Lead Project Manager

Bridgestone Americas • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

At Firestone Industrial Products, we design and develop world class air springs for the automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial industries. Due to the EV market expansion, Firestone is experiencing high growth with major OEMS in Europe and North America, on some of the most exciting vehicles. We are seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional global teams in the development and launch of OEM air spring systems. Using Stage Gate and APQP methodologies, they will lead these projects from concept phase to large scale serial production with responsibility to meet design, quality, production and financial targets. Candidates must be local to the Nashville, TN area.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in engineering, math, or other quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing project documents, approvals, issues, and decisions using work-flow.
• Experience in managing multi-disciplined technical projects and ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Demonstrated level of success in project management or in a customer-facing role.
• Talent for leading cross functional teams across multiple locations.
• Expertise in Microsoft Project (or similar project management tool).
• Demonstrated skill with presentation & communications tools such as MS Office, Visio, etc.
• Self-motivation, strong commitment to completing tasks, organization, and time management.
• Strong team-oriented personality with excellent customer-facing personality; eager to learn and take on new challenges.
• Organization, problem-solving, and analytical skills are required.
• Ability to communicate scope, expectations, plans and hold team accountable for project commitments.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Thrive with fast-paced, multi-tasking, project workloads.
• Ability to travel on short notice up to 20% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Engineering or manufacturing experience is a plus.
• A strong background in vehicular technologies.
• Experience with SAP or other ERP packages minimum Qualifications.
• PMP certification, Lean or Six Sigma certification experience in automotive or related industry.
• 7+ years of experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Utilize and manage a stage gate process for Project Management.
• Create, manage, and lead project plans using the Product Development Process and APQP as required.
• Define project roles and responsibilities, resource requirements, and timeliness to execute projects.
• Form & lead cross functional project teams.
• Identify, retain, and manage the use of external resources to achieve desired project goals.
• Collaborate with product managers and other stake holders on strategic planning activities.
• Ensure business case assumptions are accurate and aligned across the organization.
• Provide direction and support to project team.
• Communicate project status, requirements, risks, and issues to project stakeholders.
• Work with Executive Project Sponsors and Stakeholders to drive project execution.
• Provide project metrics & KPI’s for evaluation and presentation.
• Present project summaries to executive team and other members of the organization.
• Responsible for ensuring on-time, on-budget high quality delivery projects.
• Manage project resource allocation and delegation of project team responsibilities.
• Lead and hold project team accountable for project commitments.
• Create and maintain project documentation that per TS16949 requirements (APQP, PPAP, etc).
• Pass internal and external quality audits based on TS16949 requirements on product development and project management.
• Skilled at estimating costs, determining and managing budgets.
• Creates cost baselines and tracks against actual budget performance.
• Able to locate cost variances and implement corrective or preventative courses of action.

Benefits

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees