Program Manager – Seneca Battery

Program Manager – Seneca Battery

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related discipline required
• 5+ years’ experience in business, engineering, or manufacturing (automotive driveline or powertrain preferred)
• Product and process launch experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated team leadership experience and training
• Effective, professional verbal and written communication skills to interface with all levels BorgWarner, external customers, and suppliers
• Languages: English and customer specific language depending upon Program assignment(s)
• Proficient in computer skills for industry standard word processing, spreadsheet, intranet, and PLM software

Responsibilities

• Lead customer required APQP activity
• Lead internal team through new program launches
• Lead internal team through current program uplifts
• Facilitate and lead customer meetings
• Support PTC SEG/PDT meetings
• Lead PRA actions with entire launch team
• Lead all customer process changes and gain approval (SREAs, FRs)
• Challenge whole supply base to properly validate change requests to align with OEM expectations.
• Perform capacity analysis (Ford CAR, Toyota Loading Capacity)
• Schedule all pre-SOP builds with production team.
• Manage trial/prototype builds assuring that resources are available (people, material, machines, etc.)
• Attend all program management and EOT meetings providing input when necessary
• Write all supplier tooling kickoff requisitions and pre-production PPAP part requests
• Drive accountability through regular follow up including PRA / APQP meetings
• Lead SLT weekly and monthly status update meetings
• Produce and maintain master Gantt charts
• Maintain and track program financials to AR
• Interface with the customer and facilitate customer visits to the plant
• Lead or participate on cost reduction teams
• Support update activities of APQP documentation on customers’ systems
• Facilitate Seneca change management meeting as required.
• Lead or participate in Program Gate Reviews.
• Lead or participate in PKO (Program Kick-Off) meetings
• Lead or participate in Lessons Learned reviews
• Write Purchase Requisitions as required for trial build parts, supplier tooling, etc.
• Serves as program owner, accountable for the execution and success of the program.
• Develops and validates program scope and customer deliverables and ensures that customer expectations for quality, timing, and product performance are met.
• Identifies and manages assigned resources (purchased material, engineering development, capital investment, launch costs, contract provisions) to minimize total program costs and maximize expected return.
• Meets program deliverables (financial targets of appropriation request, cost, timing, completeness) as defined by the Executive Oversight Team (“EOT”).
• Leads efforts to ensure that BW expectations of ROI and EV are met.
• Assists the EOT in developing a program strategy and converts the strategy into action.
• Alerts the EOT of program risks that are beyond the scope of the program team in an appropriate timeframe; continuously identifies risk factors and seeks to mitigate adverse impact.
• Works with functional managers to assign members of cross-functional SEG product launch teams. This includes but is not limited to manufacturing management, production operators, maintenance, materials, finance, quality, safety and HR.
• Leads and manages team environment through all program phases / gate points with emphasis on synergy, development and empowerment to ensure collaboration, team unity and team success.
• Conducts frequent Team meetings. Leads team meetings, monthly functional meetings, joint BW/customer meetings and EOT review meetings.
• Maintain program charter, timing plan and gate review matrices.
• Helps the team reach consensus when necessary and makes decisions as required.
• Knows when to make decision independently and when to ask for guidance and input.
• Evaluates and reviews team member performance and provides input to TMS.
• Addresses and resolves program “roadblocks” through the appropriate functional managers, or functional directors, or vice presidents.
• Keeps program team in place for 3 to 6 months after launch to ensure objectives of delivery, quality and cost are met. Objectively evaluates performance with input from the EOT to determine at the 3 month after launch window if extension is required.
• Serves as contact person to the customer and participates in, or leads in some cases, customer meetings; a key contact for the customer APQP program.
• Develops relationship with customer that makes the product launch an experience that contributes to awarding new business in the future.
• Ensures internal and external documentation requirements are met.

Preferred Qualifications

• Product and process launch experience strongly preferred