Program Manager

Position Summary:
This position is responsible for the overall management of assigned customer product development programs. Interface with all levels of internal and customer management on all aspects of planning, scheduling, organizing, directing and controlling the program is required. The program manager leads the Program Team to meet timing, quality, finance and product requirements for Cooper Standard and customer systems and processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Leads the program team and takes personal responsibility for the program's success by holding the team accountable, ensuring appropriate staffing, maintaining the team morale by resolving conflicts between team members and elevates effectively when needed.
- Manage and maintain program documentation and processes including customer statement of work, Open Issues List, Timeline, Monthly Project Reports and CLauS.
- Establish program timeline with internal and external targets, objectives and deliverables that supports a successful launch by working with Management, Customers and Program Team.
- Supports the Manufacturing Team in production builds, team meetings, plant based customer reviews and critical production preparation activities.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities to ensure program team members support launch efforts.
- Achieves all internal and external financial targets.
- Ensures successful on-time completion of program deliverables.
- Utilize CLauS scope change document including, written responses to scope change requests and quotes that include product, cost and timing impact to ensure Cooper Standard's position is protected.
- Ensure program meets all internal and external quality targets while adhering to all customer quality systems and processes. Launch products below targets for launch cost, scrap and containment.
- May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.