Program Manager

Yazaki International Corporation•Worthington, OH

33d•Onsite

About The Position

Yazaki is a global leader in the research, development, and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions. Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer globally, and we've strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 84-year history. Today, we're looking for energetic people with the potential to perform and the ability to strengthen - and thrive in - the positive work environment we pride ourselves on. The ideal candidate will be responsible for meeting established program targets and deliverables and for the successful completion of 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 adjacent discipline required
5 years applicable experience in Engineering, Sales or related field
Both domestic and international travel required between branches, customer and manufacturing sites
Ability to work extended hours as required to support launch, customer events and to meet with stakeholders in different time zones

Nice To Haves

6+ years of experience preferred

Responsibilities

Conform to standard management system: Global Process Management System (GPMS)
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.
Coordinate the Risk Assessment Plan with the program team
Receive and review all recorded program risks
Allocate risk prevention and risk mitigation actions