Onsite Program Manager

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About the role

  • Program Manager at Tenneco managing engineering projects focused on Friction and Braking. Empowering teams to enhance program efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Get empowerment from the management to be able to drive changes wherever needed to improve programs efficiency, and have safe launch in production
  • Drive the change to get consistent organizations in each plant of the region for NPI execution
  • Build a team and organization allowing Program Leadership and Ownership development
  • Develop customer orientation and knowledge among the program management team
  • Identify, and manage the risks coming from various areas of the programs by defining adequate risk mitigation plans involving the appropriate functions and levels among the organization
  • Deploy in the region the global APQP standard of the Braking business unit
  • Clarify Roles & Responsibilities related to programs wherever needed
  • Put customer satisfaction in the center of the company focus when it comes to program management
  • Involve Quality function into the programs
  • Implement NPI related KPI's at different level, Plant & Region
  • Work together with Purchasing on supplier development improvement
  • Bring more discipline among the regional organization in order to get deliverables on time, and have a continuous improvement approach on this item
  • Bring support to the IBP process by providing informations related to new programs
  • Comply with the safety and environment requirements and responsibilities.
  • Report to the Global NPI Programs Director and Regional Management team weekly, and to the SMT monthly (OPS review) about programs progress and issues
  • Lead on a monthly basis with the plant managers a review related to the programs involving their own facility
  • Set a systematic way to report and communicate about programs among the organization in order to improve visibility
  • Lead the team management for Program managers, including cross fertilization, lessons learned, continuous improvement related to process and people
  • Ensure program managers are visiting the plants on a regular basis and have appropriate connections there in order to enhance team work and team spirit
  • Lead together with regional functional leaders a gap analysis related to actual vs expected skills
  • Develop together with global functional leaders a plan to fill the gap (personal development plan, hiring, mentoring-coaching, etc…)
  • Organize the knowledge development at the plant level with the support of all appropriate functions and experts
  • Support recognition towards the key people involved in NPI in order to make it clearly a key process for the company
  • Drive a global change to make NPI a 'pull' process instead of a 'push' one

Requirements

  • BS Engineering, Professional Program Management Certification, or equivalent experience
  • Master degree (Diploma) in mechanical engineering or Material Science with a focus on Automotive
  • 3 to 10 years of experience in Friction - and/or Braking Engineering Automotive industry
  • Leadership
  • Disciplined and structured
  • Clear and structured communication
  • Ability to coach, or identify skills development required for his team
  • Customer oriented
  • Ability to plan and manage complex projects crossing over many departmental lines
  • Good problem solving skills. Able to effectively use problem-solving tools such as Fault Tree Analysis, Ishikawa Diagrams, etc.
  • Working knowledge of Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Methodologies
  • Effective communication skills, written and oral, to all levels of the organization (internal, customers, and suppliers)
  • Working knowledge of computers and software, with the capability to thoroughly learn new applications
  • Thorough knowledge of MS Project
  • Attention to details
  • Goal oriented and results based thinking; self-driven motivated individual
  • Effective in a team oriented environment
  • Frequent travel is required
  • English speaking is a must; additional language aptitude preferred.

Benefits

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Job title

Program Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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