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