Job Information
Cadrex Program Manager in United States
Program Manager
Fully Remote • Cadrex Corporate
Job Type
Full-time
Description
OVERVIEW
Cadrex is searching for a Program Manager who is responsible for the successful execution of New Product (NP) Program(s) and projects and their budget allocation. This position also requires leading customer teams to drive customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and life of the program financial performance by managing customer programs, contracts, and business relationships.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
OVERVIEW
Cadrex is searching for a Program Manager who is responsible for the successful execution of Current Account Management and New Product (NP) Program(s), projects and their budget allocation. This position also requires leading customer teams to drive customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and life of the program financial performance by managing customer programs, contracts, and business relationships.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Proactively keeps team members informed of schedule issues and concerns
Lead clear, effective, and timely customer communications. Serve as the primary program interface for all customer interactions. Enhance the organization’s responsiveness to customer needs by managing expectations and ensuring internal alignment with contractual commitments. Responsibilities include coordinating schedule accelerations, handling delays, setting priorities, and overseeing schedule adjustments.
Daily and weekly customer meetings and providing part tacking updates. Full schedule update for 100+ parts with data tacking and milestones.
Drives the development activities until formal transition to operations is complete
Provides leadership across the Program. Seeks team input to promote rapid resolution to issues. Coaches and provides feedback/rewards on performance indicators
Responsibility, Authority and Accountability (RAA) for every project scope delivery and successful execution within, technical, schedule, budget, cost, and quality commitments
Maintain Focus KPI metrics for program including, quality, technical performance, and delivery through all assigned product lifecycle phases
Effectively manages program risks. Leads customer teams to define project risks and proactively identify risk mitigation actions. Coordinates all risks and requirements of the program into a complete integrated entity. This is accomplished by planning, controlling, integrating all projects into the programs, and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved
Ensure effective change management process is utilized
Provides monthly program updates (Program Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) of current situation relating to contractual milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule)
Provides updates to the business units as well as divisional, and group levels
Provides overall Program interface with the customer
Manages the team to effectively support customer contract terms and SLAs
Manages and drives the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process with assigned customer account
Program Manager will own quarterly pricing updates on existing programs
Manages and drives the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process with assigned customer account
Full responsibility for continuous improvement of customer relationship performance metrics and customer satisfaction
Coordinates and drives the NPI (New Product Introduction) process including timely completion of a formal cross-functional Design Review
Ensures the NPI process meets customer expectations regarding time and quality
Maintains the NPI log to track the status of NPI projects vs. customer request dates and company promised dates
Requirements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
6 years of Project Management experience or a combination of 6 years Project Management and Project Engineering experience with technical product development projects
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
LOCATION
- Onsite
SCHEDULE
- M-F
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high places, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and may require hearing protection in specific locations.
CADREX’S CORE VALUES
- Safety first, rising to the challenge, collaboration, accountability, and doing the right thing
TOTAL COMPENSATION INCLUDES
Health/dental/vision coverage
Employer-paid and supplemental life insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Generous paid time off and holiday pay
Monthly remote work stipend (for remote employees who qualify)
401(k) investment plan, with an employer match of up to 4%
Education support program
Safety eyeglasses/shoe reimbursement
Referral bonuses
Bonus plan for all full-time employees
ABOUT US
CADREX Manufacturing Solutions is a leading provider of complex sheet metal and machined production parts, assemblies, and weldments for a variety of end markets, including electrical transmission and distribution, warehouse automation, technology, aerospace & defense, medical, food, and industrials. With locations in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Monterrey Mexico, CADREX offers numerous in-house manufacturing capabilities, including laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication, complex assembly, CNC punching, CNC machining, forming, robotic welding, stamping, fastener insertion, and tool and die manufacturing, to effectively serve customers with lights-out manufacturing capabilities for mid- to high-volume production. For more information, visit www.cadrex.com.
Cadrex provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Salary Description
$126K - $150K