Program Managers (Confidential)

Job Title: Program Managers
Company: Confidential
Location: Troy, MI

Talascend, LLC is currently seeking multiple Program Managers to directly join our client's team.

Basic Purpose:

Manages both the customer and the various resources to meet the financial, strategic and customer specific objectives.

Serves as the primary contact while assigned to specific program

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure that the program milestones are met and tracked by the team through the appropriate monitoring tools

Resolve in a timely manner all open issues that arise on the program. Schedule open issue meetings on a regular basis to ensure that adequate attention is being paid to the potential problem items

Seek all necessary information from the appropriate source, ie: internal, external, suppliers and customers

Communicate with the various coordinating activities involved with the program, ie: customers, suppliers, internal, etc

May temporarily co-locate for reasons strategic to the program

Meet the overall objectives of the project

Initiate, follow and provide timely resolution on all of the financial building blocks for the program (CED-002’s, BP&A’s, RFQ’s, open pricing issues and cost avoidance items)

Follow the appropriate management system(s) which ensure that all required program launch activities and quality planning activities take place during the development of the program

Coordinate appropriate risk management activities

Set up and interact with the APQP team and are responsible for all APQP disciplines, their success and the results of each APQP discipline assignee

Work with APQP team to develop, submit and implement cost savings (VA/VE)

Create and maintain customer relationships and goodwill in a professional manner

Review internal costing documentation for accuracy

Identify requirements and expectations of the customer

Facilitate Project – cost management, quality planning, human resource planning and risk identification and qualification

Support the safety and environmental programs to ensure a safe work environment for all employees and maintain compliance as well as ISO 14000 registration

Experience/Skills/Education:

3 – 5 years experience in automotive industry

Strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, ability to handle multiple tasks/programs, high energy, strong customer relations, good organizational skills, demonstrated leadership skills, financial acumen, initiative (personal accountability)

Bachelors degree preferred

Previous program experience with GM, Mercedes, Honda, Nissan, or BMW.

This direct hire opportunity will offer competitive salary, benefits and car allowance.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this opportunity please email your resume to Jeremiah Kaltz

Email: jeremiah.kaltz@talascend.com, or

Fax: 248 537 1350

Source: Mechanical Engineering Jobs at Engineer Jobs.com

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