Senior Program Manager
Gentherm
- Northville, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Establish and execute program timelines, milestones and program commitments made with the customer.
- Maintain EBITDA/Gross Margin by program per negotiated business award.
- Responsible for Project P&L
- Follow up to ensure costing receives necessary data to develop quote.
- Ensure programs are within budget at program end and for the life of the program.
- Lead the Program Team to identify and achieve Continuous Improvement /cost reductions on programs.
- Ensure customer involvement where necessary to achieve Continuous Improvement objectives by program to increase overall program margin.
- Ensuring that a clear line of communication occurs between customer base, Gentherm and all key personnel are engaged throughout the program lifecycle.
- Manage/ensure the APQP processes are executed from Acquisition to Launch, including ramp up material planning for start of production
- Develop a detailed program management plan, resource requirements and overall costs to launch the program with the Program Team and present status updates at executive program review meetings.
- Manage core team, customer relationship, and program open issues to ensure program milestones are achieved and information is maintained in PLM system
- Elevate red risk items to Top Management for immediate response and resolution on show stopper issues.
- Manage, capture and process engineering changes for the life of the program.
- Ensure that appropriate technical interface during the product development cycle is established and maintained with the customer including providing support during field failures or other failed components when necessary.
- Participate in program launches, customer audits or conferences at Gentherm and/or customer plants as necessary.
- Responsible to maintain relevant customer information and systems such as APQP status, program milestones and ECN updates in the PLM system
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- Experience in managing systems with electronics components
- 5-7 years of automotive experience
- Expert Program Management Knowledge
- Experience managing programs with new technologies or complex systems.
- Design engineering experience
- Experience in Thermal management, Pneumatic & Lumbar systems
- Experience with automotive seat systems and/or interiors is a plus
- MBA degree
- Working knowledge of APQP and IATF 16949, ASPICE and ISO 26262 functional safety
- Agile/lean experience in a product owner or scrum master role, organizations leveraging lean/agile methodologies and in-depth experience with specific agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban (nice to have)
- Confluence/Jira knowledge (nice to have)
- Deliver Results
- Understand the mission and output of your team; set SMART objectives and deliver
- Drive Change
- Focus on agility and commitment to continuous improvement; Understand and act on internal and external drivers of change
- Build Capability
- Foster a culture of learning and development; Support individual growth through continuous feedback to achieve personal and professional goals
- Cultivate Innovation
- Openly embrace, create, implement and support new and innovative ideas, processes and technology that deliver business results