• Coordinate DFM and process development activities with supplier, ops and subject matter experts
• Lead customer facing communications for projects inclusive of accepting commercial team hand off, customer/project team meeting leadership, scope and/or delay communication management, and identification of customer timeliness of inputs to keep projects on track
• Actively participate in the generation of project proposals and associated timelines, SME planning and associated cost development
• Partner with commercial team in communicating project proposals and securing new business
• Leverage sourcing and commodity functions to integrate cost and performance advantages
• Gather customer requirements alongside key account management and develop project scope documents inclusive of customer/MW responsibilities matrix completion
• Develop comprehensive project timelines including identification of key risks and communicate plans to internal and customer teams
• Delegate project tasks to appropriate functions best suited to complete in conjunction with SME management
• Coach project team members as necessary to meet project objectives
• Act as a conduit between SME disciplines to assure seamless execution of project objectives
• Work directly with procurement to assure project materials are identified and ordered in a timely fashion
• Maintaining project schedules and timelines through proactive management of risks
• Escalate project timeline and cost risks to senior management and develop multiple alternate plans with site project disciplines to minimize impact to project success
• In conjunction with SME leaders evaluate SME loading and make recommendations to management where shortfalls or excess capacity is identified; prepare alternate scenarios to remediate SME bandwidth challenges
• Monitor and report project spending against project plan, maintain project budget, routinely report out adherence to budgets and communicate identified risks
• Engage with stakeholders from site engineering, manufacturing, quality and purchasing teams required for successful project execution

Experience

• 3 - 5 years: Project Management in a Manufacturing Environment

Education

• Bachelors or better in Engineering Technology

Licenses & Certifications

• Project Management Prof

Behaviors

• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity