Project Manager - Program Management

The Project Manager is responsible for organizing, coordinating, leading and executing a comprehensive program management regimen to meet the customer expectations by following BorgWarner TTT’s APQP process viz. the PDP process at TTT Chennai plant. Also, the incumbent will be responsible to ensure on time monitoring, tracking & reporting of all PM activities and launch metrics.
The Program Management Administrator is accountable for the performance and success of the Program Team without any direct organizational reporting relationship. He/She must work at all levels, internal and external to BorgWarner, to ensure successful Program execution. The leadership activities would include but not be limited to strategic projects 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 & 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, and 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”) & Plant Management Team.
• Leads efforts to ensure that BW expectations of financials, viz, Budget, Operating Margins, ROI and EV are met.
• Alerts the EOT and plant management 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 and obtain resources to setup cross-functional product launch teams. This includes but is not limited to manufacturing engineering, operations management, supply chain management, finance, quality, safety, sales, engineering 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 weekly team meetings, participate in monthly functional meetings, program gate review meetings, joint BW/customer meetings and EOT review meetings.
• Update and maintain SAP xPro and maintain program contract, timing plan and gate review documents.
• Knows when to make decisions independently and when to escalate issues to management or ask for guidance and support from others.
• 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.
• Keeps project 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.
• Develops relationship with customer that makes the product launch an experience that contributes to awarding new business in the future.
• Deals with conflict swiftly, constructively, and decisively, inside and outside the company, regardless of levels in the organization.
• Ensures internal and external documentation requirements as per customer or QMS requirements are met.

• Key Job Requirements & Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• Bachelor of Engineering or Management is required. (Post Graduate Degree is desired)
• 8 years of experience in automotive industry.
• 0-3 years of project management experience, managing cross functional teams.
• Strong leadership & organizational skills including the ability to prioritize, handle multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, influence, motivate others and build effective cross functional teams.
• Strong program management skills, viz. good communication, project planning, scheduling, managing program financials, risk management, resources & stakeholder management. 
• Strong communication (verbal and written) skills for both internal and external customers, presentation and organization skills.
• Good understanding of manufacturing and quality processes and engineering documents & requirements.
• Good Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 tools (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Project).

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