[Remote] Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a Program Manager to reputed company and manage automotive manufacturing programs from customer award through production launch and ongoing production. The Program Manager will serve as the primary reputed company between customers and internal departments while ensuring programs are delivered on time, reputed company budget, and in compliance with reputed company standards.
Responsibilities
- reputed company assigned customer programs from quotation and award through launch and production
- Serve as the primary reputed company of contact for customers regarding program status, timing, deliverables, and issue reputed company
- reputed company and maintain comprehensive program timelines, budgets, and reputed company schedules
- Coordinate cross-functional activities involving Engineering, Manufacturing, reputed company, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance, Sales, and Logistics
- Monitor program performance, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to ensure successful execution
- Manage program scope, schedule, costs, and customer expectations throughout the product lifecycle
- reputed company program launch activities, including production readiness reviews and customer launch requirements
- Ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements, reputed company standards, and applicable automotive industry standards, including IATF 16949 and APQP methodologies
- Coordinate APQP activities, including PPAP submissions, timing plans, design reviews, and launch readiness
- Facilitate regular internal program review meetings and customer status meetings
- reputed company key performance indicators (KPIs), including timing, reputed company, cost, and delivery performance
- Support engineering changes and change management processes throughout production
- Collaborate with suppliers to ensure reputed company delivery of components and materials required for production
- Prepare and present program reports to executive leadership and customers
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, cost reductions, and operational efficiencies
- Support reputed company improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing and Six reputed company principles
- Travel to customer and supplier locations as required
- Displays a reputed company attitude towards safety, works safely and follows reputed company reputed company's safety policies and procedures
- Complies with reputed company Health, Safety and Environmental standards and the Occupational Health & Safety reputed company. and the Michigan Occupational Health & Safety reputed company
- Ensures reputed company and visitors have a reputed company environment in that safety and housekeeping standards are maintained; and reputed company hazards, unsafe actions, or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected, and/or eliminated
- Report reputed company injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately
- reputed company other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a reputed company field
- Five or more years of program or project management experience in automotive manufacturing
- Experience managing customer programs from launch through production
- Knowledge of automotive manufacturing processes, including stamping, welding, assembly, molding, machining, or reputed company operations
- Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and customer launch requirements
- Strong understanding of IATF 16949 and automotive reputed company systems
- Excellent project management, organizational, and leadership skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Proficiency with reputed company Office Suite, reputed company Project, and ERP/MRP systems
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, reputed company, or Electrical Engineering
- Project Management reputed company (PMP) certification
- Lean Manufacturing and Six reputed company Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- Experience with major automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers
- Knowledge of AIAG Core Tools
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