Evoca Group is a world-leading producer of professional coffee and vending machines for out-of-home consumption, anchored in more than 90 years of coffee and vending heritage. Together, our broad portfolio of brands offers a complete range of products to bring great coffee and vending products to our ~10,000 customers - serving consumers across hotels, restaurants, office buildings, public spaces, and more.

We are looking for a Product Development Project Manager to join our Project Management and Value Engineering team.

Objective of the position is to lead cross-functional product development and strategic product initiatives, ensuring clear requirements, realistic plans, timely decisions and delivery against product performance, cost, quality and time-to-market targets.

The role will work closely with Product Management, R&D;, Operations, Procurement, Quality, After Sales and Value Engineering, supporting both the evolution of our current product portfolio and the development of new product families.

Your responsibilities will be:

- Lead product development projects from concept definition through design, validation, industrialisation, launch and post-launch.
- Build and manage the project plan, coordinating activities, resources, milestones and interdependencies across the different functions.
- Work with Product Management and R&D; to ensure that product requirements are sufficiently complete, measurable and technically feasible before development commitments are made.
- Monitor project deliverables, investment, risks and key decisions, identifying gaps and conflicting priorities early and escalating when required.
- Manage scope and requirement changes, assessing their impact on timing, cost,



quality and project objectives.
- Ensure that product performance, target cost, TCO, quality, serviceability and sustainability objectives are considered throughout the project, working closely with the Cost and Value Engineering team.
- Support continuous improvement of product development processes and tools, applying an effective and pragmatic and effective approach to project governance.

To be successful in this role you’ll need to have:

- A degree in Mechanical, Electronic, Mechatronic, Industrial Engineering or a comparable technical background.
- Approximately 5-8 years of experience in project management within new product development or complex product engineering environments.
- Experience in managing cross-functional projects involving R&D;, Operations, Procurement, Quality and other business functions.
- A good understanding of complex electromechanical products and the interaction between mechanics, electronics, software and industrial processes
- Familiarity with structured product development processes, stage-gate governance, risk management and change control.
- The ability to understand and challenge product requirements, project assumptions, priorities and technical dependencies.
- A good business cases, product cost, investment and target-cost principles.
- Strong analytical,



organisational and problem-solving skills.
- A constructive and assertive approach, with the confidence to raise risks and challenge assumptions while maintaining effective working relationships.
- Clear and transparent communication, combined with a pragmatic and result-oriented mindset.
- Fluency in Italian and English.

Nice to have:

- Experience in professional appliances, industrial equipment, automotive or other complex electromechanical products.
- Exposure to Value Engineering, target costing, Design-to-Cost or TCO analysis.
- Experience with modular products, product families or platform-based development.
- Knowledge of APQP, Agile or hybrid development approaches, particularly for projects combining hardware and software.
- Experience working with international teams, suppliers or customers.

What we offer:

- Full-time permanent contract with a multinational company that is a leader in its industry.
- B2 classification under the Italian Metalworkers' Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL Metalmeccanici Industria). Gross annual salary (RAL) starting from €48.000, commensurate with experience, skills, and seniority.
- Performance bonus of up to €5,430 and an MBO incentive scheme.
- Welfare and benefits package, including: €550 annual corporate welfare allowance; on-site company cafeteria offering complete balanced meals at highly subsidized rates; free company parking; dedicated employee discounts
- Lavoro da remoto and flexible working hours.
- Additional paid leave for medical appointments and initiatives supporting parenthood.
- Time-saving services designed to make everyday life easier.
- An international work e

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