Global Aircraft Seating Program Manager

Recaro As; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RECARO Aircraft Seating Fort Worth seeks a Program Manager I to coordinate all activities from sales handover through development, certification, supply chain and production to project closure. You will ensure on-time delivery, maintain quality and cost targets, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement and production while maintaining RECARO’s strict standards.

Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong customer relations and negotiation skills are required.
• Experience with program management and aerospace projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage program from sales handover to program closure with complete responsibility over cost, timeline, scope and quality of the product.
• Responsible to maintain overall program timeline to support of agreed due dates at all times.
• Develop full scale project plan in MS Project
• Manage ZACSA
• Manage MS Tracking database updates
• Negotiate due date changes with OEM and customers
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support overall program baseline in collaboration with project team, senior management and stakeholders.
• Manage program scope and access the impact of scope changes
• Responsible for communication with customers and stakeholders
• Manage Master Change Proposals
• Manage Program budget and coordinate budget changes as necessary
• Service bulletin coordination
• Responsible for program documentation
• Program Action Items (both internal and external)
• Program Team Meeting minutes
• Program Checklist
• Audit files and results
• MCP and Purchase Order filing
• Program Milestone Meeting documentation including Agenda and Meeting minutes
• PSC / IPSC Presentations
• Concessions and commitment letters through OEM product support processes
• Responsible to manage program team to achieve project results:
• Lead program task and team meetings in an efficient manner
• Follow up on open items with each individual prior to their due date
• Agree and maintain OEM submittal requirements and due dates.
• Manage customer changes in close coordination with all impacted team members.
• Estimate resources and participants required achieve project goals. Where required, negotiate with department managers for the support of required personnel.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team and when not solved in team meetings escape per the escalation process.
• Define priorities within the project and agree on delegation of tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel with clear accountability within the program team.
• Supervise all BFE activities, including the timely placement and receipt of BFE orders, required for CDR, test and HoV production seats.
• Ensure IFE test equipment is loaded with correct software level and is functioning properly to test the required system within contract specifications.
• Responsible for overall program performance
• Primary focal for ITCM, PDR, CDR and other technical meetings
• Responsible to organize implementation of FAI open items
• Interface with OEM contact and provide regular program progress reports to ensure complete visibility of program at all times.
• Continuously monitor OEM ratings and negotiate or correct as required
• Report program difficulties to the program review board and implement the decisions from review board.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Responsible to adhere Department processes and procedures
• Actively participate in team and PMO meetings to support process upgrades or develop new processes/ procedures
• Develop and adhere to program management guidelines and standards for project execution.
• Prepare project audits and implement risk analysis using RECARO standards and tools.
• Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements (as part of lessons learned practice)

Skills

Customer relations

Negotiation

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

MS Tracking database

Job description

RECARO Aircraft Seating Fort Worth seeks a Program Manager I to coordinate all activities from sales handover through development, certification, supply chain and production to project closure. You will ensure on-time delivery, maintain quality and cost targets, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement and production while maintaining RECARO’s strict standards.

Travel up to 25% may be required.