Program Manager – Seating Components and 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

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Program Manager – Seating Components and Sealing

Engineering Dept-PBU Full Time Minth North America, Inc., Wixom, MI, US

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $110,000.00 Annually

Program Manager – Seating Components and Sealing

Lead automotive seating component and sealing programs from engineering design through production launch. Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet customer and Minth requirements for specifications, quality, timing and budget.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Program Requirements – Define customer and Minth deliverables, specifications, quality standards and milestones. Communicate progress, risks and decisions to the program team, customers and management.
• Timing and Risk – Own the master program schedule and track milestones, dependencies and corrective actions. Assess risks to performance, reliability, manufacturability and market competitiveness.
• Gateway Reviews – Follow the Minth Program Management Gateway system. Chair regular reviews, use optimization modeling to assess program status, assign deliverables and follow up on actions.
• Budget Ownership – Develop program budgets, obtain approval and track actual and forecast costs against margin, tooling, capital and development targets.
• Customer Financial Issues – Escalate program financial issues to the Account Manager and support resolution with the customer.
• Design and Launch – Represent Minth on customer product teams and support design activities, early builds and assembly plant launches.
• Quality Planning – Ensure each program meets Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) requirements and follows applicable IATF 16949 requirements and Minth Americas policies.
• Team Leadership – Lead project engineers and coordinate resources across functions to meet program commitments.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least five years of experience in program management or a related field.
• At least five years of experience assessing program risks using master schedules, timing controls and measures of performance, reliability, manufacturability and market competitiveness.
• Experience using optimization modeling in program status reviews.
• At least three years of experience analyzing financial statements and using regression models, as well as developing and controlling program budgets for margins, tooling, capital and development costs.
• At least three years of full-cycle automotive engineering design experience, from research, requirements and feasibility through concept, preliminary and detailed design, design for manufacturability and production planning.
• Strong experience in product development and program management for automotive seating components and sealing products.
• Strong knowledge of aluminum melting, refining, degassing, casting, homogenization and related foundry processes.
• Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC and IATF 16949. Familiarity with customer procedures and expectations, and experience launching products for an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (A PLUS)

• Program management certification.
• Experience with Minth products.

KEY TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE

• Communicate professionally with customers and colleagues at all levels and manage competing priorities.
• Work proactively and independently while collaborating across departments.
• Lead project engineers and allocate resources to meet program requirements.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Work includes coordination with engineering, manufacturing and customer teams in office and plant settings.

Ability and willingness to travel worldwide as required for customer meetings, build events and launches.

Ability to perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

WHY WORK FOR MINTH?

• Join a growing global automotive supplier and lead seating component and sealing programs from design through launch.
• Build experience across international programs and develop your technical and leadership skills.
• Work with a cross-functional team in a modern office setting and a multicultural workplace.
• Access employee support and a competitive compensation package.

Minth North America, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age (40 and over), disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Minth provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, for pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions, and for sincerely held religious beliefs, in the application process and in performing the essential functions of the job. To request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.