Title:  Sensors Program Manager

1. SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Manages global programs from concept through the life of the projects.

Owns and maintains program cost and timing (i.e. budget, scope, schedule, delivery, etc.)

Lead, manage, coordinate and influence project teams on a global basis to ensure the highest levels of program performance, delivery and support. 

Be the role model for fostering, promoting, and supporting a positive working environment among project teams where mistakes are deemed improvement opportunities of processes, products and people.

Lead efforts resulting in concept development, design, and development of new products while ensuring design concepts, prototyping and design evaluation requirements meet or exceed customer, global and company guidelines and expectations.

Supports global initiatives and tools implementation for continuous improvement of global systems.

II  .ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (End Results Expected):

1. Manage global programs from concept through the life of the project using the Program Management’s C to C (Concept to Customer) process.  Major responsibilities are:

1.  Arrange Gate Review Meetings and document the results
2. Led the team to prepare the quotation cost model, analyze and optimize costs to meet the target.
3. Annual RFQ summary and analysis for further cost improvement.
4.  Development and management of project launch timelines
5.  Enforce timely execution and adherence for Program Management C to C Process and related sub-processes as applicable, including all necessary documentations
6.  Provide frequent project reporting to the management team as required
7.  Support the continuous improvement of the Bourns C2C and related processes
8.  Support global initiatives (existing or new) and tools for Product/Application Lifecyle Management (i.e. SAP PPM, Polarion, etc.) as required and applicable
9.  Management of the programs and in time escalation in case of technical / qualitative reasons or deviation from schedule / budget
10.  Facilitate development of cost estimates & financial summaries and document updates throughout the project life cycle
11.  Participation in external meetings to support and represent Bourns management as deemed necessary or when directed by the supervisor/management
12. Participation and support internal cross functional departmental meetings as required (i.e. design reviews, team reviews, management reviews, etc.)

2. Participate in workshops, kaizen activities, and conferences to gain knowledge on market, product, process and technology trends as well as to professionally represent Bourns within the Automotive environment.

3. Maintain all pertinent records for items described above as required by company procedures.
4. Coordinate information flow with respect to program/product changes between the customer and functional departments (i.e. Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Quality, Operations, etc.)
5. Perform detailed evaluation of program opportunities outlining all potential external risks and opportunities and communicate to the appropriate management team.
6. Communicate and escalate program concerns as deemed necessary (technical, financial, resource, timing, etc.) to the management team.
7. Monitor and document program performance metrices and support continuous improvement efforts as required
8. Maintain compliance to current TS/ISO standards and customer specific requirements as applicable
9. Support, promote, and perform in a manner consistent with high performance teams, continuous improvement goals, and values of Bourns Automotive Division and Bourns Inc.
10. Lead and guide project teams internationally as required
11. Recognize or identify potential system process deficiencies or improvement opportunities and communicate to the leadership team or an appropriate departmental lead.

Other duties may be assigned based on needs of the business conditons and the Company 

III. BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:  Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (Technical or Business).  PMP a plus.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in engineering and/or program management within a complex and global automotive manufacturing of electro-mechanical products. Prior experience in leading direct reports and project based highly global matrixed cross-functional teams.  High level of problem solving experience.

OTHER SKILLS: 

Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and SharePoint.  Self-starter & ability to work with minimal direction.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.  Ability to work in teams and independently.  Ability to handle multiple tasks, organize and prioritize work-load crucial.   Ability to gather, sort out, analysis various levels of project based financial data and present with clarity and recommendations.  Able to handle ambiguity and navigate through to achieve consensuses.