Program Management Analyst

Position Title:  Program Management Analyst

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Organizational Level:  Individual Contributor

Reports To:  Program Manager or Program Management Manager

Job Summary:

Execution of all programs assigned and adherence to Tenneco/DRiV program management processes. This role will manage cross-functional teams, communicate clear deliverables, and lead key gate reviews to ensure flawless execution of DRiV’s product strategy. This position is responsible for providing organization, direction, and guidance to multiple teams across the organization with the ability to navigate ambiguous problems, develop solutions and drive programs forward.

• Ensures a high level of integration and collaboration as well as, alignment with the program members in Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Supply Chain and Finance.
• Ensures the effectiveness of the program team meetings and customer review meetings.  Ensures effective communication with the program team.  Acts as the central communication point for their programs.
• Manages the program team from concept to launch.  Ensures effective and timely scope management with emphasis on customer scope changes and executes the Scope Change process and approval.
• Verifies correct screening documents are available.  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.
• Creates high quality timing plans developed with the program team with buy in from all functional areas.
• Meets 0 days late for all Gates.  Meets all customer MRDs on time with high quality products.
• Ensures all program financial targets and budgets are met.
• Ensures effective and logical financial roadmaps are executed by working with the Program Team.
• Ensures quality objectives and roadmaps are developed and executed via their program teams.
• Ensures sourcing on time working with Purchasing to identify high quality suppliers.
• Ensures appropriate completion of Make versus Buy decisions.  Ensures on time PPAP of purchased components.
• Visits critical suppliers and / or Tenneco plant at appropriate points in the program with the members of their Program Teams.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education / Experience

Education / Experience:

• Bachelors’ Degree required.
• 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing industry, minimum 2 years of experience in automotive industry, engineering technical knowledge background or similar preferred.
• PMP certification is preferred, but not required.
• Experience in key functional areas: Program Management, Launch Management, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Operations, and Sales.
• Demonstrated experience leading or working on a cross functional team in multiple regions / cultures is preferred.

Skills:

• Proven knowledge of program management methodology, tools and techniques.
• Strong team player with ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams.
• Must possess (1) solid communication skills (2) ability to negotiate (3) ability to multi-task (4) solid decision-making skills.
• Technical familiarity with a range of materials and manufacturing processes desired.
• Fluent in English, written and oral.
• Excellent PC skills (spreadsheets, etc.) required.

Travel:

• Ability to travel domestic and international up to 30%. 

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance and to stoop kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Vision abilities required include close vision.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.