Strategic Automotive Program Leader

Samsung-Electronics-9; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Samsung Electronics in Auburn Hills, MI is seeking a Program Manager to implement program management processes for local ESS manufacturing programs, improving timing, costs and quality across the product development life cycle.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with sales, finance, engineering, and manufacturing, and maintain KPI goals while communicating with teams in Korea to capture design changes and align production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, engineering or other area.
• 5+ years of experience with project management.
• Experience in the automotive industry and APQP is required.
• Knowledge/experience with ISO 16949 is a plus.
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
• Hybrid electronics or advanced battery technology experience is preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Korean is preferred (to engage with ESS design team).
• Fluent in Microsoft Office software to be able to track and analyze spreadsheets and plans.
• Fluent in Microsoft project for managing timing plans is preferred.
• Demonstrated strong communication/negotiation skills to work with internal and external contacts at all levels within the organization and represent the company in a professional manner.
• Demonstrated strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for successful performance of job duties.
• Carry out projects, broad in nature, from beginning to end in coordination with internal / external contacts.
• Strong organizational, project management, and leadership skills to prioritize, coordinate activities, manage conflicting needs, and deal with many issues at one time.
• Able to work independently under little or no supervision.

Responsibilities

• Develop, initiate and drive processes in the organization to achieve the programs targets for timing, costs and quality while managing/supporting change, risk and requirement management.
• Provides expert technical leadership in coordinating, facilitation, motivating, and directing efforts of cross functional program and concept development teams including individuals from Sales, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and Manufacturing.
• Gains support for and develops process, product and program controls and ensures all groups involved understand demands for interconnected processes.
• Create a detailed process roll-out plan (as needed) based on internal and customer defined milestones and utilize program management tools to track progress to the plan.
• Ensures customer and company requirements are met including cost, quality, timing, and overall scope of the program(s) and/or department(s).
• Works with internal and external resources to maintain customer requirements, milestones and timing and aligns with company processes.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts, researches, recommends, and initiates implementation of enhancements to products, processes and programs.
• Leads effective lessons learned processes within and between the programs and departments.
• Maintains proper communication/reporting including escalation when necessary and maintains meeting structure cadence and moderates’ reviews.
• Performs other duties as necessary and provides work direction to other staff.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management or engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Job description

Samsung Electronics in Auburn Hills, MI is seeking a Program Manager to implement program management processes for local ESS manufacturing programs, improving timing, costs and quality across the product development life cycle.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with sales, finance, engineering, and manufacturing, and maintain KPI goals while communicating with teams in Korea to capture design changes and align production.