Manufacturing Operations PMO Manager

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions.

Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Jabil is seeking an Manufacturing Operations PMO Manager to work at our site in Richardson, TX.How will you make an impact?

As the Manufacturing Operations PMO Manager with Jabil, you will lead and manage a team of project managers that work cross-functionally to organize and implement new customer and new product introduction. You will also efficiently leverage the resources through coordinated planning, communication, and alignment of cross-functional teams, to ensure the proper documentation, launching and customer satisfaction as per established and agreed targets.

What will you do?

Responsible for leading the Project Management Team.

Manage key customer projects; serve as interface between internal teams and the customers to resolve both technical and logistical issues.

Collaborate with customer (internal or external) from requirements gathering through product acceptance.

Staff, lead, and manage a team that has responsibility for New Customer Introduction, new product introduction, and product transfers.

Align the project team to customer needs by establishing milestones, goals, and objectives based on input from all functional areas and stakeholders within the project.

Define, refine and maintain clarity on roles & responsibilities for the team and business partners (engineering and operations).Provide a source of reference and training for Project Management covering processes, tools, metrics and reporting.

Drive well defined processes and methodologies that strive to optimize the team effectiveness, while delivering successful projects on schedule and within budget.

Identify the goals, objectives, and scope of NPI projects while working with relevant BU and Operations staff.

Work within the defined standards and procedures set out by organization and the customer to successfully introduce new products.

Work with local Project Manager and/or Regional Manager Project Office in deploying strategies and tools, besides reporting site PM performance.

Provide regular and consistent communication between the launch team, the business unit, and the customer.

Identify potential risks and make resolution suggestion through the escalation process.

Open and regular communication of priorities and status of projects with Operations Management and site leadership.

Participate in managing internal in-process material, samples allocation, and system logistics.

Manage the monthly operational project reviews.

Manage the weekly project reviews for the Project Management organization.

Responsible for forecasting functional area budget (when applicable) and HR needs for current and future needs.

Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How will you get here?

Education & Experience?

Bachelor’s degree required in a discipline such as Supply Chain Management, Project Management or Engineering.

Minimum 8 years of project management or similar related experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience required.

At least 2 years of experience in a leadership or supervisory/management role strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong Communication Skills both verbal and writtenPMP Certification or similar strongly preferred.

Experience working with internal and external customers.

Strong operational and financial experience required.

Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to be reliable, detail oriented and a can-do attitude.

Automotive experience is strongly preferred

Benefits you will receive while working with Jabil:

Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to…