Program Management Site Lead / Director

Plexus; Penang; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Plexus Corp. in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a senior leader to drive the Program Management function across sites. You will hire, deploy and develop PM teams, ensuring adherence to contracts and strong customer satisfaction.

This role partners with Operations and other site functions to implement Plexus' best practices. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related experience and a track record in leading cross-functional teams and complex programs.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related experience.
• Leads PM/operations teams and drives development and succession planning.
• Knows how to contract manage and align PMs with CFTs to meet commitments.
• Builds strong relationships with Market Sectors and customers to ensure service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify Plexus Core Values and develop the PM team, focusing on coaching and succession.
• Ensure PMs and CFTs understand contracts and can execute to commitments; influence improvements.
• Establish standard work for PMs, drive customer engagement, and delivery planning/execution.
• Lead site customer satisfaction activities and sponsor improvement initiatives across functions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Program Leadership on transfers, NPIs, and regional transfers.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer satisfaction

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 10+ years experience

Job description

Purpose Statement:

Leads the Program Management function at a large site or multiple sites. Hires, deploys and develops a team of Program Managers / supporting teams, ensuring effective collaboration with Operations and other site functions in driving customer satisfaction and the delivery of customer contracts. Establishes standard work and implements Plexus' best practices within the site/s and regions.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Responsible to exemplify and hold their team accountable to demonstrating the Plexus Core Values. Leader will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession planning, and ensuring their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.
• Ensures that customer contracts and parameters are understood by PMs and CFTs and that PMs have the knowledge and skills to ensure adherence and delivery to contractual commitments. Partners and influences key stakeholders to recommended contract changes and improvements.
• Maintains close working relationships with the Plexus Market Sectors and customers in order to ensure customer service excellence. Establishes standard work for the PM team in respect to CFT Leadership, customer engagement, and delivery planning and execution.
• Leads and sponsors site customer satisfaction activities and metrics. Supports PMs and CM/CDs with best practice adoption and leads site level cross-functional customer satisfaction improvement initiatives.
• In collaboration with Operations and Program Leadership, ensures effective planning and management of transfers and transitions – new customers (in), disengagements (out), NPI’s and transfers from/ to other Plexus sites.
• (If regionally applicable) Understands and drives the customer P&L for all site programs (sales, margins, mark- ups, labor, inventory, PPV, etc) and coaches and supports MPMs/PMs and functional leaders to deliver to expectations and drive actions that improve financial results. Responsible for forecast projections for the PM department (PM resources).

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 10 or more years of related experience is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.

Other Qualifications:

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Physical Requirements:

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Travel Requirements:

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This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.