eDrive Units Industrialization Supervisor

Jobtailor; Livonia (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced automotive program manager to lead cross-functional teams in design competitions, commodity management, and milestone delivery. You will drive Design Change Requests, oversee commodity timing, and coordinate with Purchasing, Systems Engineering, and Finance to ensure profitability and on-time releases.

The role requires a strong background in eDrive or related transmission components, excellent communication, and the ability to escalate issues to director-level

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related field; business administration considered.
• 6+ years of automotive experience with cross-functional product development.
• Ability to motivate teams and external partners to deliver on time, cost, and quality.
• Strong communication and program control skills to drive deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead design competitions to optimize costs and profitability.
• Lead milestone delivery within GPDS parameters on time with high quality at best cost.
• Lead milestone assessments, communications and reporting up to Director levels.
• Collect and enter Integrator assessments.
• Lead TPMT for your commodity and manage DCRs to limit DCR quantity and cost.

Skills

Strong communication

Program control

Motivational leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Business Administration (considered)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

• Lead Design Competitions to optimize costs and ensure program profitability
• Lead milestone delivery within GPDS parameters on time with high quality at best cost
• Lead milestone assessments, communication documents and reporting up to Director levels
• Collect and enter Integrator assessments
• Lead TPMT (Transmission Product Management Team) for your commodity
• Lead and manage DCR (Design Change Request) to limit the DCR quantity and drive for the best cost on each
• Oversee commodity timing to align with program schedules
• Develop actionable work plans to address commodity issues, escalating as needed up thru director level
• Acting as the primary point of contact for eDrive Unit matters in Program PMT meetings
• Manage the commodity financials
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Systems Engineering, Finance
• Manage BOM/FEDE-BOM and support WERS release activities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (preferred), Business Administration (considered), or a related field
• 6+ years of Automotive experience, working cross functionally to develop products/vehicles
• Ability to motivate both internal teams and external partners to deliver products on time, with best cost, with high quality and meeting all function specs
• Strong communication skills, program control skills which can drive the deliverables hardly and effectively
• Motivated individual who can lead and manage products and industrialization team to success.
• Proven problem-solving skills to address commodity issues and effectively communicate solutions and status to upper management
• Knowledge of eDrive Unit, Trans or other PT components function
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, etc.).

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading design competitions and managing commodity financials while ensuring program profitability and timely milestone delivery. Proficient in cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving within the automotive industry, particularly in eDrive Unit and related components.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 6+ Years of Automotive Experience
• Strong Communication Skills
• Program Control Skills
• Knowledge of eDrive Unit

Hard Skills

• Design Change Request Management
• Commodity Financial Management
• Milestone Delivery Management
• BOM/FEDE-BOM Management
• Problem-solving Skills

Soft Skills

• Motivational Leadership
• Effective Communication

Industry Keywords

• Automotive Industry
• Cross-Functional Development
• Program Management
• Transmission Product Management
• Commodity Timing

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office Suite