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At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
1.0 Position Summary:
Program Manager will own and support manufacturing programs and initiatives of medium to high complexity applying project management expertise to deliver introduction of new product to the site. The product being high volume plastic injection molded components and devices for healthcare industry. The Program Manager will be leading both Injection Mold and Assembly line capability across the site.
The Program Manager manages all phases of projects from initiating through to closing, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and within scope. Responsible for the pricing, schedule, and technical performance of programs or subsystems of major programs. Manages the overall manufacturing effort of the facility through the coordination and management of manufacturing, human resources, quality assurance, and continuous improvement for the location in support of the overall company objectives. Makes final decisions on issues relating to the project and ensures the program achievement of objectives.
2.0 Key Responsibilities and End Results: (Essential responsibilities include but are not limited to the following):
- Directs the work of employees assigned to the program from various departments. Reviews status reports prepared by project team, modifies schedules or plans as required and escalates issues to management as required. Acts as advisor to program team regarding projects, tasks, and operations.
- Coordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms / conditions of contract.
- Leads with program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule and technical performance.
- Determine customer requirements and negotiate price with vendors for tools, equipment and services.
- Lead/Support Business Development activities in collaboration with members of the Jabil Business Units
- May participate in the negotiation of contract and contract changes.
- May establish design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.
- Establish milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, which may facilitate programs across plant resources and regional PMO’s to meet master plans and schedules.
- Coordinates mould design process, assembly development and supply chain requirements by holding design reviews and weekly project status meetings.
- Accountable for overall project success – including cost, schedule, quality, scope management, customer satisfaction
- Accountable for project resource planning and coordination across site technical functions to enable efficient delivery and project success.
- Accountability for ongoing project risk reviews and appropriate mitigation.
- Lead/Facilitate Customer communication with accountability for customer satisfaction
- Lead internal Stakeholder communication & management as appropriate to all involved and ‘manage’ the stakeholders.
- Responsibility for issue resolution & escalation within project/ technical specialist/site levels of seniority as appropriate.
- Manage the overall budget for assigned projects.
- Facilitate/Lead issue resolution activities following Lean Six Sigma Principals & act as project sponsor/mentor to others
- Data driven decision making
- Utilise tools to track changes and identify cost impact for review with senior management.
- Mentors and coaches other team members.
- Ownership for work processes and acts as driver for continuous improvement in department/site ways of working
- Travel as required to support programs, equipment buy-offs and/or training at vendor or customer sites.
- Promotes compliance & engagement with all company procedures, practices and initiatives within Project team and Projects Department.
- Role model in promotion of culture of Quality through accordance with company Quality Management System, and regulatory requirements
- Role model in engagement with and promotion of culture of Safety through compliance with all safety policies and proactive involvement in safety initiatives.
- Role model in culture of Continuous improvement through engagement with Lean certification program, use and promotion of Lean tools in project delivery.
- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
3.0 Job Specifications: The minimum education and experience required to perform this job competently.
- Degree in mechanical or plastics engineering or related discipline with 8+ years of experience.
- Project Management experience required
- PMP/PRINCE Certification beneficial.
- Knowledge / awareness of Injection Molding and Automated Assembly principles required
- Knowledge and understanding of regulatory requirements including ISO13485 required
- Knowledge of lean continuous improvement techniques including statistics & DOE.
- Exceptional organizational, leadership and communication skills.
- Customer focused, motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed and results driven leader.
- Constantly seeks to improve work processes; has a quality-first mentality; learns from internal and external best practices to apply to her/his work
- Ability to form and lead strong multi-functional teams to achieve company and/or customer objectives.
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