What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Burke Porter, an Ascential Technologies Brand?
Primary skills and responsibilities:
- Proven team player skills with ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships
- Ability to build excellent relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ability to effectively delegate while maintaining forward motion on key deliverables
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work within a matrixed management structure in an agile and non-siloed manner.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent business and technical writing
- Capable of managing multiple projects
- Capable of reading drawings and schematics
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
- Demonstrated commitment to safe working practices
- Monitor performance metrics to measure success as a group and by plant to ensure quality, cost and delivery goals are met.
- Maintain responsibility and accountability for new part introduction/launch process.
- Confers with customers or vendors to determine or review product specifications and manufacturing capabilities.
- Plan and formulate specifications of project, cost of project, and equipment.
- Plan to determine time frame, procedures for accomplishing project and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
- Work with various departments to determine manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, quality processes and other procedures to ensure efficient production methods.
- Coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.
- Confer with project team to troubleshoot and work through any processing problems and/or outside vendor issues, and provide technical advice to resolve problems.
- Prepare status reports and modify schedules or plans as required.
- Update database (JobBoss) with revision and process changes.
- Evaluate parts for continuous improvements to increase quality and profitability.
- BS Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience in Automotive focused Manufacturing environment.
- Good understanding of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
- Experience interfacing directly with customers.
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with JobBoss or equivalent MRP systems, with the ability to provide inputs to the ERP system, bill of materials, routings, hours, etc.
- Great understanding of the importance of the schedule and how on time delivery to the customer is always the goal.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross functional teams; strong project management skills.
- Strong presentation skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-directed and motivated to get things done. Solves problems with a “can do” attitude.