Project Manager (m/f) / Chef de Projet (h/f)

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Company : Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.

Location : Woippy

Start Date : 01/11/2026

Key Aera : Product Unit

Usines CLAAS France (UCF), which specialises in the design and production of round and square balers, was founded in 1958 by brothers Reinhold and Helmut Claas.

UCF, which encompasses departments such as Research and Development, Purchasing, Production, Logistics, Human Resources, Finance and Quality Assurance, ships its products all over the world.

Wherever you are in the world, if you see a CLAAS baler, you can be sure it comes from Metz!

For our Woippy site, where CLAAS balers are manufactured, we are currently looking for an Project Manager, reporting to the Senior Vice President Product Unit Baler.

Your role in our team:

  • Define and launch the project: analyze the project idea, draft the project brief, define the project management scope (tailoring) and the approval process, then run the kick-off meeting.

  • Build and lead the project team: appoint the sub-project managers in consultation with line managers, plan human and material resources, and lead team meetings.

  • Plan and steer project progress: consolidate the project plan (including sub-projects and work packages), monitor timelines and content, and prepare milestone releases in compliance with deliverables.

  • Manage change and risks: run target/actual comparisons, measure goal achievement, anticipate deviations, develop mitigation and alternative plans, and implement preventive and corrective measures.

  • Ensure governance and communication: inform and coordinate regularly with the sponsor, manage escalations, make the necessary decisions, and involve experts from the CLAAS Group in coordination with the specialist departments.

  • Ensure documentation and project closure: prepare regular status reports and the final project report, review and approve project documentation, demonstrate the achievement of project objectives (QCT), run a lessons-learned workshop, and hand over results and open points to follow-up projects or the line organization.

Your profile:

  • Academic Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Business Administration.
  • Beneficially minimum of 3 years working experience
  • Experience in project management of cross functional teams.
  • Hands on experience in MS Office and SAP.
  • Good communication skills / open-minded personality interested in acting in multi-cultural environment..
  • Experience in collaborating within matrix organisation under respect of functional guidance desirable.
  • Fluent in English and French, German is a plus.

Your application should be done in English

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Nous recherchons actuellement pour notre site de Woippy, site oĂč sont fabriquĂ©es les presses du groupe CLAAS, un(e) Chef(fe) de projet qui sera rattachĂ©(e) au Senior Vice President Product Unit Baler.

Votre rÎle dans notre équipe :

  • DĂ©finir et lancer le projet : analyser l’idĂ©e de projet, rĂ©diger le cahier des charges, dĂ©finir le pĂ©rimĂštre de gestion du projet et le processus de validation, puis animer la rĂ©union de lancement.

  • Constituer et diriger l’équipe projet : nommer les chefs de sous-projet en concertation avec les responsables hiĂ©rarchiques, planifier les ressources humaines et matĂ©rielles, et animer les rĂ©unions d’équipe.

  • Planifier et piloter l’avancement du projet : consolider le plan de projet, suivre les Ă©chĂ©ances et le contenu, et prĂ©parer les livraisons intermĂ©diaires conformĂ©ment aux livrables.

  • GĂ©rer le changement et les risques : mesurer les objectifs en comparaison avec les rĂ©sultats rĂ©els, anticiper les Ă©carts, Ă©laborer des plans alternatifs, et mettre en Ɠuvre des mesures prĂ©ventives et correctives.

  • Assurer la gouvernance et la communication : informer et assurer une coordination rĂ©guliĂšre avec le commanditaire, gĂ©rer les escalades, prendre les dĂ©cisions nĂ©cessaires et faire intervenir des experts du groupe CLAAS en coordination avec les services spĂ©cialisĂ©s.

  • Assurer la documentation et la clĂŽture du projet : prĂ©parer des rapports d’avancement rĂ©guliers et le rapport final du projet, examiner et approuver la documentation du projet, dĂ©montrer la rĂ©alisation des objectifs du projet (QCT), animer un atelier sur les enseignements tirĂ©s, et transmettre les rĂ©sultats et les points en suspens aux projets de suivi ou Ă  l’organisation hiĂ©rarchique.

Votre profil :

  • DiplĂŽme universitaire en gĂ©nie industriel, gĂ©nie mĂ©canique ou gestion d'entreprise.
  • ExpĂ©rience minimum de 3 ans
  • ExpĂ©rience en gestion de projets au sein d'Ă©quipes transversales.
  • MaĂźtrise pratique de MS Office et de SAP.
  • Bonnes compĂ©tences en communication / personnalitĂ© ouverte d'esprit, dĂ©sireuse d'Ă©voluer dans un environnement multiculturel.
  • Une expĂ©rience souhaitable de collaboration au sein d’une organisation matricielle, dans le respect des orientations fonctionnelles.
  • MaĂźtrise de l’anglais et du français ; la maĂźtrise de l’allemand est un atout.

Votre candidature doit ĂȘtre rĂ©digĂ©e en anglais.

We look forward to your application.

Your contact from our CLAAS Recruiting Team

Camille Finance

Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.

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