Manager Program Management

About this role

This position is for a senior professional with deep knowledge and highly developed technical expertise in Program Management, who leads medium-sized programs. Develops program plans, schedules, and budgets. Supports strategic planning efforts, solutions for program problems, contract negotiations, and manages important suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads medium size programs to ensure adherence to program plans, schedules and budgets for programs under his/her responsibility and recommends appropriate adjustments.
• Manages important suppliers and develops milestones, program plans, schedules and budgets for programs.
• Consolidates and presents plans and progress reports.
• Prepares and presents value-stream strategy, progress, and results.
• Supports annual strategic planning efforts for the business.
• Guides continuous improvement initiatives to optimize efficiency and quality.
• Identifies and reacts to program problems and supports solutions, such as allocation of resources and changing contractual specifications.
• Supports the development of new business growth strategies.
• Coordinates responses to customer action items.
• Supervises the appropriate use of all resources allocated to the program to ensure efficient use of resources.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years program/project management, manufacturing, operations, and/or supply chain experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree with 3+ years of program/project management, manufacturing, operations, and/or supply chain experience.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrating creativity and technical expertise.
• Ability to influence, collaborate and work across all levels of the organization, both internally and externally.
• High degree of independence
• Problem solving attitude with focus on teamwork
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Office, PowerPoint)
• Engage with program team daily and provide solutions to potential risks
• Relentless drive to overachieve, outstanding team player, strategic vision with ability to execute
• Ability to work on complex problems in an ambiguous environment
• Knowledge of Microsoft ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Power BI, JDE (SAP support) systems.

Additional information

• We are open for remote work within the USA
• Travelling is required between 25%-50% nationally and internationally

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