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If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.Job Summary\n\nThe Program Management Manager oversees the end-to-end product lifecycle for a manufacturing program, ensuring that production, quality, safety, and cost targets are met. This role is accountable for maintaining efficient manufacturing operations to meet both internal and customer expectations.\nKey responsibilities include achieving high levels of forecast accuracy, managing manufacturing costs, and ensuring project timelines are aligned with overall capacity plans. The role requires a strategic leader who can effectively manage resources across cross-functional teams, optimize operational processes, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction and manufacturing performance.\nPrincipal Responsibilities\nInterfacing with customers, including solving customer problems, building relationships, and managing escalations.\nLeading successfully small to medium-sized projects with cross-functional teams from initiation to completion in a fast-moving environment.\nParticipating in project planning sessions and contributing to timelines and deliverables.\nParticipating in cross-departmental teams to deliver projects or initiatives.\nFacilitating meetings between different teams to ensure alignment.\nEffectively presenting project updates to stakeholders and senior leaders.\nPreparing reports or presentations summarizing project progress and outcomes.\nParticipating in lean initiatives.\nSpecific Responsibilities\nP&L Management / Financial Management / Cost Management: Responsible for delivering the manufacturing cost committed to the forecast. Monitor financial performance, report on Manufacturing cost FCST variances, and drive actions for improvement.\n Team Leadership / CFT Owner: Lead cross-functional teams (CFT), coordinating efforts across different departments.\nProject Planning and Procurement Execution Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring they are completed on time and within Manufacturing cost FCST. Define and manage project scope, goals, timelines, and deliverables.\nCustomer Relationship Management / Customer Communication: Act as customers' Program/Site representative, ensuring their needs are met. Supports customer vistits. Regular updates to inform customers of project status, challenges, and successes. Site score / Quality Score / Delivery Score.\n KPI Tracking / Operational Excellence: Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to customer satisfaction, OTD, quality, Accounts Receivable (AR), and financial performance.\nRisk Management: Identify potential risks to the project and implement strategies to mitigate them.\n Contract Compliance / Management: Ensure all services and activities performed by the site follow the contract and agreements. Ensure compliance with contract terms (set by the commercial team) and manage contractual obligations, all the non- contractual situations must be escalated to GAM’s (proposal).\nScope / Change Management: Manage changes in project scope, schedule, and resources effectively. Manage Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Product Change Notifications (PCNs) in accordance with customer requirements. Ensure changes to scope are clear. Address any impact from the change request that needs to be adequately solved by the commercial team.\n Forecast Management: Acknowledge input from demand forecasts and ensure alignment with production capacities (man, machine, materials). Supports the development of accurate forecast and demand plans.\nClaims Management: Variance Management Tracking identifies possible claims and recoveries and addresses them with the commercial team for timely resolution.\nInventory Management: Oversee inventory levels to ensure adequate supply for production at Site level.\nQuality Assurance: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations.\nReporting and Documentation: Provide regular updates and comprehensive documentation of program activities.\nContinuous Improvement: Drive initiatives for process improvements and operational efficiencies.\nESG and Sustainability - Customer requirements: Implement customer requirements as agreed & vetted by Commercial Teams.\nThe experience we’re looking to add to our team:\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field.\nMust have 7+ years of experience of Program/project management in engineering, production, operations, supply chain, or related management.\nRequires a deep understanding of manufacturing/industrial industry in supply chain, engineering and finance, and operation planning positions.\nDeep understanding and extensive experience; capable of handling complex tasks with a high knowledge base and skill.\nMust have a comprehensive understanding of key financial indicators and their implications on profit and loss statements and balance sheets.\nMust possess in-depth knowledge of budgeting/forecasting, cost control, and cash management (e.g., QvA).\nUtilizes financial analysis to generate, evaluate, and make decisions that ensure profitability, with a clear understanding of the 'why' behind the numbers.\nMust be able to understand contracts, including commercial (price, delivery, obligations, warranty, scope, etc.) supply chain and legal terms.\nMF15\nWhat you'll receive for the great work you provide:\nFull range of medical, dental, and vision plans\nLife Insurance\nShort-term and Long-term Disability\nMatching 401(k) Contributions\nVacation and Paid Sick Time\nTuition Reimbursement\n\nApplication Deadline:\nApplications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.\n\nJob Category\nOperationsIs Sponsorship Available?\nNoFlex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email  and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. 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