Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Germantown WI 53022
Schedule: Mon-Fri On site, 
Pay: 85,000-$100,000 (flexible for the right candidate)
Start: ASAP

As a Program Manager, you will manage all corporate projects and correspondence with customers and plant management. 

Below are additional duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of a customer's project including tool builds (when sourced as part of the project), qualification, and production.
• Manages both budget and administrative responsibilities on assigned programs.
• Drive execution of projects for the plant product development team (FOT trials through first three complete production runs, cost reduction, alternate material validations.)
• Lead program reviews that provide appropriate status, costs, and risk management.
• Formally identifies, assesses, monitors, and mitigates risk throughout the program life cycle.  Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Provide leadership of plant program team.  Assures communication and cooperation among team members and helps to resolve areas of conflict.
• Responsible for general management of product launch into the production environment. Coordinate production resources to deliver smooth launch activity.
• Assure a timely closeout of program phase gates to ensure that customer obligations are satisfied, and program documentation is correct.
• Understand and develop program metrics. Communicate the expectations to the plant.
• Lead program improvement activities with specific cost reduction targets.
• Develop and understand principles of program planning (ex. developing BOM and ECO).
• Understand lean and process improvement principles.
• Any other duties as assigned.

A qualified Program Manager candidate would fulfill these requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in business or related field of study.
• 5+ years of program management experience is preferred.
• A working understanding with practical application of MS Project.
• Plastics injection molding background preferred. 
• PMP certification is preferred.