, and turn project experience into reusable methods.

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
    • Several years of experience independently leading complex, cross-functional projects with full ownership from initiation to closure.
    • Experience working with senior stakeholders and navigating conflicting interests across departments.
    • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
    • Experience taking over or stabilising projects already in progress.
    • Ability to work independently, propose solutions and make decisions within your remit.
    • Business-level communication skills in German and English (C1).
    • Experience in applying common project management tools, e.g. for task and milestone tracking.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience with an ERP or comparable large-scale system implementation.
    • IPMA Level C or equivalent. A higher level is a plus.
    • Experience in a manufacturing or regulated production environment.
    • Experience developing project management standards, templates or training formats.
    • Experience with Jira and Confluence.
    • Experience working in an international, multi-site organisation.

    Why you'll love working here

    • Attraktive Aufgaben in einem international agierenden, wachsenden Familienunternehmen mit flachen Hierarchien
    • Flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice-Möglichkeiten 
    • 4 Wochen Remote Work aus dem EU Ausland
    • 30 Tage bezahlter Urlaub pro Jahr
    • Gehaltsbänder für eine gerechte Unternehmenskultur
    • Monatlicher Zuschuss von 50€ für deine BAV
    • Teilnahme an jährlichen 360° Feedback-Loops mit klaren Aufstiegskriterien und einem individuellen Karrierepfad
    • Verantwortung ab dem ersten Tag in einem Unternehmen, das Eigenverantwortung und persönliches Wachstum fördert
    • Im Bedarfsfall können Umzugskosten anteilig erstattet werden
    • Regelmäßige Firmenevents wie Sommerfest, Weihnachtsfeier
    • Zwei Mal im Jahr bezahlte Teamdinner oder -aktivitäten für jedes Team
    • Kostenloser Parkplatz direkt vor der Tür
    • Vergünstigungen und Benefits: JobRad, subventioniertes Mittagessen, Zuschuss zum Deutschlandticket, kostenlose Sprachkurse, sowie attraktive Konditionen für Mitgliedschaften in Fitnessstudios und dem Wellpass
    • Frisches Obst, kostenlose Getränke und Snacks im Büro

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