Supervisor, Production Maintenance

Title : Program Manager-Quality

Hybrid work arrangement position located in Lake Forest IL.

FLSA Status : Exempt

Position Summary

The Quality Program Manager is responsible for ensuring the success of major, multi-faceted and highly complex programs at the site, regional and global level, which support the strategic efforts of the company.

This includes providing direction and leadership to a cross-functional team in formulating, organizing and monitoring inter-connected projects, deciding on suitable strategies and objectives and coordinating cross-project activities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple product development projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational objectives.
• Provides direction and leadership to cross-functional teams while directing and managing project tasks involving initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing.
• Manages cost, schedule, and performance of component projects while ensuring ultimate success of the program.
• Presents periodic status reports on current initiatives to the executive management.
• Prepares a variety of periodic and ad hoc reports for business and functional leaders and distributes appropriate project related data and documentation as appropriate.
• Develops project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources leveraging team inputs and strengths.
• Provides critical leadership to ensure overall quality of project planning and execution, while minimizing and mitigating project risks.
• Collaborates with finance to develop the ROI and manages the financial cost modeling.
• Manages project issues, decisions, risks, and escalation to management.
• Ensures team deliverables are in compliance with the design control processes and meet the PRC’s expectations.
• Manages complex issues requiring evaluation of broad factors, exercises judgment within broadly defined practices.
• Assists Director with PMO activities and initiatives as required.
• Guides and assists the program management group in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Works in concert with business and functional leaders to identify and manage risk assessment and communicate accordingly.
• Performs additional duties as assigned by manager.

Minimum Qualifications, Education & Experience

Must be at least 18 years of age.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience is required.
• PMP certification is required.
• MBA and Six Sigma Green Belt is preferred.
• Experience including broad multi-functional business experience along with project and / or people management experience

Work Environment

• This is largely a sedentary role.
• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.
• Typically requires travel less than 10% of the time
30+ days ago