Program Manager

Minth Group; Windsor; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Minth Group in Windsor, Ontario is seeking a Program Manager to oversee projects within a program, ensuring they meet specifications, schedules and budgets, while leading cross-functional teams.

The role requires a technical degree and at least three years in program management or related field; experience with automotive engineering design concepts and risk management; travel worldwide.

Qualifications

• Technical degree and 3+ years in program management or related field.
• Experience with automotive program management and APQP/TS-16949 knowledge.
• Ability to manage budgets, schedules and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee program deliverables, requirements, objectives and timing.
• Maintain master program timing and oversee budget approvals.
• Ensure conformance to margins, tooling and development costs.
• Lead program reviews and delegate tasks to the team.
• Support product design activities and launches.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Budgeting

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $120,000.00 Annually

Our Program Management team is expanding and looking to add a Program Manager. We are looking for a dynamic and driven candidate who is interested in joining a fast-growing global company in the automotive sector.

Program Manager oversees projects within a program to ensure that activities are carried out in accordance with established specifications, schedules, and budgets; leads program team and inter-departmental functions to achieve on-time completion of customer and Minth requirements; meets with program team members on a regular basis to review program status and plan future actions. Other duties include:

• Identify customer and Minth program deliverables, requirements, objectives, quality standards and timing requirements and communicate and update program status to the program team functions, our customer, and management
• Maintain and manage master program timing
• Ensure compliance with the Minth Program Management Gateway system
• Generate and obtain program budget approval and track ongoing program costs
• Assure program budget conformance to margin, tooling, capital, and development costs
• Communicate program financial issues to the Account Manager for resolution with the customer
• Chair regularly scheduled program review meetings
• Delegate deliverables to the program team
• Support product design activities as defined by the program team; the customer as a product team member. Support early product build events and Assembly Plant product launches
• Assure APQP requirements are met on each program and adhere to established TS-16949 standards and Minth Americas policies

To qualify for this role you must meet the following:

• A technical degree and a minimum of 3 years of work experience in program management or a related field
• Program Management Certification preferred
• Minimum 3 years of risk management by assessing project risks by reviewing master program timing, control timing as well as program performance, reliability, manufacturability and market competitiveness
• Use of optimization modeling for status reviews
• Minimum 3 years analyzing company financial statements and regression models as well as generating and controlling program budgets to ensure conformance to margins, tooling, capital and development costs
• Minimum 3 years experience with full-cycle automotive engineering design concepts: research, design requirement, feasibility, conceptualization, preliminary design, detailed design, design for manufacturability and production planning
• Knowledge of customer procedures and expectations
• Experience with the Launch of Automotive OEM or Tier 1 suppliers\' products

Key to being successful in this role:

• Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization; to successfully handle multiple priorities simultaneously
• A demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, to be proactive, and to work independently of day-to-day supervision
• Ability and willingness to travel worldwide without any restrictions
• Ability to lead a team of project engineers and manage resources to meet program requirements

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