Project/Launch Manager

Role Information

- This position is 100% onsite in Gastonia, NC
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Main Tasks

- Managing multiple, interrelated projects (including new launches, consolidation and outsourcing projects)
- Organizing project teams and assigning individual responsibilities
- Developing project schedules
- Determining resource requirements
- Monitoring and reporting on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing
- Ensuring adherence to internal and external quality standards
- Identifying/resolving obstacles to completing project on time and to budget
- Integrating vendor tasks into the project plan and tracking and reviewing vendor deliverables
- Coordinating and steering launches of new production lines or SKUs within the manufacturing plant

Educational Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or any related field and 1 year of relevant experience in manufacturing environment

OR at least 5 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment without degree

Experience Requirements

- Managing projects within a manufacturing environment or industrial setting, coordinating launches for new production equipment

Required Skills

- Must be able to manage a project team in a fast paced and pressured environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
- Strong Lean mindset

- Up to 10% domestic travel. 

Preferred Skills

- Automotive program launch experience
- Expert knowledge of APQP and PPAP
- Capability with standard engineering tools and processes such as Design Verification Process & Reporting (DVP&R), FMEA, and Statistics