Program Manager

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To successfully manage programs to profitability from early design or manufacturing stages to end of life stages by coordinating team activities and deliverables.

A program manager leads efforts to develop and execute project plans to support NPI product launch, sustain production through the continuous improvement of cost, quality, delivery, service and end-of-life services/support.

• Comply with all Safety, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
• Work with the identified Business Manager to meet and/or exceed customer expectations and to generate targeted operating profit goals.
• Responsible for communication with the customer and KE employees regardingexpectations and requirements
• Work with customer and business manager to grow relationships, expand engagements, propose, quote and win new business
• Responsible for decisions on project processes, customer engineering changes, and technologies to be used
• Develop and optimize project plans for new product introductions and transfers, including timelines, dependencies, critical path, variable cost productivity and required resources.
• Responsible to operate project to the quote, be aware of variances and drive development of alternatives to meet quote.
• Review and provide feedback and approval to Business Manager for new quotes and re-quotes
• Primary coordinator to work effectively with internal and external customers
• Coordinate introduction of demand changes including recovery of any associated change in unit price, NRE and tooling costs, excess and obsolete inventory and implementation timing.
• Facilitate good internal communications within KE
• Oversee entire programs ensuring correct execution through good knowledge of project status and issues
• Lead cross-functional Customer Focus Teams (CFTs) in the successful launch of new products, following the KEJ New Product Introduction (NPI) process.

• Works well with customers
• Honest and dependable
• Works well with all levels of the organization
• Approachable

• Knowledgeable in IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 standards
• Highly Innovative
• Strong manufacturing knowledge of PCBA assembly, subassembly, system build, integration, and Assemble to Order processes and requirements (as needed)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Prefers to work in a fast paced environment
• Ability to use Microsoft Project and project planning
• Understands the purpose of DFM, DFA and DFT concepts
• Understand quality systems and COPQ
• Understands NPI process
• Possess Lean Six Sigma knowledge

• Good listening skills
• Must be fluent in the English language and have good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Abletocommunicate technical and non-technical issues to all levels

• Can do attitude, self-motivated,
• Able to work independently
• Able to leadand motivate multi-functional teams
• Able to drive improvement/change throughout the organization

• Inspire confidence in our plant, in our customers and deliver on it
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