Program Manager 2 - Aftermarket

Safran Group•Gainesville, TX

60d

About The Position

As a member of Safran Seats, you contribute to providing over one million seats to airlines worldwide, ensuring superior quality, comfort, and innovation. Your role involves collaborating with a team to develop high-value solutions for passengers and crews. Safran is one of the few OEMs offering a comprehensive range of passenger seats, from economy to first class, allowing you to take pride in creating impressive seating options for various needs. Objective: The Program Manager II is the primary point of contact for external customers and is responsible for the execution of complex programs from sales transition handover through delivery of the final aircraft and closure of any open items. The Program Manager II is responsible for contribution margin of the production phase. Must keep the program in scope or to properly negotiate time and budget when the scope increases or to refuse the scope increase if it is not practical.

Responsibilities

Responsible for leading their integrated program team (IPT) in the daily execution of program activities.
Responsible for implementing a product matching 100% to the one used for the cost base in the bid and to make him/her self-knowledgeable of all elements of the bid including the cost base.
Clarifies RFQ scope of work expected by the customer with sales team and/or customer.
Coordinates with estimator on pricing package assumptions.
Coordinates with engineering for drawing and technical proposal support.
Follows up proposal submission with customer and/or salesperson.
Kicks off new programs, establish expectations, and identify pacing items.
Manages the project scope, budget, timeline and risks.
Leads program status meetings and work bottlenecks.
Communicates program status to Airframers customers, salespeople, and upper management.
Sets expectations and facilitates clear and open lines of communication both internally and externally.
Monitors all open action items to customer to ensure timely closure.
Monitors the submission of required data items required by the customer.
Coordinates resources between divisions for programs involving multiple locations.
Monitors budget status on all programs with senior management.
Monitors the scope of work and initiate formal changes when necessary to obtain proper concessions on prices, weights and lead times, where appropriate.
Coordinates the resolution of field service issues for new products delivered.
Participates in contract negotiations as required.
Team with estimating team and/or salesperson on developing and presenting proposals.