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Continuously assess and improve existing project workflows, governance, tools, and standards to ensure clear ownership, timely decisions, and manufacturing readiness across quality, cost, delivery, schedule, capacity, and financial commitments. Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management™ philosophy, which guides everyday decision-making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and benefit personally from the value they create.\nOur Team\nThe Plant Project Management team supports the Datacom & Specialty Solutions (DSS) division and partners with TPM, Product Management, Production, PDE, DPE, Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling, Automation, AQP, Quality, Supply Planning, Procurement, Finance, and global cross-functional teams.\nThe role directly manages four Plant PJMs, aligns the plant project portfolio with business priorities, and establishes an execution environment in which project teams can act with clarity, accountability, and speed.\nWhat You Will Do (Job Description)\nLead plant-side execution for NPI projects from PR2 through PR6 and ensure effective transition through ramp, release to production, safe launch, project closeout, and continual improvement through PR8. \nOwn the plant project portfolio operating cadence, including project intake, prioritization, resource planning, schedule integration, portfolio health reviews, and leadership reporting. \nAct as the owner of the plant project-management operating system; assess current-state workflows, identify gaps and duplication, and redesign processes to improve speed, accountability, decision quality, and cross-functional execution. \nStandardize project intake, planning, gate reviews, status reporting, risk and issue management, change control, escalation, handoffs, closeout, and lessons-learned practices across all Plant PJMs. \nDefine process governance, roles and responsibilities, templates, dashboards, data standards, and review cadences; monitor adoption and drive continuous improvement based on project performance and stakeholder feedback. \nProvide clear scope, schedules, financial visibility, decision rights, and escalation paths so Plant PJMs can be executed effectively. \nBalance business priorities and plant constraints across the portfolio; recommend trade-offs and resource-allocation options to plant leadership\n\nManufacturing Readiness and Flawless LaunchDrive integrated readiness plans across Manpower, Material, Machine, Method, quality, supply chain, facilities, technology, and other required domains. \nEnsure tooling, equipment, automation, materials, process documentation, training, qualification, capacity, and production-control deliverables are ready for each gate and launch milestone. \nCoordinate capacity analysis, capital planning, factory expansion, line installation, and production ramp readiness. \nConfirm effective handoffs between development teams, plant engineering, quality, supply chain, and Operations, with clear acceptance criteria and closure of open issues. \n\nProject Governance, Risk and EscalationEnsure compliance with PDP requirements, checkpoint deliverables, gate reviews, and project closeout expectations. \nEstablish robust project schedules, milestone 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