What we are looking for:


The ideal candidate will be responsible for meeting established program targets and deliverables and for the successful completion of program objectives. Programs can typically consist of a number of products, special projects, parts, and customer engineering centers, global product development locations and different technology suites.


What you will be doing:


  • Launch Readiness / Process Sign Off (PSO)
  • Conform to standard management system: Global Process Management System (GPMS)
  • Ensure all tasks are performed for launch readiness and PSO
  • Coordinate all customer visits to the manufacturing facilities
  • Assist in supplying requirements to Manufacturing
  • Approve all resolutions to the follow-up issues that are presented to the customer
  • Customer Contact
  • Coordinate and lead for all customer-critical issues while individual departments handle day to day issues
  • Review program metrics and satisfaction levels recurrently with the customer
  • Program Scope
  • Coordinate, lead, and initiate the approval of program scope changes
  • Report the management of activities to executive management
  • Scheduling and Tracking
  • Coordinate, lead, and approve the program schedule and tracking process to ensure the program meets the scope and customer requirements, to meet overall program metrics
  • Review program timing and progress toward achievement of targets and goals
  • Coordinate and lead the critical build phases, while approving support activities to ensure successful delivery of the program
  • Prepare regular reports for presentation to executive management, which address program progress status
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Schedule program coordination meetings regularly
  • Lead the cross-functional program coordination meeting
  • Review the meeting minutes to ensure timely completion of all tasks
  • “Prime” the meeting minutes/open issues/corrective actions system by entering initial program information into the system.
  • Open Issues
  • Review and assign newly entered open issues
  • Update issues in central tracking system
  • Review issue statuses between program meetings
  • Approve all closed issues
  • Classify and archive closed and approved issues for continuous improvement
  • Review open issues database for continuous improvement
  • Address any scope, schedule, and budget changes to the program brought on by open issues
  • Engineering Change: Review and coordinate Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and eventual Process Change Request (PCR) and communicate and coordinate changes with the customer, affiliate and team members.
  • Risk Assessment.
  • Coordinate the Risk Assessment Plan with the program team
  • Receive and review all recorded program risks
  • Allocate risk prevention and risk mitigation actions


What you will bring to the table:


  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business management or adjacent discipline required
  • 5 years applicable experience in Engineering, Sales or related field
  • 6+ years of experience preferred
  • Both domestic and international travel required between branches, customer and manufacturing sites
  • Ability to work extended hours as required to support launch, customer events and to meet with stakeholders in different time zones


What we can provide you:


  • A safe collaborative learning work environment that stimulates creativity and exploration
  • Diverse teams of experts
  • Resources from around the globe
  • Supportive leadership and team members to help you do your best work
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package including incentive compensation, 401K match, tuition assistance and a generous holiday schedule


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