Who we are?
Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers worldwide. Through our four business groups, DRiV, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain. Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
Are you ready to join a global automotive organization and boost your career?
We are hiring a Program Manager based in Celaya, Guanajuato (Plant located at Ciudad industrial Celaya). In this position you will be responsible for the Project Integration Management, Project Scope and Risk Management, Project Procurement, Project Quality, Project Cost and Financial Management. The role reports directly to the Program Management Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Project Integration Management
- Ensures problem identification and resolution for their program
- Ensures a high level of integration and collaboration with the plants and Launch Managers in their program as well as alignment with the program team members in Engineering, Sales, Finance, Quality and Purchasing.
- Takes an active “go and verify” approach to his / her program by personally visiting the plants and suppliers at appropriate intervals
- Ensures the effectiveness of their program team meetings and customer review meetings.
- Ensures effective communication with their program team. Acts as the central communication point for their programs
- Manages the program team from Gate 1 (Stage 2) through Gate 7.
- Manages the quoting team during Phase 2
Project Scope and Risk Management
- Ensures effective and timely scope management with emphasis on customer scope changes and executes the Scope Change process and approval.
- Ensures program trade off analysis – balancing cost, time, product and resources
- Identifies program risks early, develops and executes mitigation strategies and executes the Red Flag process.
- Escalates risk with mitigation strategies to the leadership team in a timely fashion
Project Time and Resource Management
- Creates high quality timing plans that are developed with the program team with effective buy in from all functional areas
- Meets 0-0-100-100-30 (0 safety incidents, 0 quality returns, 100% on-time delivery, 100% financial performance, @ 30 days post SOP)
- Meets 0 days late for all Gates
- Meets all customer MRDs on time with high quality products
Project Cost and Financial Management
- Ensures that all program financial targets and budgets are met
- Verifies that the CARs and Business Cases are reasonable and achievable
- Ensures that effective and logical financial roadmaps are executed
Project Quality
- Ensure that quality objectives and roadmaps are developed and executed via their program teams
- Ensures that all quality objectives for all programs are met
Project Procurement
- Ensures sourcing on time with high quality suppliers
- Ensures appropriate completion of Make versus Buy decisions
- Ensures on time PPAP of purchased components
- Visits critical suppliers at appropriate points in the program with the members of their Program Teams
- Manages multiple product development programs through to launch with ownership of budget/cost/timing
- Global program experience as either a lead or member of the team
What will make you successful?
Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Master’s degree in Business Administration is preferred / PMP certification is preferred.
Advanced English Level.
Minimum of 6 years’ experience in the automotive industry and 3 years in another functional group (Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, Sales or Purchasing).
Experience in at least 2 key functional areas: Program Management, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Operations, and Sales.
Proven knowledge of program management methodology, tools and techniques.
Participation or leadership in a cross functional team.
Nice to have: Experience working with battery electric vehicle manufacturers such as: Rivian, Tesla, VW, among others.
Soft Skills:
- Problem Solving Skills.
- Well Organized.
- Strong written and verbal / interpersonal communication skills.
- Negotiation Skills.
- Leadership.
- Teamwork.
- Time management.
- Ownership.
What we offer?
We want to make you feel welcomed, challenged, and inspired. So, we’ve carefully put together a blend of benefits meant to boost your health and well-being, to ensure your personal and professional growth and your integration in a pleasant day-to-day working environment.
What can you expect next?
Our team is ready to act immediately on those candidates who are the best fit for the role. You’ll first hear from someone in Talent Acquisition to schedule a phone screen, and then the next step will be a personal interview with our Hiring Manager. We pride ourselves on moving through processes quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication throughout.
