Program Manager at Farmington Hills

Job Description

Program Manager

 
The Company

Our client, a manufacturer of automotive related products, is seeking a Program Manager to be located in its facility located in Farmington Hills, MI

 

The Opportunity

The Program Manager provides leadership and direction to the core teams and the staff of all support groups in setting and achieving program objectives for timing, cost, manufacturability, quality, localization, and customer satisfaction for the development and launch of new automotive products.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs in the lead role of focal point for product development and launch for both the customer and company’s new automotive programs
• Leads Core Team activities, including: planning new program launch; creating project schedules with key milestones; defining each functional area’s deliverables; communicating plans, schedules, and changes; and generating consensus from the team
• Understands all customer requirements for the project, communicates them to the team, and ensures that the team meets or exceeds them.
• Ensures adherence to project plan and schedule by conducting core team meetings, generating follow-up documents, managing open issues, facilitating team member’s jobs, and soliciting management support in overcoming problems
• Budgets, tracks, and, controls all project costs in real time, ensuring that all chargeable costs are assigned to the customer, and obtaining management approval for all cost overruns
• Authorizes and controls changes in the program affecting the agreed to targets and/or objectives

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• 6 to 8 years of experience in program management, design, product development, sales, quality, engineering, and/or manufacturing within the automotive industry.

 

If interested send resume in MS Word format to [Click Here to Email Your Resum] Attention: Jim Gunn, Reference number 13649 (JAG-C).

Country: USA, State: Michigan, City: Farmington Hills, Company: The Albrecht Group.