Program Administrator I - Hybrid

Panasonic•Irvine, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ever wonder who brings the entertainment to your flights? Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity! How exciting would it be to be a part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that’s here to stay! With our company’s history spanning over 40 years, you will have stability, career growth opportunities, and will work with the brightest minds in the industry. And we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that will help our organization thrive! We seek diversity in many areas such as background, culture, gender, ways of thinking, skills and more. If you want to learn more about us visit us at www.panasonic.aero and for a full listing of open job opportunities go to www.panasonic.aero/join-us/

Requirements

Associates degree, program/project management, business management highly desired or 2 years relevant work experience in business management, program/project management or office/operations management.
2 years’ work experience in aircraft industry highly desired.
Proficient in the use of MS office suite of software applications.
Moderate to advance excel experience preferred.
Oracle experience highly desired.
Responsible, professional and organized individual with the ability to work unsupervised and is adept at problem solving.
Exercises good judgement skills in evaluating criteria for obtaining results and solutions to move projects forward.
Must possess excellent communication skills and must be professional and be able to interact with multiple levels in the organization and customers.
Needs to work well with people under pressure including people from varied cultural and political backgrounds.
Must be outgoing, self-motivated and detailed oriented.
Creative problem solver and able to resolve conflicts and filter conflicting agendas to determine the best path forward.
Must be able to filter conflicting agendas to determine a path forward.
Ability to chair team meetings and drive results.
Ability to prioritize daily workload in support of program needs.
Ability to collaborate, research, and strategically plan.
Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

Moderate to advance excel experience
Oracle experience highly desired
2 years’ work experience in aircraft industry highly desired

Responsibilities

Partner with PMs to oversee the internal aspect of program deliveries.
Work multiple airline customer initiatives including planning, task allocation, demand management, and prioritization in line with the customers’ expectations and business needs.
Manage operational requirements of the programs they are assigned to by reviewing status reporting and initiating action.
Analyze multiple data sets and includes multiple tools.
Lead and attend multiple weekly meetings.
Support internal groups and individuals as needed.
Manage Demand Planning through CPL accuracy by ensuring that the PMO teams comply with establish protocols.
Analyze, revise and manage the part list creation process as required by changing OEM/customer requirements.
Analyze demand date changes based on knowledge of PMO program priorities, supply chain capabilities and any contractual rules that may apply.
Coordinate with internal groups on a daily basis to ensure that timelines are maintained, and actions closed.
Identify priorities and methodology to support customer’s delivery needs.
Manage requesting and tracking of purchase orders with multiple airlines customers and internal and external contacts.
Analyze PO request timelines, external follow ups and escalations and communicate the changes/updates.
Analyze impacts and work with Material Planning to manage expedite requests and make decisions to move demand dates based on their response and the affect the decision will have on other program demand.
Schedule in order to meet on-time-delivery, requiring knowledge of FAA and PMA to schedule accurately. This effort may also require coordination with certification department.
Analyze sales and forecast information by reviewing forecast dates and program financial risk.
Communicate recommendations for financial/date movement to program manager and Senior Regional Management.
Manage and report risk and or date movement to Senior and Regional management.
Manage date adjustments as required to support new schedule.
Develop and maintain analytic reporting based on specific business requirements for Senior and Regional Management and provides analysis and recommendations to improve aging trends, and process improvements in order to exceed customer satisfaction.
Identify steps needed to improve or resolve late orders, deliverables and forecasting accuracy.
Create and run statistical analysis in order to track and manage all phases of program deliverables while proceeding with actions after considering impacts and determining if escalation is needed.
Manage and communicate with world-wide sales and marketing teams to ensure holds are released and customer on-time delivery is met.
Update work instruction and quick reference guides related to processes associated with department.
Analyze complex reporting to determine status of supply, deliveries, and readiness to ship.
Determine plan of action after considering impact to customer and on-time delivery and communicate to program teams and customer.
Lead cross functional meetings.
Lead monthly meetings reviewing all programs to ensure programs scope of work is met. This requires reviewing multiple reports and tools to assess status whereby actions will be determined and assigned to all team members.
Determine if escalation is needed.
Support program managers in internal aspects for operational efficiencies as PAs oversee the internal delivery schedules.
May work and support other internal departments in place of program manager when unavailable.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off for exempt salaried employees.
14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days for non-exempt hourly employees, with accrual rate increasing with tenure.
11 company paid holidays per year.
Office closure between Christmas and New Year.
Additional compensation for operational positions working on holidays.
Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI) with options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family.
Dental PPO and DMO options.
Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, fully vested from day 1.
Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program (Washington residents only).
Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program (Washington residents only).
Wellness Program.
Counseling services.
FSA & HSA.
Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child.
AD&D Insurance.
Long-term and Short-term disability.
Critical Illness Insurance.
Accident Insurance.
Legal Assistance.
Pet Insurance.
Identity Theft Protection.
Dependent Care FLSA.
Education Assistance.
Commuter Program.
Employee Purchase Program.
Service Award Program.