Launch Manager

The Project Manager is responsible for organizing, coordinating, and executing a comprehensive program management regimen that meets customer expectations. The individual provides program management for customer programs smaller in scope in terms of the number of customers, facilities, programs, or strategic importance. Potentially involved in winning the business/quotation preparation focusing on
(1) the assertive oversight of product launches,
(2) vigilant cost containment, avoidance, and reduction throughout a product’s life cycle, and (3) a comprehensive communications effort. Working at all levels of the organization the incumbent must build a case for the program and gain the commitment of the department heads allowing the allocation of the necessary resources. The leadership activities would include but not be limited to strategic programs within the team environment involving planning and defining objectives, product design and development, process design and development, product and process validation, and initial production performance.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as program owner, accountable for the execution and success of the program.
• Develops and validates program scope and customer deliverables and ensures that customer expectations for quality, timing, and product performance are met.
• Identifies and manages assigned resources (purchased material, engineering development, capital investment, launch costs, contract provisions) to minimize total program costs and maximize expected return.
• Meets program deliverables (financial targets of appropriation request, cost, timing, completeness) as defined by the Executive Oversight Team (“EOT”). 
• Leads efforts to ensure that BW expectations of ROI and EV are met.
• Assists the EOT in developing a program strategy and converts the strategy into action.
• Alerts the EOT of program risks that are beyond the scope of the program team in an appropriate timeframe; continuously identifies risk factors and seeks to mitigate adverse impact.
• Works with functional managers to assign members of cross-functional SEG product launch teams.  This includes but is not limited to manufacturing management, production operators, maintenance, materials, finance, quality, safety and HR.
• Leads and manages team environment through all program phases / gate points with emphasis on synergy, development and empowerment to ensure collaboration, team unity and team success.
• Conducts frequent Team meetings.  Leads team meetings, monthly functional meetings, joint BW/customer meetings and EOT review meetings.
• Maintain program charter, timing plan and gate review matrices.
• Helps the team reach consensus when necessary and makes decisions as required.   Knows when to make decision independently and when to ask for guidance and input.
• Evaluates and reviews team member performance and provides input to TMS.
• Addresses and resolves program "roadblocks” through the appropriate functional managers, or functional directors, or vice presidents.
• Keeps program team in place for 3 to 6 months after launch to ensure objectives of delivery, quality and cost are met.  Objectively evaluates performance with input from the EOT to determine at the 3 month after launch window if extension is required.
• Serves as contact person to the customer and participates in, or leads in some cases, customer meetings; a key contact for the customer APQP program.
• Develops relationship with customer that makes the product launch an experience that contributes to awarding new business in the future.
• Ensures internal and external documentation requirements are met.
• Understand BW process and system in line with the TS16949 requirements function of each components of our products, transfer case.
• Lead change management issues communicating with customers and suppliers, and internal function owners.
• Definition of Bill of Material on material master data maintaining in SAP system
• Tracking of Project Plans timeline to meet corrected implementing change management and requirment of customer
• Tracking of Tooling on part revision implementation released from program starting
• Coordination with whole team in development phase concern based change management process (PDSCR) with PLM sytem
• Maintaining material master data in SAP system
• Responsible for current BOM update on a basis of SAP
• Responsible for SAP system encoding for part master and manufacturing BOM for New Program
• Plan and perform the Plant Trial Run per each Launch and Change event
• Contact the key suppliers and customers to support successful change management
• Change management process standard BW and on time implementing

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