Program Manager

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Our client, a leading manufacturer in Medical Devices, is seeking a Program Manager to join their growing team in Charlotte, NC. It is a permanent position.

• Provide technical and team leadership
• Directly or indirectly manage all tool design and fabrication activities, internally and externally, including molds, tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, etc. required by Operations and Quality.
• Lead make/buy decisions on tooling and design.
• Responsible for selection and management of external tool design and build partners globally.
• Responsible for Tool Evaluation/Groom/Approval and related process development/process optimization and documentation.
• Provide timely feedback to internal and external customers on the status of tool fabrication initiatives, including performance against established budgets.
• Oversee cross-functional integration (planning, controlling, executing) within Tooling and Engineering departments, including coordination between customer service, purchasing, production, and engineering.
• Supervise Engineering and Tooling teams, including evaluations, conflict resolution, decision making, escalation processes, and more.

• Initiating: processes performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase.
• Planning:
  Those processes required to establish project scope, refine objectives, and define the course of action required to attain project objectives
• Executing:
  Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications
• Monitoring and Controlling:
  Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required, and initiate the corresponding changes.

• The processes performed to finalize all activities across all Process Groups to formally close the project or phase.
• Create and deploy processes including, but not limited to, standard work/standard work instructions for project planning, information flow, and task execution including scope definition and management, and establishing budget/timeline for all approved projects
• Establish workflow to manage and communicate customer's product quality, on-time delivery, configuration, and quality and inventory requirements
• Oversee Smartsheet environment and usage including Design and use of Project Templates

• Personally involved in and accountable for the part, tool, and process design for assigned projects
• Ensure adequate resource capacity of Tool Designers and Tool Builders (internal and external)
• Process adherence

• Metric development
• Forecasting, reporting, variance analysis
• Root cause analysis and countermeasure development and implementation.

• 5+ years of experience working in an injection molding environment
• Understanding of the design and build of plastic injection parts and molds, injection molding, and related inspection/quality documentation processes.
• 3+ years of experience in a supervision role modeling principle-based leadership style: direct, motivate, develop, and retain outstanding teams
• Hands-on, analytic, strong communication, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated expertise in project planning and related tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.); PMP certification or equivalent preferred

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Manufacturing and Project Management

• Manufacturing and Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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