Program Manager - HOLT Manufacturing

The Program Manager leads a portfolio of cross-functional execution programs that improve launch readiness, delivery performance, operating discipline, systems enablement, and scalable business execution. This role ensures major initiatives are translated into coordinated action across the business. The role owns portfolio visibility, prioritization, follow-through, and risk escalation across critical business programs while preserving functional ownership within the departments. Success in this role means fewer surprises, stronger launch and pre-production discipline, cross-functional follow-through, and consistent delivery against customer commitments.

The portfolio is expected to evolve with business priorities and is not limited to the examples listed in this description.

The incumbent in this position is expected to model the following practices daily:

Department:
Machine Division (MAC)

Employment Type:

Full Time

Location:

Waco Mfg and Rebuild

Address: 2000 Texas Central Parkway, Waco, Texas, 76712

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Workplace type:
Onsite

Reporting To:
Bradley Rogers

• Hires, develops, evaluates, and influences effective and consistent productivity and teamwork to ensure the delivery of Legendary Customer Service (LCS)
• Models, promotes, reinforces, and rewards the consistent use of HOLT's Values Based Leadership (VBL) tools, models, and processes to ensure alignment with our Vision, Values, and Mission
• Owns a cross-functional execution portfolio that supports backlog delivery, launch readiness, operational scalability, and business performance improvement
• Provides leadership, structure, prioritization, follow-through, and escalation across programs that may include, but are not limited to, New Product Introduction (NPI) coordination, project execution and delivery, Spray King program coordination, systems development and enhancements, shop floor continuous improvement initiatives, throughput scaling, cost and margin improvement programs, delivery reliability initiatives, data and performance visibility initiatives, and interim leadership of assigned business programs such as Logistics until permanent ownership is established
• Leads launch governance, readiness checkpoints, and Engineering-to-Operations transition discipline for new and evolving products
• Drives cross-functional coordination, milestone visibility, and risk escalation from order release through shipment for active projects and customer programs
• Ensures each assigned program has defined objectives, ownership, milestone visibility, and escalation paths
• Maintains clear visibility to program status, dependencies, changes, threatened commitments, and recovery actions
• Partners with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Quality, Sales Support, Field Service, and Accounting to align internal readiness to customer commitments
• Regularly reassesses portfolio priorities based on business conditions, growth needs, customer commitments, and leadership direction
• Coordinates business-driven ERP improvements, dashboards, and automation initiatives to improve execution visibility and follow-through
• Supports delivery reliability, customer experience, and issue escalation processes through proactive risk identification and coordinated response
• Tracks KPI alignment, program progress, and initiative ROI to support decision-making and leadership visibility
• Works safely always and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards
• Performs other duties as assigned