· Responsible for leading the Project Management Team
· Manage key customer projects; serve as interface between internal teams and the customers to resolve both technical and logistical issues
· Collaborate with customer (internal or external) from requirements gathering through product acceptance
· Staff, lead, and manage a team that has responsibility for New Customer Introduction, new product introduction, and product transfers
· Staff, lead, and manage a team that has responsibility to enable new buildings (Greenfields and Brown fields).
· Align the project team to customer needs by establishing milestones, goals, and objectives based on input from all functional areas and stakeholders within the project
· Define, refine and maintain clarity on roles & responsibilities for the team and business partners (engineering, operations)
· Provide a source of reference and training for Project Management covering processes, tools, metrics and reporting
· Drive well defined processes and methodologies that strive to optimize the team effectiveness, while delivering successful projects on schedule and within budget
· Identify the goals, objectives, and scope of NPI projects while working with relevant BU and Operations staff
· Work within the defined standards and procedures as set out by organization and the customer to successfully introduce new products
· Works with local Project Manager and/or Regional Manager Project Office in deploying strategies and tools, besides reporting site PM performance
· Provide regular and consistent communication between the launch team, the business unit, and the customer
· Identify potential risks and make resolution suggestion through the escalation process
· Open and regular communication of priorities and status of projects with Operations Management and site leadership
· Participates managing internal in-process material, samples allocation, and system logistics
· Manage the monthly operational project reviews
· Manage the weekly project reviews for the Project Management organization
· Responsible for forecasting functional area budget (when applicable) and HR needs for current and future needs
· Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy
· May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned