Development Programme Manager
Location
East Hampshire, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Description
We have a vacancy for a Development Programme Manager at our client based in Bordon.
Summary:
Our client is a leading provider of power conversion products that are sustainable and efficient. Ranked highly in the world’s suppliers of breakthrough power electronics, they design and manufacture the industry’s broadest offering of standard products and are a market leading designer of custom power solutions.
Well known for the quality of its products and workforce, they can provide you the opportunity to work with talented people and a management team focused on growth and the ongoing development of leading-edge technologies for many of the world’s major OEM’s.
Description:
The Program Manager will be responsible for supporting project teams in the co-ordination of project schedules and project deliverables related to timing, performance, cost and manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
- Leading communication, act as point of contact between the company and the customer to achieve project timelines and high Customer satisfaction.
- Liaison of products transfer from other design site, act as interface between factory and design site to ensure both transfer and production schedule are met.
- Co-ordinate with the project team and the cross functional teams to manage the project planning to ensure project objectives are met.
- Develop, manage, and maintain all project plans using project management software.
- Plan and facilitate project review meetings to ensure timely completion of the project development stages as outlined in the applicable development procedures.
- Manage and report progress to internal and external customers.
- Plan project end evaluation with all team members to assess how well projects have been managed (including lessons learned and opportunities for improvement).
- Responsible for circulating the task information and action items throughout the team
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a clean record of the project history allowing all project team members and management to monitor the project progress.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining minutes during project review meetings.
- Correlates the project tasks with other on-going projects and flags to the Engineering Director potential conflicts in using the resources.
- Identifies risks and obstacles and formulates attack plan to mitigate.
Education / Experience:
- Engineering Degree or consideration of a combination of education and experience
- Program management for electrical hardware design preferred
- 4+ years’ experience with a typical product development process
- Automotive experience is a plus
- Proven ability to manage internal and external Customer communications and expectations
- Computer literacy with Microsoft Project or similar project management software
- Individual must be seen as a team player by the project leader and the team
- Must have a solid understanding of customer expectation
- Must be able to work effectively with MPS Sales
Compensation and Benefits:
Hours of Work: 38 per week, 8.30 am to 5.30 pm with half hour lunch break from Monday through Thursday and 8.30 am to 12.30 pm Friday
Pension: Group Stakeholder Pension Scheme. Company’s contribution 5% of basic salary, employee contribution a minimum of 4% of basic salary
Holiday Entitlement: 21 working days holiday (up to a maximum of number of working days in a week)
Other benefits:
- Discretionary staff bonus scheme
- Group Life Assurance Scheme
- Employee Appreciation Day - celebrated in August
- Christmas Hamper
- Employees can earn an extra 2 days per annum for having no sick days
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