Program Manager
Current- Providing technical and project leadership in directing a cross-functional team from concept to launch- Meeting project deliverables and projecting all requirements- Effectively communicating project status and proactively managing risks- Acting as primary interface to customer for all project issues- Developing and maintaining project timing charts, depicting ability to meet customer’s milestones- Establishing countermeasures when the project deliverables are at risk- Initiating, maintaining, and publishing the program open issues report- Initiating the review of lessons learned/best practices of other programs and documenting new ones from each project- Supporting internal and external cost cutting requirements - Leading launch activities with plant to assure launch readiness- Maintaining project costs within the baseline budgets for BOM and tooling- Organizing and ensuring submission of all customer requirements such as APQP, PFMEA, process flow, control plan, and capacity planning- Assisting Quality Team in ensuring the status of assigned programs via customer database (i.e. e-Supplier, Covisint, Supply Power)- Managing Engineering Change implementation to guarantee project goals are achieved