Automotive Launch Lead — Ramp-Up & Cross-Functional

Rebo Lighting & Electronics, LLC; Sparta Hills (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Matching 401k

Employee discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Rebo Lighting & Electronics, LLC in Sparta Hills, TN, is seeking a Launch Manager to drive automotive program launches from concept to SOP. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to meet ramp-up targets and glidepath milestones.

Key responsibilities include planning run-at-rate events, ensuring manufacturing readiness, leading LRR meetings, and monitoring budgets and launch performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in an automotive manufacturing plant.
• Minimum of 3 years in Program Management, APQP, or launch roles; BMW experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant-level launch execution by coordinating cross-functional resources to ensure ramp-up and launch objectives.
• Plan and execute build events, including Run at Rate validation and pilot builds, ensuring manufacturing readiness.
• Drive accountability across plant operation, engineering, quality, logistics, purchasing, AME, AQE ensuring timely completion of launch deliverables and adherence to glidepaths.
• Develop, implement, and manage production power build and capacity ramp-up plans to ensure manufacturing readiness and alignment with demand at SOP and beyond.
• Identify, track, and eliminate launch-related barriers that may impact production readiness, quality, cost, or delivery performance.
• Lead the Launch Readiness Review (LRR) meetings with cross-functional teams to validate launch preparedness and secure approval for production start-up.
• Monitor launch budget, cost, and financial performance.
• Coordinate logistics readiness activities in alignment with program gate requirements, ensuring material flow, packaging, and supply chain readiness.
• Prepare and publish launch performance reports for up to three months post-SOP to communicate status, risks, and corrective actions to stakeholders.
• Consolidate and maintain launch dashboards and reporting systems, providing visibility into readiness and risk mitigation.
• Drive accountability across cross-functional teams to ensure timely completion of all launch deliverables.
• Support continuous improvement of launch processes, tools, and best practices.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Launch management

APQP

Supply chain readiness

BMW experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Rebo Lighting & Electronics, LLC in Sparta Hills, TN, is seeking a Launch Manager to drive automotive program launches from concept to SOP. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to meet ramp-up targets and glidepath milestones.

Key responsibilities include planning run-at-rate events, ensuring manufacturing readiness, leading LRR meetings, and monitoring budgets and launch performance.