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
Strategic Responsibility: Presents and represents project status to customer and Woodward managers
Strategic Responsibility: Participates in enterprise trade-offs between projects
Strategic Responsibility: Provide mentoring and consultation to lower level project managers
Strategic Responsibility: Participate in strategic planning/profit planning processes
Strategic Responsibility: Accountable for scope change management: responsible to orchestrate with the accountable leaders and team to be responsive to customers, project schedule, and deliverables
Strategic Responsibility: Evaluate and implement continuous improvement. May include authoring documents and standards
Tactical Responsibility: Lead and present project updates for management reviews, provide written updates, and status reports
Tactical Responsibility: Drives risk management process
Tactical Responsibility: Drives schedule performance to meet commitment dates
Tactical Responsibility: Plans, reviews, and improves project cost
Tactical Responsibility: Drives total cost of ownership processes
Tactical Responsibility: Project resource management
Tactical Responsibility: Manages across business and departments outside of specific functional area to break down barriers that may prevent project success
Strategic Responsibility: 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
In Sourcing, may perform: Coordinates with Supplier Manager to act as the primary point of contact for the project
In Sourcing, may perform: Accountable for Global Sourcing Part Transition process compliance through 109
In Sourcing, may perform: Assure supplier development, inventory transition planning, contractual alignment (PO's and LTA)
In Sourcing, may perform: Leverage all Global Sourcing groups to minimize total investment
In Sourcing, may perform: Participate in commodity strategy development
In Sourcing, may perform: Collaborate with engineering and the COE to assure security of supply, high quality, competitively priced components
In Sourcing, may perform: Lead project gate reviews
In Sourcing, may perform: Provide support and assist in supplier approval process
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
In Sourcing: Good knowledge and demonstrated execution of the part transition process
In Sourcing: Good knowledge of strategic sourcing principles, supplier relationship management, and commercial management
In Sourcing: Knowledge and experience with core global sourcing business processes and systems
Education:
US – Master's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS)
US – Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)
Experience:
Experience in specific functional area (Quality, Sourcing, Manufacturing)
Project Management
License & Certifications:
PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or international equivalent
For Manufacturing/Sourcing: Six Sigma Green Belt certification
For Quality: Achieve and maintain Six Sigma Green Belt certification
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What We Do
Woodward is an independent designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for aerospace and industrial markets. For 150 years, Woodward has focused its resources and expertise on delivering proven systems that perform under incredible demands. Our customers have come to rely on us to help them address and solve the challenges associated with global efficiency initiatives – from reducing emissions, to increasing energy efficiency, to helping them introduce alternative energy sources.
Why Work With Us
A career at Woodward offers professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in our industry, help develop innovative technology and products, and contribute to our company’s goal of always innovating for a better future.
People join Woodward for a job and end up building a career for a lifetime.
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