Jr. Planning Specialist

ALTEN Technology USA • Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company that partners with leading companies in various industries to bring innovative ideas to life. As part of the global ALTEN Group, they offer expertise across the entire product development cycle. The client is transitioning into a customer-centric sustainable mobility company and is seeking motivated individuals to join their team. The Project Management Office (PMO) within the Cross Carline & Project Engineering Team is crucial for overseeing common processes and methods to meet technical, quality, timing, and cost targets. The PMO Planning Specialist will support the Platform and Project Planning Manager in achieving project timing, labor, and investment objectives for vehicles. The role involves coordinating project scheduling, managing bulletins, collaborating on governance decks, ensuring financial targets are met, facilitating reviews, managing build plans, and overseeing the commercial launch plan. The primary interfaces for this role are the Vehicle Project, Platform & Modules Teams Planning (QCTP) Manager and the Chief Project Engineer (CVE).

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance or Business from an ABET accredited university. Other degree/educational credentials, in combination with relevant experience, may be considered.
• Minimum of 2 years automotive industry experience at an OEM or large tier 1 in any of the following areas: Product development engineering, program management, finance, accounting or quality
• Must be a highly motivated, detail oriented, and a self-directed process thinker
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong written and presentation skills are a must
• Advanced to expert skill level in using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interface with all levels of management

Nice To Haves

• Full Program Life-cycle Experience
• Client PDP understanding
• Launch Experience a plus
• Manufacturing process fundamentals understanding
• Ability to quickly learn use of proprietary software
• Advanced skills required in manipulating, interpreting, comparing, and overall analysis of large data sets/financials

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the general and detailed (by phase) scheduling of the project /program to ensure timing consistency in execution
• Create / Manage Bulletins and Bulletin responses
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create for governance decks of product action requests
• Ensure that labor, validation and prototype financial targets are achieved
• Facilitate PMT and Program Review
• Manage vehicle build plan and delivery to support vehicle validation requirements
• Manage the commercial launch plan (volumes and dates) with the Brand(s), the Plant(s) and the Purchasing Department

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level