Manufacturing & Supply Chain Program Lead

Harris Companies, inc; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Short-term incentive

Job summary

Harris Companies is seeking a Manufacturing Project Manager in the United States to coordinate and track initiatives for scaling manufacturing and supply chain capabilities. You will lead cross-functional planning, tracking, and governance across facility startups, plant modifications, fulfillment center development, and data integration.

You will partner with leadership to maintain visibility, manage risks, and ensure timely execution while coordinating with business development, estimating,

Qualifications

• Experience managing cross-functional programs, projects, or operational initiatives.
• Strong project management discipline, including schedules, milestones, action tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across business development, operations, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic initiatives into actionable plans with defined owners, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain portfolio-level visibility across manufacturing and supply chain initiatives, including facility setup, process improvement, systems, and operational readiness workstreams.
• Develop/manage integrated project plans, milestones, activities, risks, and executive summaries.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into status, dependencies, risks, decisions needed, and accountability gaps.
• Help ensure teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, owners, and next steps.
• Support production readiness by coordinating the transition from opportunity development to manufacturing execution.
• Facilitate recurring coordination meetings across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, estimating, business development, and operations.
• Hold teams accountable to committed actions, milestones, and deliverables.
• Identify interdependencies across workstreams and help resolve or elevate conflicts.
• Develop clear reporting for initiative status, milestones, risks, blockers, and upcoming decisions.

Skills

Cross-functional programs

Project management

Team coordination

Executive reporting

Communication

Change management

Influence without authority

PM tools & dashboards

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Dashboard software

Job description

Harris Companies is seeking a Manufacturing Project Manager in the United States to coordinate and track initiatives for scaling manufacturing and supply chain capabilities. You will lead cross-functional planning, tracking, and governance across facility startups, plant modifications, fulfillment center development, and data integration.

You will partner with leadership to maintain visibility, manage risks, and ensure timely execution while coordinating with business development, estimating,