Senior Program Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Own the entire book to bill process for a specific customer's order.
• Holding all departments accountable for deliverables.
• Track and report progress of cross-functional team executing each customer order.
• Drive communication and collaboration to successfully launch and maintain production.
• Manage the phase gate release process for each new product in a customer’s portfolio.
• Communicate requirements, changes, new orders, and forecasts from customers to the internal team.
• Complete manufacturing projects by organizing and controlling project elements.
• Work directly with other project/program managers and the production team on the factory floor to create build plans.
• Work with engineering team to develop designs based on customers' specifications, drawings, and/or high-level requirements.
• Collaborate with production control to develop easy-to-interpret build plans for the factory floor based on overall design.
• Determine project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements, assigning personnel to phases and elements.
• Determine project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards.
• Determine project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculating time requirements, and sequencing project elements.
• Drive project and order schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, and resolving problems.
• Control project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan, scheduling changes, and recommending actions.
• Ensure every project has a quality control and build plan.
• Control project costs by approving expenditures and administering contractor contracts.
• Communicate customer demand and forecasts to production planning and ensure there is ample capacity for customers' current and upcoming programs.
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends, recommending actions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or other related discipline.
• Experience with Engineered to Order or New Product Introduction processes.
• 8+ years of project experience working in the manufacturing of complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite of tools, exposure to schedule software.
• Experience with CAD, 3D modeling, and SolidWorks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with medium to large manufacturing facilities sites preferred.