Program Manager, Electronics

About the role

Serve as the primary customer contact for assigned electronics programs, providing leadership and coordination from program kick-off through successful production launch. Drive cross-functional program execution, ensuring alignment across engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and other key stakeholders to deliver programs on time, within scope, and to customer expectations. Build strong customer relationships while proactively managing milestones, risks, issues, and priorities throughout the program lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute program timelines, milestones and program commitments made with the customer.
• Maintain EBITDA/Gross Margin by program per negotiated business award.
• Ensuring that a clear line of communication occurs between customer base, Gentherm and all key personnel are engaged throughout the program lifecycle.
• Manage/ensure the following processes are executed: Prototype Orders, RFQ Process, Tooling Orders and ramp up material planning for start of production.
• Follow up to ensure costing receives necessary data to develop quote.
• Ensure programs are within budget at program end and for the life of the program.
• Lead the Program Team to identify and achieve Continuous Improvement /cost reductions on programs.
• Ensure customer involvement where necessary to achieve Continuous Improvement objectives by program to increase overall program margin.
• Develop a detailed program plan, resource requirements and overall costs to launch the program with the Program Team and present status updates at executive program review meetings.
• Manage core team, customer relationship, and program open issues to ensure program milestones are achieved and information is maintained in PLM system.
• Elevate red risk items to Top Management for immediate response and resolution on show stopper issues.
• Manage, capture and process engineering changes for the life of the program