Project Management Specialist

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Job description

Company Overview:

STARPLUS ENERGY LLC is an electrifying joint venture between Samsung and Stellantis. With a focus on innovation and excellence, we deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower the automotive industry as we transition towards an electric future. As a member of our team, you will play a vital role in fostering our company's positive, diverse, and collaborative culture by helping us build and maintain a safe and effective One Team, One Mission organization. Join our vision of becoming the world's leading provider of energy solutions for e-mobility.

Position Summary:

Develop and implement project management and engineering processes to improve inefficiencies and reduce overall timing and costs of the product development life cycle. Provides expert technical leadership in coordinating, facilitating, motivating, and directing efforts of cross-functional program teams and ensures efficient use of team resources. Work is performed under little or no supervision and requires independent problem-solving and decision making with general direction received on program objectives and broad guidance. Performs other duties in support of departmental goals and objectives.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop, initiate and drive processes in the organization to achieve the project targets including quoting, release and reporting processes, change, BOM, risk and requirement management.
• Provides expert technical leadership in coordinating, facilitation, motivating, and directing efforts of cross functional program and concept development teams including individuals from Finance, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and Manufacturing.
• Gains support for and develops process, product and program controls and ensures all groups involved understand demands for interconnected processes.
• Create a detailed process roll-out plan based on internal and customer defined milestones and utilize program management tools to track progress to the plan.
• Ensures customer and company requirements are met including cost, quality, timing, and overall scope of the program(s) and/or department(s).
• Works with internal and external resources to maintain customer requirements, milestones and timing and aligns with company processes.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts, researches, recommends, and initiates implementation of enhancements to products, processes and programs.
• Leads effective lessons learned processes within and between the programs and departments.
• Determine the process format, reporting, escalation and meeting structure and moderate reviews.
• Performs other duties as necessary for completion of projects and achievement of goals. Provides work direction to other staff.
• Performs other duties as necessary and provides work direction to other staff.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in business management, engineering or other area.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience with project management including a broad understanding of product development engineering, production and quality processes.
• Experience in the automotive industry and APQP is required.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office software to be able to track and analyze spreadsheets and plans.
• Demonstrated strong communication/negotiation skills to work with internal and external contacts at all levels within the organization and represent the company in a professional manner.
• Demonstrated strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for successful performance of job duties.
• Carry out projects, broad in nature, from beginning to end in coordination with internal / external contacts.
• Strong organizational, project management, and leadership skills to prioritize, coordinate activities, manage conflicting needs, and deal with many issues at one time.
• Able to work independently under little or no supervision.

Preferred:

• Comply with requirements of the Quality Operating System (QOS) in accordance with ISO 9001:2008
• Identify concerns and initiate corrective actions (through verification) relating to product, process and quality systems
• Initiate preventative and continuous improvement actions relating to product, process and quality systems
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
• Hybrid electronics or advanced battery technology experience is preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to sit, walk and stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to work around the potential exposure to dust and chemicals
• Ability to wear appropriate PPE as deemed essential for the job function
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds
• To safely perform the essential functions of the position you must be able to distinguish colors
• Follow safe work procedures established by the Company; and follow the OH&S directions of the head of your department or supervisor
• Where PPE is required to control exposure to hazards in the workplace, wear and maintain the PPE as directed, as indicated in a risk assessment, or as required in OH&S procedures
• Use other safety and emergency equipment provided in the workplace as directed or as required in OH&S procedures
• Assist with the preparation of risk assessments
• Before commencing work or research, a risk assessment should be conducted to identify, assess and control the hazards associated with the work or research. This should be conducted in conjunction with other relevant staff, researchers and the supervisor
• Report OH&S problems
• Report workplace hazards to the supervisor as soon as possible after they occur
• Report injury or illness arising from workplace activities using the incident/injury reporting system as soon as possible after the incident
• Lead incident investigations and implement corrective actions
• Complete monthly H&S inspections

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