Program Administrator

Flextronics - The Flex Company; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Medical Benefits

Allowances and Bonuses

Paid Time-Off

Job summary

Flex in Penang, Malaysia seeks a Program Administrator to support customer accounts and manage program proposals. The role requires coordinating across Program Management and Operations, ensuring on-time progress and budget adherence, and preparing concise executive reports for leadership and clients.

The candidate will drive continuous improvement activities, occasionally travel to customer sites, and liaise with cross-functional teams to resolve issues impacting timelines and costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in manufacturing or related industry.
• Strong coordination and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Review program proposals to define timeframe, procedures, staffing needs and resource allocation.
• Coordinate with Program Management, Operations and others to outline work plans and assign duties.
• Drive projects with the Customer Focus Team to ensure progress within schedule and budget.
• Prepare program reports and executive presentations for management and clients.
• Assist in metric development and tracking for the program.
• Occasional travel to customer locations.
• Pursue continuous improvement activities impacting project timelines, costs or daily production.
• Follow up on shipments to meet site and customer guarantees and address issues.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Job Summary

The “Program Administrator” will be based in Perai, Penang. This role assists with managing customer accounts in all aspects of the business relationship.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the review of program proposals or plans to define time frame, procedures for accomplishing program, staffing requirements and allotment of available resources to various phases of program.
• Confers with appropriate managers within Program Management, Operations and others to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities and scope of authority, and to receive technical advice and resolve problems.
• Drives and coordinates projects/activities with the Customer Focus Team (CFT) members to ensure program progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget, including facilitating the work/communication across different departments.
• Prepares program reports and executive presentations for management, client, or others.
• May assist in metric development and tracking for the program.
• Occasional travel to customer locations.
• Drive the team to look for continuous improvement activities that have an impact in the project timeline, cost or daily production activities.
• Follow up on shipments to ensure we meet site and customer guarantees without any delay and coordinate the team to any issue that could generate an impact.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in addition to 7 years of experience in a manufacturing or related Industry.
• Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates advanced skills in functional/technical area.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Life Insurance
• Medical Benefits
• Allowances and Bonuses
• Paid Time-Off

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Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.

Through the collective strength of ~150,000 team members across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career with Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your growth, and build great products for our customers that improve people’s lives. Together, let’s create the extraordinary!