ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCUTRE
BUSINESS: CIRCOR INDUSTRIAL
LOCATION: DAMAN, INDIA
DIRECT REPORTING: HEAD MANUFACTURING / SITE LEADER
FUNCTIONAL REPORTING:HEAD MANUFACTURING / SITE LEADER
POSITION DETAILS
Position Summary
This position is Responsible for Planning, Organising, Co-ordinating, Timely Communicating and Executing a comprehensive Project management regimen that meets customer expectations. The individual provides Project management for all kind of projects: New Product Development, Inter-Co Product Transfers, Cap Ex., ETO Project Execution, by focusing on:
(1) Structured development of Project Tracker with Toll Gates keeping in mind the key elements & considering the dependent and interdependent actions in-order to meet the Toll gate and final deadlines.
(2) Vigilant cost containment, avoidance, and reduction throughout a product’s life cycle, and
(3) Communication Cadence to team and to Leadership Team
Principal Activities
- Serves as Project owner, accountable for the execution and success of the Project.
- Develops and validates Project scope and customer deliverables and ensures that customer expectations for quality, timing, and product performance are met.
- Develops a Project Tracker to visualises and monitor the progress of project; also develops a periodic review mechanism.
- Identifies and manages assigned resources (purchased material, engineering development, capital investment, and launch costs, contract provisions) to minimise total Project costs and maximise expected return.
- Meets Project deliverables (financial targets of appropriation request, cost, timing, completeness) as defined by the Steering committee.
- Leads efforts to ensure that Organisation's expectations of ROI and EV are met.
- Assists the Gate committee in developing a Project strategy and converts the strategy into action.
- Alerts the Gate committee for Project risks that are beyond the scope of the Project team in an appropriate time frame; continuously identifies risk factors and seeks to mitigate adverse impact.
- Works with functional engineers to assign members of cross-functional product launch teams. .
- Leads and manages team environment through all Project phases / gate points with emphasis on synergy, development and empowerment to ensure collaboration, team unity and team success.
- Conducts frequent Team meetings. Leads team meetings, monthly functional meetings, joint (plant/customer) meetings and Gate review meetings.
- Maintain Project charter, timing plan, gate review matrices and open issue log.
- Helps the team reach consensus when necessary and makes decisions as required. Knows when to make decision independently and when to ask for guidance and input.
- Evaluates and reviews team member performance and provides input to TMS.
- Addresses and resolves Project "roadblocks” through the appropriate functional engineers, or functional directors, or vice presidents.
- Keeps Project team in place for 2 to 3 months after launch to ensure objectives of delivery, quality and cost are met. Objectively evaluates performance with input from the steering committee to determine at the 3 month after launch window if extension is required.
- Serves as contact person to the customer and participates in, or leads in some cases, customer meetings; key contact for the customer Project.
- Develops relationship with customer that makes the product launch an experience that contributes to awarding new business in the future.
- Ensures internal and external documentation requirements are met.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of Project Management Software
- Strong desire to drive the project.
- Ability to influence and motivate others and build effective teams.
- Strong project management skills in scope, activity and budget planning.
- High level of technical competence, problem solving, organisation and communication skills
- Understanding of basic financial concepts related to Project and business metrics
- Solid understanding of engineering and manufacturing aspects of valve/pumps manufacturing
Education & Experience
- Education: Min. B.E - Mechanical Engineering from a four-year college or university.
- Experience: 8-10 + years applicable experience in the Project Management in a Manufacturing Industry.
- PMP Certification preferable.
CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
