Global Program Manager, Seating Components & Sealing

Minth-North-America; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Minth North America, Inc. in Wixom, MI seeks a Program Manager to lead seating components and sealing programs from design through production launch. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure delivery of specifications, quality, timing and budget.

You will drive master schedules, manage risks, and chair gateway reviews while guiding engineers through design to manufacturability and vehicle launches. Strong expertise in APQP/IATF 16949 is required.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in program management or a related field.
• Experience assessing program risks using master schedules, timing controls and performance measures.
• Experience using optimization modeling in program status reviews.
• At least three years of experience analyzing financial statements and developing budgets for margins and development costs.
• Three years of full-cycle automotive engineering design experience.

Responsibilities

• Define customer and Minth deliverables, specifications, quality standards and milestones. Communicate progress, risks and decisions to the program team, customers and management.
• Own the master program schedule and track milestones, dependencies and corrective actions. Assess risks to performance, reliability, manufacturability and market competitiveness.
• Chair regular reviews, use optimization modeling to assess program status, assign deliverables and follow up on actions.
• Develop program budgets, obtain approval and track actual and forecast costs against margin, tooling, capital and development targets.
• Escalate program financial issues to the Account Manager and support resolution with the customer.
• Represent Minth on customer product teams and support design activities, early builds and assembly plant launches.
• Ensure each program meets APQP requirements and IATF 16949 and Minth policies.
• Lead project engineers and coordinate resources to meet program commitments.

Job description

Minth North America, Inc. in Wixom, MI seeks a Program Manager to lead seating components and sealing programs from design through production launch. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure delivery of specifications, quality, timing and budget.

You will drive master schedules, manage risks, and chair gateway reviews while guiding engineers through design to manufacturability and vehicle launches. Strong expertise in APQP/IATF 16949 is required.