NA Auto Project Manager

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DuPont Interconnect Solutions (ICS) is focused on becoming a preferred partner for customers seeking materials-based solutions to enable market leading technologies for the Automotive Electrification/Electronics initiative as well as it’s vertical and horizontal ecosystems.

The NA Auto Project Manager must possess a hybrid of technical and soft skills. They must understand and utilize the project management methodologies: Agile, etc. and apply those tools as appropriate to the project at hand. Leveraging Project management best practices this role co-leads and manages strategic projects across lines of business and product portfolios, partnering with the different teams in our business (Business Development, Technical, Commercial, Value Chain Partners, stakeholders, etc., as well as our OEM, and Tier customers) to drive market back product innovation projects to completion. The ideal candidate must be able to manage several projects simultaneously and will require cross-divisional/cross-departmental collaboration, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

He/she will work closely with the global and regional business/technical teams and requires the ability to lead/facilitate decision making through stakeholder alignment  as well as evaluation and driving growth opportunities through our pipeline providing key inputs to the innovative project development and market launch initiatives.

The role is regional in scope; however requires a global mindset and involves domestic travel in United States up to 25%

Your key responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading and managing multiple Automotive Electrification/ Electronics projects simultaneously
• Provide Project Management oversight for all phases of projects from Seeding to Commercialization with focus on Customer First, Flawless Project Execution and Judicious Budget Control
• Determine and define Project scope, goals, deliverables and tasks to ensure team is meeting customer project timelines
• Allocate and manage resources (manpower, equipment, and materials) to ensure that they are available when they are needed throughout the project with attention to budgetary limitations.
• Plan, create, and maintain all critical path scheduling to ensure deadlines and project deliverables are met.
• Collaborate with engineers, business development, and key team members to ensure that project specifications are met.
• Keep all stakeholders aware of the progress of projects and prepare detailed progress reports regularly.
• Lead Feasibility Commitments, Milestone Plans, Capacity checks, while supporting automotive audits
• Lead Project Reflections, Escalations, and Gaps to be improved, and continually improve and enhance towards future projects
• Interface between automotive customers and DuPont ICS organization, while internally communicating and aligning Horizontally and Vertically

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Industrial Engineering, or Related field plus experience working in technically-oriented businesses
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Project Manager in Automotive, with at least 3 years at a Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Converter / Fabricator
• Experience in Automotive Electrification/Electronics Industry
• Customer orientation and ability to a