Automotive Program Manager

Program Manager

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Key Responsibilities

• Project Integration Management ensures problem identification and resolution for his / her program.
• Ensures a high level of integration and collaboration with the plants and Launch Managers in their program as well as alignment with the program team members in Engineering, Sales, Finance, Quality and Purchasing. o Takes an active go and verify approach to his / her program by personally visiting the plants and suppliers at appropriate intervals.
• Ensures the effectiveness of their program team meetings and customer review meetings. o Ensures effective communication with their program team. Acts as the central communication point for their programs.
• Project Scope and Risk Management o Ensures effective and timely scope management with emphasis on customer scope changes and executes the Scope Change process and approval.
• Ensures program trade off analysis balancing cost, time, product and resources.
• Identifies program risks early, develops and executes mitigation strategies and executes the Red Flag process. o Escalates risk with mitigation strategies to the leadership team in a timely fashion.
• Project Time and Resource Management o Creates high quality timing plans that are developed with the program team with effective buy in from all functional areas.
• Meets 0 days late for all Gates.
• Meets all customer MRDs on time with high quality products.
• Project Cost and Financial Management o Ensures that all program financial targets and budgets are met.
• Verifies that the CARs and Business Cases are reasonable and achievable.
• Ensures that effective and logical financial roadmaps are executed.
• Project Quality o Ensure that quality objectives and roadmaps are developed and executed via their program teams.
• Ensures that all quality objectives for all programs are met.
• Project Procurement o Ensures sourcing on time with high quality suppliers.
• Ensures appropriate completion of Make versus Buy decisions.
• Ensures on time PPAP of purchased components.
• Visits critical suppliers at appropriate points in the program with the members of their Program Teams.

 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.  
• Master’s degree in business administration is preferred.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Min 5 years’ experience in handling of OEMs
• Should have handled at least 2 OEMs ( Passenger Car Manufacturers)

 

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the automotive industry and 5 years in Program Management. Proven knowledge of APQP
• Experience in at least 2, preferably 3 key functional areas: Program Management, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Operations or Sales.
• Proven knowledge of program management methodology, tools and techniques.
• Managed multiple product development programs through to launch with ownership of budget/cost/timing.
• Global program experience as either a lead or member of the team
• Must have handled at least 2 ~ 3 OEMs for 5 years.
• Understands the risks associated with program during development and Escalates risk with mitigation strategies to the leadership team in a timely fashion

Experience Level

Mid Level