Program Manager (Mechatronics)

Overview

Manage pre‐production and launch activities/issue for programs over USD 10,000,000

Ensure internal policies and procedures are followed (QS 9000/VDA 6.3/ISO/TS 16949 /MMSA 9000)

Main Tasks

• Visit customers on a regular basis to coordinate technical meetings for both development and pre‐ development projects.

• Hold direct communication with customer on program and administrative matters, understand customer requests, communicate internally to gather the necessary information to prepare a reply, and execute reply to the customer.

• Understand customer project milestones and internal development lead times, and coordinate internally to fulfill expectations for the milestones.

• Single‐point‐of‐contact for program launch issue resolution.

• Call meetings internally and attend meetings at customer sites for purposes such as program reviews, launch preparation, troubleshooting or other important program issues such as launch readiness reviews.

• Interact with all levels within the company while orchestrating the involvement of Applications & Product Engineering, Account Management, Quality, Production, Logistics, Purchasing and Manufacturing Engineering as needed to ensure and maintain program objectives.

• Chair weekly Program Team meetings primarily designed to communicate program activity and status plus identify issues and action plans.

• Responsible to document, generate and distribute Program Team meeting minutes in timely manner.

• Establish overall program plans needed to meet customer‐timing requirements.

• Direct/manage all program activity required to launch customer programs at manufacturing site while reporting status to customers and management as required.

• Assure APQP activities are completed in accordance with customer requirements.

• Initiate, monitor and confirm completion of NPIs (New Product Introduction).

• Organizes inter-departmental activities, assign and monitor work of systems analysis and program staff, ensuring completion of the program on schedule and within budget constraints

• “Educate” customers about the value proposition that company provides to them. Requires a good understanding of customer needs/requirements and then tailoring the value proposition

• Support the sales effort to achieve internal acceptance of the customer strategy from other functional areas before implementation

• Travel as required (domestically and internationally)

Requirements

Education, Training, Certifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical degree.

Job Knowledge and Skills

• Minimum 5 year experience in Automotive industry.

• Experience as Tier 1 supplier.

• Minimum 3 year experience in program/project management.

• Language Skills – Native level Japanese and English fluency, both written and spoken

***MUST be residing in Japan

***MUST have work visa / permit for Japan