Project Manager

Position Purpose:

This position is a Functional Project Manager in the area of Sourcing. The Functional Project Manager is accountable for the planning, directing, and execution of local and/or global projects. The Functional Project Manager is responsible to direct the project team to achieve project deliverables including contractual and business objectives while ensuring satisfaction and QDRC.

Essential Functions:

Tactical Responsibility:

• Coordinate/lead multiple projects of med-high complexity, multiple sub-projects, and/or cross location
• Lead and present project updates for management reviews, provide written updates, and status reports
• Drives risk management process
• Drives schedule performance to meet commitment dates
• Plans, reviews, and improves project cost
• Drives total cost of ownership processes
• Project resource management
• Manages across business and departments outside of specific functional area to break down barriers that may prevent project success

Strategic Responsibility:

• Presents and represents project status to customer and Woodward managers
•  Participates in enterprise trade-offs between projects
• Provide mentoring and consultation to other project managers
• Participate in strategic planning/profit planning processes
• Accountable for scope change management: responsible to orchestrate with the accountable leaders and team to be responsive to customers, project schedule, and deliverables
• Evaluate and implement continuous improvement. May include authoring documents and standards
• Coordinates project activity with appropriate leaders, team members, and customers

Other Essential Functions:

• Evaluate and drive implementation and maintenance of appropriate project management tools
• May also provide support in other business activities
• Coordinates with Supplier Manager to act as the primary point of contact for the project
• Accountable for Global Sourcing Part Transition process compliance through 109
• Assure supplier development, inventory transition planning, contractual alignment (PO's and LTA)
• Leverage all Global Sourcing groups to minimize total investment
• Participate in commodity strategy development
• Collaborate with engineering and the COE to assure security of supply, high quality, competitively priced components
• Lead project gate reviews
• Provide support and assist in supplier approval process
• Performs Project Management role/coordination for limited Quality Management activities for multiple facilities
• Drives and coordinates CACs and CABs. Trains and coaches others for CACs and CABs

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Good knowledge of project management tools (specifically MS Project, Work Breakdown Structure).
• Proficient understanding of Woodward's Key business processes and metrics
• Good knowledge and demonstrated execution of the part transition process
• Good knowledge of strategic sourcing principles, supplier relationship management, and commercial management
• Knowledge and experience with core global sourcing business processes and systems

Experience:

• Experience in specific functional area (Sourcing)
• Project Management

License & Certifications:

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or international equivalent

PMP Certification added advantage.