Location:
MacombEmployment Status:
Salary Full-Time Function:
Manufacturing Pay Range:
$80,000 - $110,000Target Bonus:
10%Primary FunctionAccountable for the planning, directing, and execution of local and/or global projects. The Program Manager is also responsible for managing projects and project team activities in the development and launch of new products.
Job Duties and Responsibilities- Coordinate/lead multiple projects of med-high complexity and risk or projects with multiple sub-projects.
- Drive relevant project and project status communications; Monitor progress through project management reviews.
- Manage and work through project launch teams to ensure that the project scope and outcome is achieved. Accountable for scope change management within the project. Responsible for orchestrating response to customer scope changes in collaboration with the Customer Account Manager and the project team.
- Execute, monitor and control the schedule, cost deliverables, risk management and scope to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations.
- Responsible for allocating resources and management of the project team. Proactively manages potential conflict and resource constraints.
- Works across business to resolve elevated issues internally and with the customer, ensuring barriers that could impede project progress are removed.
- Coordinates with Customer Account Manager to act as the primary point of customer contact for the project.
- Participate in strategic planning/profit planning processes
- Evaluate and implement continuous improvement in the product development process. May include authoring documents and standards.
- Provide guidance and support to lower level project managers.
- Assure customer development and production product forecasting and Sales Order demand is maintained
- Maintains safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
- Maintains continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
- Documents actions by completing production logs.
- Additional job duties as assigned
Education and Experience- Understanding of PowerPoint, Excel, 3D Model, Scheduling, Aerospace, blueprints and GD & T
- Understanding of fabrication, machining, outsourcing, turning tooling, machine prints, time management, materials, tool assembly and inspection
- Bachelor's degree preferred, not required
- Minimum 3 years experience in a product life cycle environment and in management
- Strong leadership skills including the building of effective teams, an ability to manage conflict, the effective setting of priorities in the team and an ability to clearly define roles, responsibilities and objectives, strong financial acumen and advanced use of analysis tools
- Knowledge and understanding of the Material Requirements Planning (MRPII) process
- Demonstrates a commitment to Quality, Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement
