Program Coordinator

Yazaki International Corporation•Worthington, OH

46d•Hybrid

About The Position

Yazaki is looking for a Program Coordinator to join our Honda team in Columbus, OH. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative and action-driven environment making lasting impacts on the organization. The ideal candidate will support the Program Manager in meeting established program targets and deliverables and successfully completing program objectives. Programs can typically consist of a number of products, special projects, parts, and customer engineering centers, global product development locations and different technology suites.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Management or related field; applicable experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
2 years of experience in Program Management or related Automotive training
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally
Ability to be on call as required

Nice To Haves

4 years of experience in Program Management or related Automotive training preferred

Responsibilities

May interact with the customer on specific program-related information concerning Manufacturing, Design and Quality
Communicate to and coordinate with Manufacturing customer specific requirements
Maintain a working knowledge of customer carlines, Yazaki-supplied parts and Manufacturing / Quality processes
Coordinate YPMS task list with the program team
Implement and support continuous improvement activities
Support long-range and short-range group forecasts, goals, objectives, and priorities
Support other projects, tasks, and/or duties as assigned
Ensure all tasks are performed for launch readiness and PSO
Coordinate all customer visits to the manufacturing facilities
Assist in supplying requirements to Manufacturing
Approve all resolutions to the follow-up issues that are presented to the customer
Coordinate and lead for all customer-critical issues while individual departments handle day to day issues
Review program metrics and satisfaction levels recurrently with the customer
Coordinate, lead, and initiate the approval of program scope changes
Report the management of activities to executive management
Coordinate, lead, and approve the program schedule and tracking process to ensure the program meets the scope and customer requirements, to meet overall program metrics
Review program timing and progress toward achievement of targets and goals
Coordinate and lead the critical build phases, while approving support activities to ensure successful delivery of the program
Prepare regular reports for presentation to executive management, which address program progress status
Schedule program coordination meetings regularly
Lead the cross-functional program coordination meeting
Review the meeting minutes to ensure timely completion of all tasks
“Prime” the meeting minutes/open issues/corrective actions system by entering initial program information into the system.
Review and assign newly entered open issues
Update issues in central tracking system
Review issue statuses between program meetings
Approve all closed issues
Classify and archive closed and approved issues for continuous improvement
Review open issues database for continuous improvement
Address any scope, schedule, and budget changes to the program brought on by open issues
Review and coordinate Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and eventual Process Change Request (PCR) and communicate and coordinate changes with the customer, affiliate and team members.