Strategic Program Manager - Seating Components & 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 for Seating Components and Sealing to lead automotive programs from design through production launch.

Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet customer and Minth requirements for specifications, quality, timing and budget. Responsibilities include defining deliverables and milestones, owning the master schedule, managing budgets, guiding APQP and IATF 16949 processes, and leading engineers across functions to ensure on-time launches

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of program management experience.
• Experience assessing risks with master schedules and performance metrics.
• Experience using optimization modeling in status reviews.
• Three or more years analyzing financial statements and budgeting for margins.
• Three years of full-cycle automotive engineering design experience.
• Experience launching seating components and sealing products.
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC and IATF 16949.
• Familiarity with customer procedures and product launches.

Responsibilities

• Define customer and Minth deliverables, specs, quality standards and milestones.
• Own the master program schedule, track milestones, risks and actions.
• Chair Gateway Reviews and follow up on actions.
• Develop and track program budgets and costs against targets.
• Support design activities and product launches.
• Ensure APQP compliance and IATF 16949 alignment.
• Lead project engineers and coordinate resources across functions.

Skills

Program management

Risk assessment

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Project leadership

Tools

Optimization modeling

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

IATF 16949

Job description

Minth North America, Inc. in Wixom, MI seeks a Program Manager for Seating Components and Sealing to lead automotive programs from design through production launch.

Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet customer and Minth requirements for specifications, quality, timing and budget. Responsibilities include defining deliverables and milestones, owning the master schedule, managing budgets, guiding APQP and IATF 16949 processes, and leading engineers across functions to ensure on-time launches