The Program Manager(NPI) manages and coordinates new customer projects, transfer projects, sustaining engineering support, and site/company Continuous Improvement Projects. Program Manager works directly with Customers, and closely with Sales Team, Quoting Team, Site Manufacturing/Engineering/Quality Teams, and Customer Service Team to drive projects from award through validation and into production. Responsibilities Overall responsibility for customer programs from award through production launch Deliver new projects through all phases of development and production to meet company on time delivery, quality and profitability expectations Develop and maintain project plans, communication plans, action trackers for allprojects Drive innovation and technical development, including product design concepts, automation concepts, capital equipment purchases, new technologies, for critical customer programs Provide leadership guidance to customer, site managers, site manufacturing/quality engineers, external suppliers Consulting with the customer's technical personnel on product design, materials selection, and quality requirements Responsible for scheduling and executing customer validations in conjunction with manufacturing and qualityteams Estimates or revises costs on existing or new molding/ assembly programs and directs modifications and changes to existing molds from customer revisions Responsible for tracking all active projects and communicating status to senior management Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering Knowledge and experience in project management in a manufacturing environment, medical device and consumer packaging experience preferred. Solid knowledge and experience of injection molding tooling, processing, quality, materials, or product design Demonstrated knowledge and experience with project management tools/processes,i.e.Microsoft Project, action trackers, ERP systems (IQMS preferred), quoting systems, etc. Strong communication, and interpersonal skills required Computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications 10 years of experience in Project Management preferred #J-18808-Ljbffr