Launch Manager

About the role

Support the plant and customer through effective management of new programs, plant projects and implementation of improvement and cost reduction suggestions. Assure design changes are implemented in a timely cost-effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Support plant safety programs by ensuring that HSE, Engineering support, & Operations is involved with the change implementation into the manufacturing process.
• Complete eLPA & 5S audits as assigned.
• New program management based on the Program Launch System (PLUS) as detailed in the PLUS BOS documentation.
• Support VA/VE activities by ensuring that Engineering, Operations, and Quality is represented at all trials, approvals and implementation dates are achieved.
• Establish/evaluate internal integration plans by completing make vs. buy plans and present proposals.
• Facilitate and track material cost reduction activities
• Manage changes within profit plan parameters for fiscal year
• Follow and ensure BOS processes are followed to achieve launch and change management objectives and milestones
• Input feedback to warranty issues
• Feedback estimated EO implementation dates as well as actual dates and clean point VIN numbers to KMMG production control/ procurement and quality.
• Attend all weekly Adient Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) meetings for JIT, foam and trim where proposed changes are reviewed and promoted or rejected
• Review, approve and communicate deviations, change requests & change notices, utilizing the Adient PLM Team Center system.
• Create reports, presentations, and tracking files to properly manage projects, changes and provide management updates
• Coordinate & manage seat / part shipments per request of Adient engineering. This includes the following steps:
  • Capture part number, qty, purpose, requestor & record in tracking spreadsheet
  • Send information to plant Materials team so that consumed inventory can be accounted for
  • Send information to plant Finance team to ensure expenses are