About TecAlliance
We are TecAlliance — founded by more than 30 automotive aftermarket companies as a neutral Data-as-a-Service market connector, serving as the neutral data terrain that interconnects them. With over 1,000 employees worldwide and customers in 140 countries, we enable the market — we never compete with it.
Are you passionate about planning, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration? As a Project Engineer (m/f/d), you will take ownership of end-to-end production planning within our Data Factory and play a key role in establishing efficient planning processes, standards, and tools. Working closely with Requirement Engineering and Production, you will ensure transparency, predictability, and operational excellence across our data production landscape.
You will be part of our Global IM Data Service Area, collaborating closely with our Production Planner and Requirement Engineers supporting our TecDoc and TecRMI systems. This role offers the opportunity to shape and continuously improve centralized production planning in an international and data-driven environment. This is a full-time position with a workload of 40 hours per week.
Your Responsibilities
•Take end-to-end responsibility for production planning within our Data Factory, including centralized planning and forecasting activities.
•Act as the key interface between Requirement Engineering and Production to ensure efficient planning and execution of the production program.
•Plan, manage, and optimize production capacity pools while monitoring progress, priorities, and delivery performance.
•Collect, analyze, and refine requirements to ensure they are clearly defined and ready for production execution.
•Support the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a new production planning tool.
•Define production planning methodologies, establish documentation standards, and implement KPI-based planning and reporting.
•Ensure transparency regarding resource utilization, production status, and delivery commitments.
•Drive continuous improvement initiatives across all involved cross-functional teams and processes.
•Contribute to the development of a scalable and sustainable production planning framework.
Your Qualifications
•Completed vocational training or a degree in a commercial, technical, or comparable field.
•+3 years of professional experience in a similar role, preferably within a data, IT, or technology-driven environment.
•Proven experience in planning, coordination, and controlling activities.
•Strong project management experience and the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
•Excellent communication skills and a confident, professional demeanor.
•Production Management Certification is an advantage.
•Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
•Fluent in English; German language skills are helpful.
What We Offer
•The opportunity to shape and establish centralized production planning within a global Data Factory organization.
•A collaborative and international work environment within our Global IM Data Service Area.
•Close cooperation with experienced Production Planners and Requirement Engineers supporting market-leading TecDoc and TecRMI solutions.
•High ownership, visibility, and impact on strategic operational processes.
•Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
•Flexible working arrangements and an attractive benefits package.
Benefits
•The role is permanent, starting with a 1-year contract and a 1-month probation, continuing indefinitely after a successful performance review.
•Contract title: your position is part of the job profile "Project Engineer (m/f/d)". Generic job profiles compare groups of employees with similar tasks that are part of the same area of responsibility/team.
•Compensation package: 97% fixed base salary paid monthly, with a 3% performance-based bonus paid annually, dependent on company performance.
•For those working hybrid or remote, a compensation of €2.45 per home-office-day.
•Travel expenditure reimbursement for those working in hybrid mode: €0.25 per KM of commuting.
•Travel policy allows for expense reimbursement for business travel.
•Company pension plan.
•Bike leasing.
•Group accident & health insurance.
•Discounts on the corporate benefits program with a broad range of partners.
Location-independency / flexibility
•Hybrid Remote: primarily hybrid with office attendance, but remote work possible from anywhere within the country if living further from the office; regular on-site team events, with the option to work at the Heerlen site.
•Structured Onboarding: individual onboarding plan, multiple onboarding days at the start, and e-learning, training, and documentation resources besides the team.
•Set-up: notebook, headset and mouse provided, other equipment upon request/need.
•Vacation: 30 days a year.
•Flexible working hours: you decide where and when you work.
Culture
•Values ownership, cooperation, entrepreneurial thinking, and self-reflection to communicate effectively as ONE team.
•Team culture is key: regular team events and celebrations.
•Casual dress code.
•Contribution matters: shape the value-driven culture and agile transformation together with colleagues.
Please note: TecAlliance can only consider candidates for employment who are legally authorized to work in a country listed in the job posting, where TecAlliance has an established legal entity and payroll system. Candidates who require relocation, visa support, or are located outside of that country cannot currently be hired. Applicants holding a work permit and willing to move to the country, or already living there, may apply. Work must be performed from within the country applied for (here, the Netherlands); working from abroad is not possible.
