ABOUT THE ROLE

Program Management, Launch Management, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance
and Sales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Ensures problem identification and resolution.
* Ensures a high level of integration and collaboration with the plants and
Launch
* Managers in their program, as well as alignment with the program team members
in Engineering, Sales, Finance, Quality and Purchasing.
* Takes an active “go and verify” approach to program by personally visiting
the plants and suppliers at appropriate intervals.
* Ensures the effectiveness of program team meetings and customer review
meetings.
* Ensures effective communication with program team. Acts as the central
communication point for their programs.
* Manages the program team from Gate 1 (Stage 2) through Gate 7.
* Manages the quoting team during Stage 2.
* Ensures effective and timely scope management with emphasis on customer scope
changes and executes the Scope Change process and approval.
* Ensures program trade off analysis – balancing cost, time, product and
resources.
* Identifies program risks early,



develops and executes mitigation strategies
and executes the Red Flag process.
* Escalates risk with mitigation strategies to the leadership team in a timely
fashion.
* Creates high quality timing plans that are developed with the program team
with effective buy in from all functional areas.
* Meets 0 days late for all Gates.
* Meets all customer MRDs on time with high quality products.
* Ensures all program financial targets and budgets are met.
* Verifies the CARs and Business Cases are reasonable and achievable.
* Ensures effective and logical financial roadmaps are executed.
* Ensures quality objectives and roadmaps are developed, executed and met via
their program teams.
* Ensures sourcing on time with high quality suppliers.
* Ensures appropriate completion of Make versus Buy decisions.
* Ensures on time PPAP of purchased components.
* Visits critical suppliers at appropriate points in the pr

📌 Program Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Tenneco
📍 Chennai