Program Manager Commercialization Cobra Golf

PUMA Group; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 70,304 - 83,380; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate)

Job summary

PUMA Group in Carlsbad, California, seeks a dedicated individual for product development coordination. This role involves working cross-functionally with various teams to ensure on-time delivery of new products.

The ideal candidate will possess project management skills, a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field, and experience in sporting goods product development. The position offers a competitive salary range of $70,304 - $83,380 and involves up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in product development related to sporting goods.
• Experience in PLM system management and Bill of Material creation is helpful.
• Willingness to adapt and find creative solutions for product availability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the development and timely delivery of products.
• Analyze project schedules and provide guidance to teams.
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure schedules meet launch needs.

Skills

Golf club product development experience

Project Management skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or project management

Tools

MS Project

ProChain project management software

Job description

Your Mission

• Work cross functionally with various organizations including Product Management, R&D, Innovation, Operations & Sales to coordinate on‑time development and delivery of new products. Meet all requirements for a successful global launch for assigned programs.
• Create project schedules and critically analyze them throughout the actual project progress. Use this analysis to generate schedule scenarios to guide project teams in delivering product on time. Create alternate scenario schedules as needed to address business needs and facilitate fast decision making.
• Organize and encourage all team members to constantly update project schedule information. Participate in all project update meetings with the Engineering and Asia teams to ensure all projects are on‑track. Gather pertinent information, critical action items and task updates to communicate these out to the project team and key stakeholders regularly.
• Collaborate with all Tier 1/2 suppliers to ensure overall schedule meets global launch needs. Integrate supplier schedules into Cobra’s project schedules and monitor factory feedback to update the project team and key stakeholders regularly.
• Support any ad‑hoc projects that need cross‑functional resources to bring to market.
• Ensure all the program commercialization deliverables are met, including sales samples, fitting, demo, and all launch requirements.
• Support Program Management/Master Data teams in the creation and management of part numbers and bill of materials in Cobra’s PLM system. Help coordinate global system setup of all components and finished goods and share with suppliers.
• Manage supplier capacity and global production priorities for assigned programs. Ensure all program requirements including commercialization deliverables and sales volume and planned for.
• Lead all Tier 1/2 supplier capacity analysis and negotiations for assigned programs.
• Lead cost quoting and negotiations with the Operations team. Review and understand all program costs including FOB, margins, and tooling costs.
• Collaborate in cost‑savings initiatives
• Work with the Innovation and R&D teams to understand long‑term supply chain needs and identify capability requirements for future.

Your Talent

• 2-4 Years of golf club or similar sporting good product development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, or related engineering field.
• Project Management skills including advanced knowledge of MS Project.
• Critical chain project management experience is helpful.
• ProChain project management software and methodology experience is helpful.
• Experience in PLM system management and Bill of Material creation is helpful.
• Ability to adapt and come up with creative solutions to help ensure on‑time product availability and readiness when changes are made.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow impact of supply decisions.
• Strong communication skills. Ability to work with cross functional team members and suppliers, located globally in different time zones. Open communication style with good listening skills necessary
• Passion for sport‑lifestyle business. Golf industry experience is helpful.
• Up to 20% travel international and domestic

The Hiring range base pay for this position is $70,304 - $83,380

Pay may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience.

• Bonus
• Benefits (Benefit Summary Corporate)

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of PUMA to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender, physical or mental disability, veteran‑status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.