Program Manager – Seating Components and Sealing

Minth North America•Wixom, MI

3d•$90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Lead automotive seating component and sealing programs from engineering design through production launch. Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet customer and Minth requirements for specifications, quality, timing, and budget. Represent Minth on customer product teams and support design activities, early builds, and assembly plant launches. Lead project engineers and coordinate resources across functions to meet program commitments. The role involves working with engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams in office and plant settings, with worldwide travel as required for customer meetings, build events, and launches.

Requirements

At least five years of experience in program management or a related field.
At least five years of experience assessing program risks using master schedules, timing controls, and measures of performance, reliability, manufacturability, and market competitiveness.
Experience using optimization modeling in program status reviews.
At least three years of experience analyzing financial statements and using regression models, and developing and controlling program budgets for margins, tooling, capital, and development costs.
At least three years of full-cycle automotive engineering design experience, from research, requirements, and feasibility through concept, preliminary and detailed design, design for manufacturability, and production planning.
Strong experience in product development and program management for automotive seating components and sealing products.
Strong knowledge of aluminum melting, refining, degassing, casting, homogenization, and related foundry processes.
Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, and IATF 16949.
Familiarity with customer procedures and expectations, and experience launching products for an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
Technical degree.
Ability and willingness to travel worldwide as required.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Program management certification.
Experience with Minth products.

Responsibilities

Define customer and Minth deliverables, specifications, quality standards, and milestones; communicate progress, risks, and decisions to program teams, customers, and management.
Own the master program schedule and track milestones, dependencies, and corrective actions; assess risks to performance, reliability, manufacturability, and market competitiveness.
Follow the Minth Program Management Gateway system, chair regular reviews, use optimization modeling to assess program status, assign deliverables, and follow up on actions.
Develop program budgets, obtain approval, and track actual and forecast costs against margin, tooling, capital, and development targets.
Escalate program financial issues to the Account Manager and support resolution with the customer.
Represent Minth on customer product teams and support design activities, early builds, and assembly plant launches.
Ensure programs meet Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) requirements and follow applicable IATF 16949 requirements and Minth Americas policies.
Lead project engineers and coordinate resources across functions to meet program commitments.
Communicate professionally with customers and colleagues at all levels, manage competing priorities, work proactively and independently, and collaborate across departments.
Allocate resources to meet program requirements.
Travel worldwide as required for customer meetings, build events, and launches.