Program Manager #58 - Lippert

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.  We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.  We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.  We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
3. Fair and competitive compensation.
4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

Lead the new product development team in flawless launch activities for new product development. Understand the people, process, and product to identify that will help win or retain business. Identifying additional process and product changes from a cost standpoint.  Layout Lippert’s and competitor’s product, good/needs improvement and make Hybrid recommendations, as well as walk senior management through the findings.  Develop a 1 year to 5-year product strategy.  Build relationships with Sales and Product Management. Perform the quoting and sourcing function for purchased content to support new product development and VAVE activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Prioritize new product list
1. Pull out new product ideas at least quarterly from Product Manager, VP of Sales and VP of OPS, CEO and GM
2. Keeps team members focused on priorities when they change
2. Critical Path Management
1. Establishes timelines, dates, and tasks required to meet the timing
2. Assigns clear tasks to specific team members and follows up until complete, pulling out roadblocks
3. Manage projects in ENOVIA for cross functional visibility
4. Conducts cross functional meetings, efficient and effective meetings
3. Go to / Recognized as the person to move projects to completion
1. Sales, ENG, Purchasing, OPS, go to on anything related to project completion. (Concept to Cash)
2. Maintain detailed EBOMs with updated costs for quoting
3. Interact with Sales for forecasts and cost targets
4. New Product Testing and Signoff
1. Ensures new products are ready to go
2. Signoffs required: Product Manager, R&D/ENG, OPS, QA, Product Specialist
5. PN or Variants Creation, clean cost, price & ROI
1. Navigate D365 and CPQ systems
6. Prototype Management
1. Makes sure each prototype is signed off prior to shipment of all new products
2. Lines up support team at customer to support prototype of all new products
3. Rolls up issues and drives the changes to address
7. New Product Development and VAVE Sourcing
1. Prepare RFQ packages for new components
2. Conduct Make vs Buy analysis
3. Issue POs for prototype and startup purchased content
4. Negotiate tooling costs and amortization
5. Communicate corrections and changes to suppliers
6. Manage supplier timelines for project success
7. Handoff Purchasing Package to production Pas
8. Find replacement parts in material emergencies

Working Conditions:

1. Primarily working indoors, office environment.
2. May sit for several hours at a time.
3. Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
4. Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Qualifications:

1. Manufacturing/industry experience.
2. Management/Leadership experience.
3. Work Flow, Enovia
4. Sourcing New Vendors
5. BOM Validation
6. Configurator Support
7. Supplier Tooling, Production Tooling

Competencies:

1. Communication
2. Proficiency/Coaching
3. Organizational Skills
4. Initiative
5. Team Player
6. Decision Making
7. Time Management
8. Thoroughness

Supervisory Responsibility:

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to count and record findings. While performing the duties of this job, the team member will regularly talk and listen. This position may require typing and sitting in a chair for up to 8 hours a day.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time salary position, and hours/days of work are decided by production schedules and your reporting manager.

Travel:

Travel will be moderate and would be primarily local during the business day.

Preferred Education and Experience:

1. Enovia or similar Product Life Cycle Management Software
2. Sourcing New Vendors
3. BOM Validation
4. Configurator Support
5. Supplier Tooling, Production Tooling
6. Bachelor’s Degree

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
None

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be able to pass EVerify.

AAP/EEO Statement:

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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