PROGRAM MANAGER [Automotive | CFT/APQP Team Mgr]

We invite you to go through the role description below and see if it matches your interests!

As distinctive trait of the company's employees, in the first years we are looking for colleagues ready to get out of regular jobs and rather create their own: we are looking for colleagues that are willing to contribute and get involve, are ready to easily slide from one area to another, interested in creating procedural frame and, as a general approach, are not afraid to fail, but either to succeed!

Kimball Electronics Romania had the start-up in 2015, as a Greenfield investment being owner of its new facility building and new equipment!
 

ROLE 
Program Manager will coordinate programs to profitability from early design or manufacturing stages to end of life stages by coordinating team activities and deliverables. PM leads efforts to develop and execute project plans to support NPI product launch, sustain production through the continuous improvement of cost, quality, delivery, service and end-of-life services/support.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the identified Business Manager to meet and/or exceed customer expectations and to generate targeted operating profit goals
- Responsible for communication with the customer and Kimball Electronics Romania responsible regarding customer’s expectations and requirements and facilitate good internal communication
- Work with customer and business manager to grow relationships, expand engagements, propose, quote and win new business
- Responsible for decisions on project processes, customer engineering changes, and technologies to be used 
- Develop and optimize project plans for new product introductions and transfers, including timelines, dependencies, critical path, variable cost productivity and required resources
- Responsible to operate project to the quote, be aware of variances and drive development of alternatives to meet quote
- Review and provide feedback and approval to Business Manager for new quotes and re-quotes
- Primary coordinator to work effectively with internal and external customers
- Coordinate introduction of demand changes including recovery of any associated change in unit price, NRE and tooling costs, excess and obsolete inventory and implementation timing
- Oversee entire programs ensuring correct execution through good knowledge of project status and issues
- Lead NPI teams using the adopted Kimball Electronics process and tools.


IDEAL CANDIDATE

Technical Skills
- University studies and relevant trainings in PM
- Strong manufacturing knowledge of EMS 
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to use Microsoft Project and project planning
- Understands the purpose of DFM, DFA and DFT concepts
- Understand quality systems and COPQ
- Understands NPI process
- Possess Lean Six Sigma knowledge

Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Excellent Customer and Site organizational approach
- Honest and reliable
- High skilled in effective communication
- Fluent in the English language, any other language is considered a clear advantage
- Strong negotiation and presentation skills
- Able to communicate technical and non-technical issues to all levels
- Business and Leadership Skills
- Inspire confidence in our plant, in our customers and deliver on it
- Strong financial knowledge & good time management 
- Can handle and prioritize multiple tasks based on impact to the business 
-“Can do” attitude, self-motivated
- Able to work independently
- Able to lead and motivate multi-functional teams
- Able to drive improvement/ change through out the organization