at Kaman Composites, Vermont Inc. in Bennington, Vermont, United States
Job Description
Function: Program Product Mgmt
Sub-function: Program Coordinator
Overview: Strong background in product management, adept at negotiation, and capable of leading cross-functional teams to meet value stream objectives, with excellent communication, marketing, and technical skills, and proficiency in MS Office.
Key Responsibilities:
Develops and executes negotiation and proposal plans and strategies for assigned projects in collaboration with value stream program manager
Leads cross-functional project teams to identify execution roadblocks to ensure delivery of programmatic commitments
Identifies issues, tracks progress, and ensures follows- through on corrective actions, DMRs and customer requests
Organizes interdepartmental activities to ensure projects completion on schedule and within budget
Prepares and presents project status reports to leadership as needed.
Leads team in forecasting build plans, delivery plans and yearly value stream forecasts
Reviews daily, weekly, and monthly customer commitments and works with operations managers and Production Control to track, schedule and drive production commitments through delivery
Works with and attends customer meetings to support Program Manager with customer requests
May be required to travel
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Possess exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey information clearly and effectively.
Demonstrated relationship management, enabling the development and maintenance of strong, positive relationships with stakeholders, creating weekly delivery schedules and clearly communicating weekly goals
Exhibit strong decision-making abilities, characterized by making sound, proactive choices that drive success
Possess excellent negotiation skills, with a proven ability to achieve win-win solutions.
Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements
Ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends
Ability to lead teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives
Ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules
Ability to understand and analyze value stream financial data.
Understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects and suppliers
Supports the development and execution bids through production execution
Vermont Composite is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other protected characteristics protected by law. Vermont Composite and all its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all.
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Kaman is an EO Employer-M/F/Veteran/ Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, or any other protected class. Kaman and all its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all.
