Overview
Responsible for the complete product life cycle from pre-selling and business acquisition through program delivery, including commercial negotiations, customer statement of work negotiations/deliverables, managing program deliverables through launch, and achieving project budget, quality, and timing targets.
Responsibilities
- Lead new business pre-selling, quoting, negotiation, and award, including finalizing sourcing and program agreements (statement of work) with defined customer groups.
- Represent the Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) professionally to customers and YF Management; motivate the team to meet commitments and established timing.
- Act as the central communication point for the SDT to ensure each member is aware of deliverables, timing, and commitments; manage the SDT to meet timing, cost, manufacturing, quality, and cost targets.
- Establish SDT meeting cadence and monitor attendance to ensure the correct team members are present at each meeting.
- Manage weekly and periodic customer program meetings with engineering and commercial stakeholders, including management-level reporting.
- Develop work breakdown structure (WBS) with customer milestones/deliverables; manage gate timing and create related documents (prototype schedule, CAD schedule, part matrices, etc.). Ensure gate exit reviews occur on time and maintain clear issue lists with due dates.
- Ensure compliance with applicable product requirements, including specifications, functional expectations, and regulatory requirements negotiated in the customer SOW.
- Financial Roadmap & Financial Reporting: achieve, track, and report all program financial targets (BOM cost targets, ED&D, capital investment); report status monthly. Manage product changes to meet technical and commercial targets and ensure BOM cost targets are met.
- Scope Management: communicate scope changes to the customer and SDT with cost, timing, product, and quality impacts; capture changes in appropriate documents; use the scope change approval process; differentiate from engineering changes; manage risk and protect financial performance.
- Global Management Skills: function across cultures with awareness and respect for cultural differences.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business.
- Work Experience: Minimum ten (10) years in Technical Sales, Program Management, or Engineering; automotive industry experience preferred; at least five (5) years in the Automotive Industry, including one vehicle launch; automotive electronics experience required; PMP certification desired.
- Language Skills: English.
- Competency: People Leader.
Essential Common Requirements For All Employees
- International Operating System (IOS): understand and meet function-related IOS requirements.
- Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): understand and meet function-related EHS requirements.
- Product Safety: understand and meet product safety requirements.
- Compliance: understand and meet compliance requirements.
- Information Security: understand and meet IT / Information Security and confidentiality requirements.
- Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
- Ability to work additional hours or overtime as needed to complete job duties on time.
- Ability to multitask and interact professionally with customers, suppliers, and vendors; work cooperatively at all levels.
- Ability to maintain predictable attendance and be at the designated location on time.