Product Launch Program Lead

Pridgeon & Clay; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription coverage

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Pridgeon & Clay in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Project Manager to guide new product launches from concept through delivery, ensuring quality and customer requirements are met. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets and tooling expenses, and maintain APQP documentation while tracking milestones.

A strong background in business/project management, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a team-based environment are essential; this role offers growth and competitive

Qualifications

• Associates degree (Business preferred)
• Experience in a project management environment
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and drive on-time completion of programs with a high degree of detail
• High level of proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project)
• Strong self-motivation, with ability to manage personal workload with minimal supervision
• Ability and willingness to work well in a team-based work setting, building effective work relationships using collaboration skills
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), customer service and interpersonal skills
• Strong organization skills, including detail-oriented project-management skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Exceptional professional attributes of dependability and confidentiality
• An excellent work record, including attendance

Responsibilities

• Initiate and track customer billing per project budget.
• Initiate, track, and monitor tooling project expenses.
• Initiate, track, and monitor Cost of Goods Sold.
• Track and monitor Capital Expenditure Projects associated with any Launch related project.
• Meet weekly with Program Launch Business Manager and communicate changes in forecasted profit and loss on tooling projects.
• Develop a justification summary and corrective action with input from the launch team for management review and approval if budgets are to be exceeded.
• Support Strategic Sourcing Specialist to initiate tool and gauge supplier Authorization To Proceed letters and Purchase Orders (POs).
• Support Strategic Sourcing Specialist to initiate tool and gauge supplier progressive payments.
• Issue Kick Off and Engineering Change notices for Grand Rapids, Franklin, Mexico, and Hungry plants.
• Initiate, monitor, and record Supplier Tooling runoff dates.
• Initiate, monitor, and record Home line Capability runoff dates.
• Initiate, monitor, and record Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) submission dates.
• Initiate and preload Flowing Form documentation.
• Create, monitor, drive, and track the completion of APQP project tasks on time.
• Maintaining and organizing appropriate APQP documents within Part Folders.
• Manage timeline: escalation, and drive the achievement of Gate Milestone on time.
• Monitor, escalation, and drive the closure of project action items on time.
• Maintain daily comment project file tracker to ensure project progress is up to date and accurate.
• Facilitate required team meetings.
• Organize and track on-time production and shipping of early parts, dies, gauges, and PPAP packages.
• Submit requests for Launch / Production Planning Meeting agenda updates and additions.
• Submit presentation requests for Gate Review Meeting agenda.
• Work with customers to clearly define and document goals and objectives of new product launches.
• Identify and communicate risks of launch plans, and then communicate risk to management.
• Ensure launch due dates for critical path items are communicated to the APQP team.
• Organize and attend program meetings/conference calls with customers as required.
• Create and manage project timelines and provide timing plan and project status updates, to customers per their requests and/or requirements.
• Accurately inform Customer Service to add or remove orders related to early parts, cap runs and prove out runs.
• Accurately inform Information Technology Department about routers and bill of materials and ensure that information is updated correctly.
• Inform team and assure compliance with customer specific forms and practice (feasibility forms, asset tags, die pictures, die biographies, etc.).
• Effectively communicate with co-workers and management personnel to enhance teamwork and communication initiatives.
• Provide necessary, accurate, and timely feedback of all pertinent information to co-workers and management.
• Consistently exhibit appropriate attendance habits, working the hours necessary to perform the job.
• Organize and maintain efficiency of personal work area.
• Consistently adhere to, and support, company policies and procedures, including ISO, AIAG, IATF 16949, and safety regulations.
• Accept instructions and duties in a positive manner.
• Treat all co-workers with dignity and respect.
• Exhibit all the attributes of a positive role model (including professionalism, personal integrity, and positive attitude) for employees and managers to emulate.
• Assist in maintaining company values (Integrity, People, Customers, Safety, We Can If...Do What It Takes, and Ownership) daily, through thoughts and actions.

Skills

Project management

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Detail-oriented

Problem-solving

Dependability

Education

Associates degree (Business preferred)

Bachelor's degree (Business preferred)

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Pridgeon & Clay in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Project Manager to guide new product launches from concept through delivery, ensuring quality and customer requirements are met. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets and tooling expenses, and maintain APQP documentation while tracking milestones.

A strong background in business/project management, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a team-based environment are essential; this role offers growth and competitive