Technical Project Manager (Costing)

Location(s) Naperville, Illinois Company Molex Career Field Project Management Job Number 162683

Technical Project Manager (Costing)

Our Team

Printed Circuits Solutions focuses on flexible circuit technology that serves a diverse customer base across consumer electronics, medical solutions, smart label and automotive applications. Our technical experts possess unique Printed Electronics (PE) and Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) industry experience, and we apply that knowledge to create value for our customers by supporting their needs and pushing printed electronics beyond the limits of conventional circuitry solutions.

What You Will Do

• Strong organizational skills for capturing and consolidating information related to all contributions to the cost of a product. Optimizing the following:
• Costs for materials including electrical and mechanical components
• Costs for labor
• Capital costs for supporting equipment
• Use of factory equipment
• NRE (Non-returnable Engineering) costs
• Understanding of a Process Flow as it relates to manufacturing an electronic assembly.
• Delegation capability for divvying out tasks and responsibilities to teammates.
• Excellent communication skills to reach out to various manufacturing team members to discuss methodologies for manufacturing in order to understand how they affect cost.
• Work closely with Business Development and Sales Engineers in providing necessary details to respond to Requests for Quotation or general inquiries about engineering capabilities.
• Experience summarizing costing information to assist in winning new business opportunities.
• Documenting assumptions
• Establishing part costs for Prototype volumes and high volume Production volumes
• Costs of capital equipment and how to amortize over part costs

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Strong communication skills for interacting with cross-functional development and manufacturing team, various suppliers, business development managers, and management. Have skills and experience in influencing decision making and challenge process.

• Eager to learn the manufacturing equipment capabilities, technologies and materials used to build flexible printed electronics in support of creating accurate costs for customer solutions.
• Ability to manage a lot of information from many sources, consolidate it into a concise message that can be shared with management and business development managers.
• Applying DFM concepts early in quotation phase by utilizing an engineering skillset to breakdown customer supplied information into digestible parts for process development and ease of manufacturing.
• Aptitude for learning a broad range of topics which will be included in the supplier communications such as plastic injection molded parts, graphics, silicone rubber parts, electrical components, and metal stamped parts.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings and other technical specifications. Knowled