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★Drives pre-production factory readiness at manufacturing sites and escalates and resolves manufacturability issues ★Defines New Product Introduction BOMs into system and technical review of product changes through supply chain★Initiates investigation and root cause of product failures and drives preventive and corrective action★Manages sustaining engineering and supplier ECO release and implementation

★Led the planning and implementation of multiple manufacturing engineering projects★Performed cost reduction and efficiency improvements through lean and six sigma principles★Tracked and controlled progress and schedule of new product introduction and engineering change orders ★Provided direction and support to project teams and facilitate information sharing at all levels★Structured and released new product BOMs and technical documents

★Collaborated with engineering teams to evaluate field feature request specifications★Tracked field request activities and kept team members coordinated on project progress and deadlines★Created and revised program management policies, methodologies, and templates to promote consistency and standardized management of projects across the company★Built and maintained a program management knowledge repository of templates, best practices, forms, tools, and lessons learned