Within the Vehicle Motion Division we design and develop state-of-the art safety and motion solutions for passenger cars, light trucks, and up to medium heavy truck. Vehicle Motion provides solutions for mobility through steering, braking, occupant safety, and vehicle dynamic sensors. Vehicle Motion is also a leader in the software and services that will support the future of Software Defined Vehicles.
The Prototype Project Manager is responsible for the coordination and management of Steering Systems prototype projects from project acquisition to final order delivery. This role manages and leads assignments by coordinating with external as well as internal functions and parent company organizations to meet customer Electric Power Steering prototype requirements and company objectives.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
- Responsible for coordinating and documenting all activities from prototype kick off process to correct and on time delivery of prototype products to customers.
- Track and record shipments to customer.
- Attend program team meetings – Kick off, project status.
- Coordinate, lead, and support prototype team to ensure that customer key-event dates are achieved for prototype program launch.
- Manage program time-lines and activity reports to drive the on-time prototype completion and delivery.
- Utilize customer supply portals for management and communication of prototype programs when necessary.
- Coordinate the efforts and activities between Program Management and Engineering cross-functional teams to resolve issues as they arise during the course of prototyping and/or design change.
- Organize and lead prototype team meetings to coordinate project activity.
- Provide management with monthly reports/program time lines to update the progress of each new program and maintain needed information per corporate data concept.
- Ensure that the final product, as well as the process and documentation meet all customer and internal quality Standards requirements.
- Coordinate Corrective Action reports with Quality and Supplier Quality for prototype quality issues or customer concerns.
- Coordinate prototype orders with Program Management and Purchasing.
- Analyze prototype costs to support sales in quotation as well as for managing costs to meet the company’s minimum profit and/or rate of return.
- Work with Prototype Program Team to process work instructions, control plans and plant layout to meet customer standards.
- Assist logistics and shipping teams to help physically move, pack, and inventory material.
- Identify, communicate, and ensure on time measure and follow actions to avoid any foresee risk on the project that can leads to risk on achieving timing/quality of the delivery.