The Role
Lead complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programs in power generation from planning through delivery. Own program budgets, schedules, risk mitigation, and stakeholder satisfaction. Coordinate cross-functional teams using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methods, track KPIs, and drive data-informed decisions to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and high customer satisfaction.
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Mission:
Lead the successful execution of Power Generation programs from customer requirements through NPI, production launch, and ongoing delivery, ensuring programs achieve schedule, cost, quality, and customer commitments. Build strong customer confidence while driving cross-functional accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.
Lead the successful execution of Power Generation programs from customer requirements through NPI, production launch, and ongoing delivery, ensuring programs achieve schedule, cost, quality, and customer commitments. Build strong customer confidence while driving cross-functional accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.
Outcomes:
NPI Milestone Execution: Achieve ≥95% of committed NPI milestones on time, including engineering release, prototype builds, validation, production readiness, and launch.
Program Financial Performance: Deliver programs within approved NPI and program budgets, with forecast variances identified and recovery actions implemented before commitments are missed.
Customer Delivery: Achieve ≥95% on-time delivery against committed customer dates for assigned programs.
Customer Satisfaction: Maintain ≥90% customer/stakeholder satisfaction, with concerns documented, actioned, and closed within agreed timelines.
Critical Risk Management: 100% of identified high-priority program risks have a documented owner, mitigation action, and due date, with overdue actions escalated within 5 business days.
Critical Issue Resolution: ≥90% of critical program issues are resolved or have an approved recovery plan in place by the agreed target date
Program Financial Performance: Deliver programs within approved NPI and program budgets, with forecast variances identified and recovery actions implemented before commitments are missed.
Customer Delivery: Achieve ≥95% on-time delivery against committed customer dates for assigned programs.
Customer Satisfaction: Maintain ≥90% customer/stakeholder satisfaction, with concerns documented, actioned, and closed within agreed timelines.
Critical Risk Management: 100% of identified high-priority program risks have a documented owner, mitigation action, and due date, with overdue actions escalated within 5 business days.
Critical Issue Resolution: ≥90% of critical program issues are resolved or have an approved recovery plan in place by the agreed target date
Role Competencies:
Engineering & Manufacturing Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; experience in electric motors, motor components, electromechanical products, or related manufacturing strongly preferred.
Program Management Expertise: Demonstrated experience leading complex manufacturing programs; PMP certification preferred.
NPI & Manufacturing Launch: Experience leading products from customer requirements and engineering development through validation, production readiness, and manufacturing.
Leadership & Influence: Leads cross-functional teams and drives accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.
Planning & Execution: Builds clear plans, milestones, dependencies, and ownership and drives execution against commitments.
Financial Management: Manages program budgets, forecasts, resources, and manufacturing cost drivers.
Customer Leadership: Builds customer confidence through clear communication, responsiveness, and delivery against commitments.
Risk & Problem Solving: Anticipates technical, manufacturing, supplier, quality, and delivery risks and drives timely resolution.
Ownership & Accountability: Takes ownership of results, proactively addresses problems, and drives programs through completion.
Program Management Expertise: Demonstrated experience leading complex manufacturing programs; PMP certification preferred.
NPI & Manufacturing Launch: Experience leading products from customer requirements and engineering development through validation, production readiness, and manufacturing.
Leadership & Influence: Leads cross-functional teams and drives accountability across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales.
Planning & Execution: Builds clear plans, milestones, dependencies, and ownership and drives execution against commitments.
Financial Management: Manages program budgets, forecasts, resources, and manufacturing cost drivers.
Customer Leadership: Builds customer confidence through clear communication, responsiveness, and delivery against commitments.
Risk & Problem Solving: Anticipates technical, manufacturing, supplier, quality, and delivery risks and drives timely resolution.
Ownership & Accountability: Takes ownership of results, proactively addresses problems, and drives programs through completion.
About
Fortune 500 pedigree. Startup agility. No compromise. We blend a century of manufacturing excellence with the speed and grit to take on today's manufacturing and industry challenges. Our mission? To be the catalyst of success for a select group of like-minded customers who are leading the North American manufacturing and industrial renaissance. Our vision? To be the world’s most trusted company.
Skills Required
- Experience managing complex programs or NPIs end-to-end
- Proven ability to deliver programs on time and within budget
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies
- Program-level budget ownership and financial management
- Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
- Risk identification, mitigation, and problem-solving experience
- Customer relationship management and focus on customer satisfaction
- Data-driven decision making and KPI tracking experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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The Company
What We Do
Rockit Motors is a contract manufacturer specializing in electric motors, alternators, stators, rotors, and coils for industrial, rail, e-mobility, and power generation sectors. They leverage a century of manufacturing experience with startup agility to solve complex manufacturing challenges.
