External Manufacturing NPI Project Manager

Role Purpose

Position that manages key projects with External/Contract Manufacturing Partners that enable quicker, smoother growth and cost effectiveness for products in OCS Division.  This position will work cross functionally and Globally with Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, PLM, GSM & Quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project leadership for key projects including new process or product development, capital projects such as capacity expansions, relocation, modifications, alterations, or manufacturing process improvements
• Establish requirements with customer(s). Understand nature of the business requirements for each project
• Establish overall project plans (scope, schedule, cost estimates, project acceptance criteria, procurement/contracting strategy, risk management, etc). Assist in project evaluation and justification. Work with the business in the preparation of Appropriation Requests (A/R)
• Establish roles, responsibilities and competencies required for the project. Build an effective project team utilizing internal and external personnel resources with the ability to operate and supervise matrixed organizations. Establish receivership requirements for project
• Conduct project meetings and document key issues, action items and decisions. Communicate and provide guidance to project team members (Engineering/ Manufacturing) based on organizational goals and company policy
• Provide periodic project updates to customer(s) and management. Communicate project goals, objectives, key status information and overall impact of the project effectively with project team members
• Effectively implement all phases of project methodologies to include appropriate initiation, planning, implementation and control, and close-out elements
• Regularly and effectively communicate and update project key issues, status of completion and financial forecasts with project customers, senior management sponsors and senior management steering teams
• Actively coach and develop individuals on project team. Project team member assignments established with individual competency development as objective. Provide recognition to project and customer team members
• Share expertise and knowledge to foster continuous improvement of the organization (project team or functional unit)
• Implement and role model safety program to ensure that LTAs and Recordable Incidence rate = or<Corporate targets

Experiences/Education - Required

• Ensure that External Manufacturers and key suppliers meet requirements for key projects
• Analyze and optimize forecasts to match production schedules and customer deliveries
• Analyze inventory data with recommendations to help position the business to lowest inventory level while supporting revenue targets
• Understand and manage product BOM, AVL, Process Maps and associated data
• Escort product data, from design stages through NPI and volume manufacturing into EOL stage.
• Develop and maintain impact metrics and score cards to maintain execution traceability
• tools and methodology used in managing major projects
• list of global locations where these projects were managed
• Must be proficient in English

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Engineering bachelor’s degree, master’s degree preferred
• Minimum 8+ years’ experience in Engineering & Manufacturing environment and Project Management is preferred
• Minimum 5+ years working on major global projects
• Understanding of Product Structures, BOM, AVL
• Understanding of PDM, ERP/MRP systems
• Strong communication skills and flexibility to work with multiple cultures and time zones.
• High initiative, self-motivation and ability to work in multinational, matrixed organizations.
• Results oriented approach in managing multiple workstreams
• Ability to analyze data, manage actions and present results.