Position Title: Program Manager - Aerospace & Defense
Department: R&D Product Development
Location: HARTING Manufacturing India, Thirumizhasai, Chenna
QUALIFICATIONS
Education BE /B.Tech Mechanical, Electrical engineering, or comparable education, PMP certified candidate is a plus
Work Experience 6 to 10 years of experience in core New Product Development field of which minimum of 3 years of handling Aerospace projects experience in
project Management.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Project Management in NPD area starts from project kick-off to series production
Management of projects based on the defined project goals, the specifications of the Project
Management Office, the milestone system at HARTING and the currently valid rules and procedures
for project management
Definition of the project objectives, i.e. Completion of a target agreement with client and team and
preparation of the project order / Project Plan
Organization, coordination and control of the overall project process with the involvement of the
respective specialist departments such as Marketing & Sales, R&D, Supply chain, Manufacturing,
Production etc.
Responsibility for goals, deadlines, costs and services, i.e. rolling planning according to the level of
detail, continuous coordination and tracking as well as release via project order / AFI
Reporting / escalation, implementation of project reviews
Execution of project documentation (project review for milestone completion, status display in the
project management tool, project completion report)
Command and apply various project management methods
Communication / exchange with the project management office for continuous development of the
project management system
Working together with the other project managers in coordination and professional management of
parallel running projects
Managing the KPI’s for the location and presenting to the global forum.
Participation in customer and project audits
To cooperate with internal and external team members actively.
To ensure the action taken at specified time interval
To monitor the project follow ups as per the planner
To ensure a report of project management had been shared to the department manager on daily basis
Ensure a smooth production with a focus on the customer needs.
Join the daily / weekly shop-floor-meetings and provide the NPD relevant information
Support to Production Team Members in case of problems.
Functional relation with other HARTING departments
Cross Functional Team especially, Production, Engineering, Quality, SCM and IE.
On request by the superior manager, the employee besides his actual functions, can be involved to do
other tasks which do not correspond to his routine activities sphere.
Required Experience:
BE /B.Tech with specialization in Mechanical, Electrical engineering, Mechatronics or comparable
education, PMP certified candidate is a plus
Led product development activities working with hardware engineering and cross functional teams
7 to 10 years of experience in New Product Development field
Of which minimum of 5 years of Professional experience in project management
Experience in the range of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
Distinctive self-initiative and customer orientation
Independent and goal-oriented work method
Secure work with MS-Office incl. MS Project or comparable
Strong communication skills
Good command of English
Professional Competencies:
Analytical skills
Champion customer satisfaction!
Demonstrate ownership!
Encourage and empower!
Execution
Experience
Initiative
Leadership
Manufacturing Experience
Maturity
Personal suitability
Process Optimization Knowledge
Strategic Planning
Strategic Thinking
Technical
Technological Insight
Culture Competencies:
Become better everyday
Break new ground
Champion customers satisfaction
Demonstrate ownership
Trust and collaborate
