Program Manager

Eaton’s looking for a Program Manager to act with Power Connections product line: Stamped Battery Terminals, Eyelet Terminals, Precision Stamping and Shielding for the Automotive Business. This position is based at our Valinhos site.

**What you’ll do**:

- Leading the Power Connections localization Program to assure successful planning and execution achieving profitable, on-time and reliable product launches, such as Stamped Battery Terminals, Eyelet Terminals, Precision Stamping & Shielding, with a continuous focus on improving financial performance through a collaborative and entrepreneurial approach that encompasses managing customers, contracts, and cross-functional relationships. You will manage multiple high visibility programs across multiple customers and will play a key role in the establishing and achieving best-in-class program management performance.**Responsibilities**:

- Manages the project lifecycle and business case financials from development through launch of the NPI and STP Program(s) and projects.
- Executes leadership across the Program. Seeks team input to promote rapid resolution to issues. Coaches and provides feedback/rewards on performance indicators.
- Manage cross-functional project teams to drive accountability and performance established for commercial, technical, and manufacturing readiness levels at start of production. Manages team performance based on Project Performance Metrics expectations. Facilitates the implementation of program management processes at the launch / receiving site or Division.
- Manages effective customer communications. Improves organization responsiveness to customer requirements. Communicates and manages customer expectations and contractual commitments internal to the business.
- Ensures standard program management processes are utilized and adequate support to the program and project teams by coordinating PM reviews, preparing & publishing PM metrics and reports. Updates and manages ProPM timely and accurately.
- Creates project schedules while keeping cross functional team focused on critical path and milestone attainment. Holds team members accountable to work break down structure and project expectations.
- Coordinates all risks and requirements of the program into a complete integrated entity. This is accomplished by planning, controlling, integrating all projects into the programs, and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved with a primary focus on delivering scope, schedule, and financial commitments.
- Provides program metric tracking and updates of current situation relating to contractual milestones and problem/high risk areas. Provides updates to the business units as well as divisional, and group levels.
- Establish organizational resource plans that clearly articulate the requirements for core team member, work package approver, and decision gate committee member engagement for the project duration. Identifies and works with functions to resolve resource constraints.
- Promote, support, and execute effective change management processes to ensure control through the Program.
- Strengthen skillsets in cross-functional and operational knowledge areas outside of previous domain expertise (i.e., Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance).

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**Qualifications**:
**Education level required**
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

**Years and area of experience required**
- Minimum 5 years’ business experience in a manufacturing organization with Project Management, sales, engineering or manufacturing.
- Experience with Business case, Financials and Risk Management
- Fluent in English - daily communication

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.