**Company Description**
**_
Shaping the Future of Automotive Engineering_**
Applus+ IDIADA is a global leader in automotive engineering, offering a dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for professionals passionate about shaping the future of mobility. As a TOP Employer certified company with over 3500 professionals from more than 25 countries, we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters innovation and growth with colleagues from over 55 nationalities contributing to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable vehicles.
**Why join us?**
Enjoy a highly adaptable hybrid work model in a company that takes care of the employees’ wellbeing, offering work-life balance benefits such as subsidized canteen, free language courses, transport and coaching services.
Join a company that has a deep commitment to sustainability and push yourself to reach your full potential in a dynamic and challenging setting that values innovation and expertise.
**_ Come & join us on the road to success._**
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The company is looking for an experienced Durability Manager to join our team in Puebla, Mexico.
**Main duties**:
Main tasks related to the Management of DUR department in IDIADA MX Office:
- ** General management**
- Take responsibility over all the activities (technical and non-technical) performed by DUR team
- Keep constant communication paths between Mexico and HQ to discuss BOs, quotations and projects
- Periodically report department status to the US director in USA and to the Head of Durability in HQ
- ** Business development**
- Perform commercial actions
- Cooperate with KAMs to detect BOs
- Visit customers
- Attend customer workshops and sales meetings
- Prepare commercial materials (presentations, leaflets, videos,)
- Generate development plans for short, mid and long-term scenarios




- Analysis of product portfolio; strengths and weaknesses
- Forecast future needs
- Perform analysis of investments for new equipment/facilities
- Expand suppliers’ network and forge cooperation
- ** Intelligence**
- Analysis of the market trends
- Monitor competitors in Mexico: capabilities, prices,
- Attend congresses and fairs
- ** Financial management**
- Issue monthly shipments
- Monitor department expenses, profit and margin
- Scale down to project figures to understand results
- Follow up WIP and DSO figures
- Manage invoices, payments and overdues
- Provide financial figures and forecasts to the US director and to the Head of Durability in HQ
- ** HHRR**
- Develop team technical capability
- Empower employees to grow within the department/company
- Motivate the team to achieve job satisfaction and commitment.
- Define training plans for the employees
- Analyze and forecast manpower future needs
- Manage new employees’ requests defining main duties and requirements
- ** OHS**
- Make sure all employees are properly trained to understand the risks of the activities they are performing
- Make sure all employees are following all IDIADA internal rules for OHS
- Provide the team will all necessary equipment to perform the requested activities
- ** Quality**
- Guarantee all activities are performed according to quality standard defined by the company
- Monitor quality indexes (KPI), customer surveys and complaints




- Manage non-conformities
- Raise and manage Improvement Opportunities
- ** Innovation**
- Think out of the box to provide innovative solutions to our customers
- Create IDEADAS for innovative products to be developed
- Forge relationships with institutes and universities
- ** Project management**
- Prepare quotations forecasting revenue, cost, profit and margin for the project
- Handle the quotation process and acceptance process through DIANA
- Manage the project through PAMPOL
- Periodically monitor the project figures to understand deviations
**Qualifications** Specific requirements**
- More than 10 years of experience on DUR testing and development
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering
- Previous experience in complete development projects for OEM’s is an asset
- Strong knowledge on testing validation activities and execution
- High technical Durability background
- Knowledge on charging systems & in New Energy Vehicles is an asset
- Strong experience with test equipment/data logging, ETAS INCA, IPETRONIK
**General requirements**
- Leadership, proactiveness, and client orientation
- Previous experience living and working abroad is recommended
- With demonstrated adaptability to new environments and capability to properly manage cultural difference
- Prepared to work in a dynamic, international and multicultural environment.
- With skills for taking independent initiative and exhibiting creative problem-solving
- Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible way
- Previous experience managing technically-advanced requests from customers
- With a high sense of responsibility and risk management
- With eagerness to learn while training other employees from the

📌 Durability Manager - Business Unit Mexico (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza)
🏢 Applus IDIADA
📍 Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza