Our Program Management team is expanding and looking to add a
Program Manager. We are looking for a dynamic and driven candidate who is interested in joining a fast-growing global company in the automotive sector.
Program Manager oversees projects within a program to ensure that activities are carried out in accordance with established specifications, schedules, and budgets; leads program team and inter-departmental functions to achieve on-time completion of customer and Minth requirements; meets with program team members on a regular basis to review program status and plan future actions. Other duties include:
- Identify customer and Minth program deliverables, requirements, objectives, quality standards and timing requirements and communicate and update program status to the program team functions, our customer, and management
- Maintain and manage master program timing
- Ensure compliance with the Minth Program Management Gateway system
- Generate and obtain program budget approval and track ongoing program costs
- Assure program budget conformance to margin, tooling, capital, and development costs
- Communicate program financial issues to the Account Manager for resolution with the customer
- Chair regularly scheduled program review meetings
- Delegate deliverables to the program team
- Support product design activities as defined by the program team; the customer as a product team member. Support early product build events and Assembly Plant product launches
- Assure APQP requirements are met on each program and adhere to established TS-16949 standards and Minth Americas policies
To qualify for this role you must meet the following:- A technical degree and a minimum of 5 years of work experience in program management or a related field
- Program Management Certification preferred
- Minimum 5 years of risk management by assessing project risks by reviewing master program timing, control timing as well as program performance, reliability, manufacturability and market competitiveness
- Use of optimization modelling for status reviews
- Minimum 3 years analyzing company financial statements and regression models as well as generating and controlling program budgets to ensure conformance to margins, tooling, capital and development costs
- Minimum 3 years of experience with full-cycle automotive engineering design concepts: research, design requirements, feasibility, conceptualization, preliminary design, detailed design, design for manufacturability and production planning
- Strong experience in Aluminum Battery Tray product development and program management
- Strong knowledge of aluminum melting, refining, degassing, casting, homogenization, and related foundry processes
- Experience with melting furnaces, holding furnaces, casting machines, cooling systems, and utility infrastructure
- Solid knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, IATF16949
- MINTH Products experience preferred
- Knowledge of customer procedures and expectations
- Experience with the Launch of Automotive OEM or Tier 1 suppliers' products
Key to being successful in this role: - Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization; to successfully handle multiple priorities simultaneously
- A demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, to be proactive, to work independently of day-to-day supervision
- Ability and willingness to travel worldwide without any restrictions
- Ability to lead a team of project engineers and manage resources to meet program requirements
- Bilingual: Korean and English are a must-have
