Manager, Engineering – Program Sr.

Cooper-Standard Automotive•Northville, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Summary: A Senior Program Engineering Manager is ultimately responsible for the product design, development, and the release of their respective department’s products. This individual must demonstrate discipline, vision, and leadership in order to ensure direct reports are engineering company products appropriately. This is accomplished through documentation, administration, implementation, and enforcement of the procedures, standards, and best practices, inside and outside of the department. Primary Responsibilities: Support, approve, and enforce engineering standards through implementation of best practices, company processes, and design reviews Enforce full design and specification reviews across all components and assemblies, according to TS, Cooper Standard Design and Process Standards Anticipate and recognize systemic issues within and outside the department and develop action plans for improvement Accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams Support and implement the overall department product strategy, and translate into actionable items for the team Develop departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities Develop and meet department personnel, expense, capital budgets, and ensure that budget line items are tracked and expensed properly between departments, facilities and regions Ensure products are developed by utilizing CAE and 6 Sigma tools and structure to ensure product and processes are fully validated Impacts the business results of a discipline by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans Ensure clear communication of lessons learned are shared within their respective department and across other departments including but not limited to Purchasing, Materials, Quality, etc. Allocate resources to ensure proper support of all department business Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizations problems Provide leadership to managers and professional staff Influence others internally and externally, including senior leaders Oversee reporting of DV and PV plans/status/results including any failures and root cause analysis to executive management Work closely with cross‐functional teams with regards to identified VA/VE opportunities Support the evaluation and troubleshooting of product build issues during all phases of the product lifecycle May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description. Performs other related duties

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree preferred; Masters or other advanced degree is a plus
Minimum of seven years’ prior management experience
Working knowledge of customer functional performance requirements
Experience with launching several products from initial concept, prototype and customer trials, production launch, and service
Experience in tracking and recording internal and customer identified open issues from point of identification through to resolution
Ability to apply in‐depth understanding of the business and of how own discipline integrates within the function to contribute to the achievement of business results
Requires broad understanding and application of concepts, theories and principles within own discipline and knowledge of other disciplines
Complete understanding of DFMEA, DVPR&R, PFMEA, Control Plans, APQP and Problem Solving
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
Experience and understanding of the new vehicle development process
Knowledge of customer product development and engineering change processes, acronyms are a plus
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary

Nice To Haves

Black Belt or Six‐Sigma experience a plus

Responsibilities

Support, approve, and enforce engineering standards through implementation of best practices, company processes, and design reviews
Enforce full design and specification reviews across all components and assemblies, according to TS, Cooper Standard Design and Process Standards
Anticipate and recognize systemic issues within and outside the department and develop action plans for improvement
Accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams
Support and implement the overall department product strategy, and translate into actionable items for the team
Develop departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities
Develop and meet department personnel, expense, capital budgets, and ensure that budget line items are tracked and expensed properly between departments, facilities and regions
Ensure products are developed by utilizing CAE and 6 Sigma tools and structure to ensure product and processes are fully validated
Impacts the business results of a discipline by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans
Ensure clear communication of lessons learned are shared within their respective department and across other departments including but not limited to Purchasing, Materials, Quality, etc.
Allocate resources to ensure proper support of all department business
Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizations problems
Provide leadership to managers and professional staff
Influence others internally and externally, including senior leaders
Oversee reporting of DV and PV plans/status/results including any failures and root cause analysis to executive management
Work closely with cross‐functional teams with regards to identified VA/VE opportunities
Support the evaluation and troubleshooting of product build issues during all phases of the product lifecycle
May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.
Performs other related duties