Program Manager

Paslin

$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of program management experience in an automation environment
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business or finance; MBA preferred
  • Willingness to travel 20-25% for on-site customer interactions
  • Strong organizational skills with a track record of timely project execution
  • Leadership abilities with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
  • Understanding of financial statements and project management tools
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially in Microsoft Project and familiarity with AX

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main point of contact for customers
  • Inspire and coach project teams to achieve their goals
  • Create detailed project plans outlining goals, timelines, budgets, and deliverables
  • Facilitate coordination between customers, suppliers, and internal teams
  • Develop comprehensive project charters defining scope, goals, and timelines
  • Lead problem-solving sessions to address on-site challenges
  • Provide regular updates on project progress to customers and management
  • Implement and maintain project management systems like AX

Benefits

  • Competitive pay with a comprehensive range of benefits
  • Paid Time Off and paid holidays to encourage work-life balance
  • 401k match to support future financial security
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth through training and tuition reimbursement
  • Collaborative work environment with a supportive team
  • Engagement in community services and initiatives
Full Job Description
Are you ready to take your leadership and organizational skills to the next level? Paslin is looking for a Program Manager to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to interact with the customer and contribute to cutting-edge projects in the automation industry. You will play a crucial role in managing to ensure that all aspect of a program including financial, quality, manpower and project execution from initiation to closure. This role requires strong leadership and organizational skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with the customer.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Represent Paslin as the main point of customer interaction.
  • Lead, coach, and inspire your project team to crush their goals.
  • Create clear project plans that include goals, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
  • Coordinates critical information between customers, suppliers and internal resources
  • Complete project charter outlining scope, goals, deliverables, required resources, budget and timeline
  • Lead problem solving activities, addressing any on-site challenges, handles communication plans, risk management, and issue resolution like a pro.
  • Keep customers and the management team updated with regular project progress reports.
  • Set up and maintain systems (like AX) to make managing projects easier.

Qualifications & Requirements:
  • Experience: 5-7 years of program management in an automation environment
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance with an MBA preferred
  • Travel: Requires some out of town and overnight travel to customer site, 20-25%.
  • Key Competencies:
    • Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to execute projects on time and on budget
    • Demonstrated leadership and teamwork
    • Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, presentation, problem solving, and analytical skills
  • Technical Skills:
    • Ability to read and understand basic financial statements including P&L, profit margin analysis and cost to complete analysis.
    • Familiarity with project management tools and systems (bonus if you've used AX!).
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project

Work Environment: This position operates in both an office and a shop/plant environment, may be required to work at multiple facilities depending on workload.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and be present on the plant floor or customer facility, some work in safety sensitive situations around moving machinery and powered industrial equipment.

Work type & Expected hours of work: Regularly works on-site at local Paslin locations. Work schedules are flexible around core business hours of 7am-5pm, Monday to Friday. This position is for regular, full-time work and may require coming in early, working late, or working on weekends to meet the needs of the business.

What's in it for you?
  • Competitive pay and great benefits. Paslin offers a wide range of benefits including Paid Time Off, paid holidays, 401k match, comprehensive medical, dental & vision plans, accident and life Insurance.
  • A chance to grow your skills and your career. Paslin believes in investing in people and offers a variety of development programs with excellent opportunities for individual growth through training, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement.
  • A supportive, collaborative team and a fun, engaging work environment. Check out our company page on LinkedIn to learn more about our values and see how we give back to our community.

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