Program Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Meet regularly with customer delegations and negotiate deliverables related to products, timing and business results.
• Maintain and improve the business position regarding product and equipment costs and selling price.
• Support the product engineering process, ensuring high levels of product integrity.
• Manage "design risk" aspects.
• Interfacing the program with the management team.
• Manage technical changes to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to protect the company's business interests.
• Ensure that all PPAP process deliverables are presented by members of the Product Development Team and that the final PPAP process is presented to the client.
• Ensure that equipment is invoiced promptly after customer approval
• Control the costs and investments of the project, analyzing deviations and proposing corrective action plans with the assistance of the local controller.

Key Qualifications/Requirements

• Specific technical training (Optics, Design...)
• Knowledge of customer specific requirements (TS16949/ISO90000/ISO14001/OHSMS) and industry standards.
• Knowledge of Customer Specific Requirements (CSR) related to company operating procedures and required quality management systems (IATF).
• Knowledge of execution in relation to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
• Knowledge of the production parts approval process (PPAP)
• English language
• Setting up and conducing teamwork
• Conflict management
• Presentation of initiatives and opportunities
• Problem solving