Project Manager

Job Description

Role: Project Manager (TOW)

• Work location address  : Belfast , UK
• And is the candidate required to work from Office or can the candidate work remotely from home?: Candidate may have to travel to supplier locations
• Job type(contractors or Permanent) :Fine with both
• Duration- 1+ year
• Salary/Rate: As per market

Job role and responsibilities

•             Strong communication and leadership skills

•             Collaborate and supervise Sales, Operations, and project management teams at suppliers

•             Manage and oversee key supply chain KPIs like Cat shortages, supplier performance and Master tracker

•             Manage and organize supplier evaluation and recovery efforts

•             Build and maintain good relationships with vendors

•             Expertise in interpreting engineering, drawings, digital product definitions, specification, purchase orders, tooling, and other data deemed necessary in order to overseeing the schedule by supplier

•             Expertise in interpret dimensional tolerances/ functional requirements/CTQs/ Quality plan

•             Manage the suppliers using TechM & customer supplied tools and procedures

•             Perform supplier capability and capacity assessments and manage actions to closure

•             Manage the Transfer of Work (ToW) Plan for Every Part(PFEP) for supplier

•             Oversight of all Project, Receive artifacts from purchasing agent, Finalize Plan for every Part (PFEP) and Buffer Stock Plan

•             Verify Supplier has Current Engineering Design, Programming and Planning, Tool Set-up, Raw Material Secured

•             Evaluate, identify and implement actions to improve and manage manufacturing quality control processes, types of manufacturing methods to be adopted, list of processes to be followed, tooling, fixtures and gauging

•             Manage supplier engagement and recovery when necessary

•            Manage the effective industrialization and rate production of new SOW’s

•             Manage overall scope, schedule, cost and quality of the program statement of work

•             Monitoring of risk management, metrics and continuous improvement

•         Expertise in PPAP, APQP to manage schedule and quality effectively
•        Assist with supplier assessment, training and evaluation, Address escalation meetings

       with  suppliers

•       Engages with internal stakeholders to ensure all requirements and priorities are fully understood
•       Provide clear direction on new products and processes or product development
•          Ensure regular communication between supplier’s and customer’s relevant function. Serve as critical interface between Spirit and Supplier to ensure critical information is available for timely completion of projects.
•         Liaise with suppliers to gather project information; provides regular communication regarding status, obstacles, concerns, schedule etc.
•         Manage the project to the specified requirements and schedule; report on progress and actively manage constraints to execute per the plan and keep the database updated in SAP.
•        High proficiency in usage of project management tools, develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and problem solving with line managers and other manufacturing leaders. Report to Spirit any constraints and progress made via the project plan (Gantt chart, master schedule).
•       Review key supplier performance metrics, root cause corrective action implementation plans
•       Apply Lean thinking and continuous improvement methodologies to create additional capacity and improve throughput

Educational Requirements:

Graduate/Post Graduate in Mechanical/Production/Aerospace or equivalent engineering

Experience:

8+ years of relevant experience in TOW, Project management in Aerospace manufacturing domain.

Primary Skills:

• Strong leadership and collaborative skills
• SAP Working knowledge
• Knowledge & functionality in Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Ability to interface with all internal and external stakeholders
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong mentoring skills
• Fluent in English
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Experience in Aero segment is an advantage
• PMP or Supply chain certification will be an added advantage