Plant Management Program Manager

Flex-N-Gate•Effingham, IL

About The Position

The Program Manager manages multiple projects from award through 90 days after SOP, ensuring progress supports successful completion in line with customer specifications, project timing, and financial requirements. The role communicates project status effectively within Flex-N-Gate and with the customer. The position provides technical and project leadership to a cross-functional team from concept through launch, serves as the primary customer interface for project issues, and manages deliverables, schedules, budgets, risks, and open issues. The incumbent also supports cost-cutting efforts, builds and manages an effective team, and contributes lessons learned and best practices. The incumbent is responsible for awareness, understanding, and management of the Environmental Management System (EMS), including the responsibilities stated in EMS policy CEVPL.00005, and the Quality Management System (QMS), as stated in CQAM.00001 – Corporate Quality Manual.

Requirements

Five years of program management experience with engineered products.

Nice To Haves

Multiple product launch experience in the automotive industry as a Tier 1 supplier.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
Experience in manufacturing processes or product development.
Design, tooling, or skilled trades experience in the automotive manufacturing industry.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and project leadership to a cross-functional team from concept to launch.
Meet project deliverables and requirements, with full knowledge of the customer statement of work and requirements.
Communicate project status effectively and proactively manage risk.
Act as the primary customer interface for project issues.
Maintain project costs within baseline budgets for bill of materials, tooling, and investment.
Develop and maintain project timing charts that show the ability to meet customer milestones.
Establish countermeasures when project deliverables are at risk.
Initiate, maintain, and publish the program open issues report.
Build and manage an effective team.
Review lessons learned and best practices from other programs and document new ones from each project.
Support internal and external cost-cutting requirements.
Maintain awareness of environmental policies, procedures, EMS requirements, significant environmental aspects of the role, and the benefits of improved personal performance.
Manage the responsibilities associated with the EMS as stated in policy CEVPL.00005.
Manage the responsibilities associated with the QMS as stated in CQAM.00001 – Corporate Quality Manual.
Perform other duties as assigned.