Position Summary:
Lead product programs with precision. Guide projects through every stage, setting clear visions and offering support to project teams. Your duties encompass creating budgets, schedules, and technical plans tailored to meet customer needs. With a keen eye on business growth, you'll cultivate relationships with key clients across varied industries, surpassing annual sales targets.
Essential Functions:
- Ownership of Projects, Customers, and Initiatives from Conception to Closure. Responsible for the Project's Outcome. Defines the clear vision for the Project. Provides support and removes roadblocks for the project team.
- Create budget, schedule, and technical plans for fulfilling customer requirements for products
- Define the approach by which products or components will be designed, engineered, tooled, fabricated, and/or inspected to meet requirements specified by customers
- When required, define product requirements and specifications in conjunction with, or for, customers
- Define method by which conformance to product or program requirements will be demonstrated (quality buy-off)
- Track project budget, schedule, and technical performance at appropriate intervals to ensure successful end results are achieved
- Support company-wide planning of manpower, cash flow, and shipments to ensure proper allocation of resources.
- Create purchase orders and/or vendor statements of work, and/or vendor requirements to ensure procured products and services meet all requirements to achieve program goals
- Identify and engage key clients in a variety of industries; Aerospace, Defense, Sports, Maritime, Oil/Energy, etc.
- Exceed annual orders targets via traditional and nontraditional business development methods
- Manage customer relationships using Salesforce and create written proposals to customers to complete a statement of work including:
- Estimate budgets in terms of labor hours, materials and outside procured services.
- Collaborate with the customer to define the specific tasks to be completed, and final buy-off criteria.
- Identify changes of work scope when they are being requested and negotiate corresponding contract changes.
Non-Essential Functions:
Other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience:
- BS or BA degree in an engineering or materials science discipline; OR more than 15 years' experience in development of manufacturing processes of advanced composite materials.
- Minimum 8 years' experience in a composite manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 6 years of program management experience. Prefer composite manufacturing environments.
- Experience of establishing budgets and/or tracking expenditures and profit.
- Experience in communicating with customers.
- Strong knowledge of composite materials and processing methods.
- US. Person under 22 CFR 120 (due to ITAR Restrictions)
Other Requirements
- Strong work ethic and self-motivation
- Technical Knowledge: Scope, cost, schedule, and risk identification
- Strategic Management: Understand planning, prioritization, and the best management method for each project. Understanding corporate goals and how the project ties into the business
- Leadership and Soft Skills: Motivate and guide a team to move in the right direction
- Basic knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Must be a US Person (Resident Alien or US Citizen).
Perks and Benefits:
- 100% Employer Paid Medical and Dental
- Annual Bonus
- 401K - 5% match
- Employee Stocks Option Program
- 9/80 work schedule
- 8- paid Holidays
- PTO: Max. 4-weeks after 5 years of employment
- $2,500 tuition reimbursement
Compensation:
The pay range for this position falls within $125,000 to $180,000. The final compensation will be determined based on experience, skillset, and other factors permitted by law.
