大众汽车集团是中国汽车产业历史最悠久、最成功的国际车企之一。集团与中国合作伙伴携手，为中国客户带来了便捷的个人移动出行。深耕中国四十余载，大众汽车集团及旗下品牌始终稳居时代前沿，助力中国汽车产业蓬勃发展。
大众汽车集团在华经营范围包括汽车整车、零部件、发动机以及变速箱的生产、销售与服务。集团旗下的大众汽车、奥迪、斯柯达、捷达、保时捷、宾利、兰博基尼、杜卡迪、曼恩和斯堪尼亚等品牌在中国各细分市场开展业务。
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如今，约有5000万中国客户驾驶大众汽车集团旗下品牌车型。这一客户群体规模稳居中国市场车企首位。
Design Vehicle Operations
Brief description of this position:
The Design Operations Specialist ensures the smooth execution of design processes across all functions. This role supports planning, tools, workflows, and milestones, enabling creative teams to deliver high-quality results efficiently and in line with corporate strategy.
Key tasks:
1.Coordinate cross-functional planning and milestone tracking within design: Support alignment of timing plans, project phases, and deliverables across all design subteams to ensure on-time execution and milestone adherence.
2.Maintain and develop design workflows and process frameworks: Standardize and improve operational procedures, ensuring seamless collaboration between creative, modeling, and engineering teams.
3.Support resource planning and team capacity overviews across projects:Monitor team allocations, identify resource bottlenecks, and help optimize workload distribution across ongoing and upcoming design activities.
4.Assist in budget tracking and investment planning for design operations: Track expenditures, prepare forecasts, and assist in aligning operational budgets with department goals and ongoing projects.
5.Drive the implementation of digital tools, platforms, and systems: Evaluate and deploy collaborative design tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, digital approval platforms) to streamline communication and feedback cycles.
6.Ensure operational compliance with VW processes and data security rules: Monitor adherence to internal regulations, support process audits, and act as a contact point for process compliance across the team.
7.Prepare executive documentation and reporting for design leadership: Support the creation of dashboards, project reports, and presentations to provide transparency and aid decision-making for design leaders.
8.Coordinate meetings, reviews, and design team routines efficiently: Organize and structure recurring events such as team weeklies, project reviews, and workshops, including logistics and content preparation.
9.Support onboarding and training for tools, processes, and new roles:F acilitate knowledge transfer and structured onboarding for new team members, ensuring alignment with tools, methods, and department routines.
10.Act as a link between Design, HR, Finance, and IT departments: Collaborate with internal support teams to maintain infrastructure, recruit new roles, handle access and tools, and secure smooth team operations.
Qualification and skills required for the position:
1.Degree in Design, Design Management, Business, or a related field.
2.Additonal boost: Understanding of automotive or creative design workflows and milestone planning (e.g. PEP). Intern experience in project coordination or operations in cross-functional teams. Fammiliar with collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Figma). Basic skills in resource planning and budget tracking.
3.Strong organizational and communication abilities.
4.Fluent in English and Mandarin, German is a plus.