Program Manager in Industrialization of RFID Products

Summary

As member of the Product Industrialization Engineering team (focused on external manufacturing), you are responsible for managing New Product Introduction (NPI) for RFID products. From simple product customization up to substantial technical challenges you have to deal with multiple interlocutors within an international and multicultural environment.

Coordination and project monitoring is at the heart of your daily business. In this position you manage all industrialization phases from writing product specification to first production batch validation. The continuous improvement of our processes is also part of your achievements.

Involved from the start of the project you are responsible for lead time and global project achievements.

Internally, you are in charge of communicating/coordinating with product development engineering, business development and operation teams. Externally, you are the main interface with our various subcontractors (incl. plastic injection molding companies).

As the program manager you are at the center of all these activities, liaising with all the relevant teams of parallel running projects.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Collaboration and coordination with various subcontractors, incl. plastic injection molding companies
• Delivery and qualification of new samples linked to market demands or customer requests
• Documentation of new products and executing our ERP set-up with the required information
• On time transfer of new products in production with the associated tooling, processes, work instructions, raw material
• Definition of the appropriate technical options for the introduction of new products
• Managing continuous improvement projects linked to products, processes and company tools

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Degrees in electronics, micro-technology, mechanical, material science or fields close enough can be taken into account.
• Project/program management experience
• Experience in RFID is an asset
• Experience in plastic injection molding is an asset
• Experience in agile methods for project management (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, SAFe) is an asset

Language Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate in the English language verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate in Mandarin is an asset
• Ability to read and interpret technical journals, specifications, international technical standards, etc..

Computer Skills

• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Knowledge of Agile PLM and Oracle EBS is an asset
• Knowledge of Atlassian Jira is an asset

Customer Expectations

Highlight knowledge, skills, abilities and traits necessary in this role to satisfy our customer's expectations:

• Strong communication skills
• Sense of responsibility, autonomous, pro-active, pragmatic, capable of multi-tasking
• Ability to make decisions and to work under pressure
• Analytic mindset, problem solving orientation
• Results oriented

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Employee works primarily in an office environment

Work Requirements

• Compliance to all relevant HID Global policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environmental systems.
• Travel and fieldwork including international travel, therefore employee must possess or can acquire a valid Passport.