Operations Project Manager III (Electronics Manufacturing)

Description

The company provides engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions to major brands. It has been operating for 60 years and runs over 100 sites worldwide, combining global reach with local knowledge to deliver scalable and customized solutions.

The Ops Project Manager III leads initiatives for a defined internal or external customer or user, guides multifunctional project teams, and manages customer relationships. This role holds full accountability for schedules, project management, and performance on enterprise-level projects.

The role may support new product introductions, manufacturing transfers, capacity expansions, operational transformation, continuous improvement, and other manufacturing programs.

Responsibilities

• Confirm that project requirements and objectives are gathered accurately and translated into a workable plan.
• Build project plans that reach project goals and corporate initiatives, including project-specific KPIs or metrics.
• Set milestones, goals, and objectives with input from every functional area and stakeholder so the project meets customer needs.
• Review project schedules with the functional project managers and project coordinators assigned to the work.
• Drive projects to completion on the agreed schedule, and remain accountable for cost, schedule, quality, and scope.
• Build project teams, and guide and motivate them to reach project goals and corporate initiatives.
• Lead the team in creating integrated project plans and risk analyses, with action plans to reduce identified risks.
• Manage resource capacity and time tracking across projects.
• Work with internal and external customers from requirements gathering through product acceptance and approval.
• Act as the main contact for customers, vendors, stakeholders, and project sponsors.
• Anticipate and exceed customer expectations, solve problems quickly, and treat customer issues as a priority.
• Track work against project KPIs and keep it within scope, quality, time, and cost limits.
• Explain project objectives in terms of overall strategic business goals.
• Report project status, issues, implemented solutions, and assessments of results.
• Update leaders on the biggest opportunities for improvement.
• Give key stakeholders regular performance updates, variances to plan, and corrective actions where needed.
• Communicate clearly and concisely through a range of channels.
• Spot potential problems against project plans, then identify and put alternative solutions in place.
• Develop project risk analyses and mitigation action plans as part of integrated planning.
• Take part in financial management and cost analysis for projects, including Capital Expenditure Requests, travel, training, resource allocation, and other project costs.
• Find lower-cost solutions by streamlining processes and systems, such as changing responsibilities, combining tasks, removing non-value-added steps, or fully reengineering processes.
• Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting, analysis, and metrics management.
• Follow all procedures in the company's security policy.
• Take on other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
• Strong operational and financial knowledge.
• Knowledge of the organization's operating policies and procedures.
• Understanding of the organization's culture and guiding principles.
• Substantial knowledge of the company and the ability to make use of its resources.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment, such as engineering, test, quality, planning, or materials.
• Prior experience in customer interface.
• Consultative skills, including the ability to understand what customers truly need.
• Good communication skills.
• Distinctive problem-solving leadership.
• Personal traits: strong leadership, professionalism, a hard-charging approach, attention to detail, reliability, composure under pressure, creativity, and a can-do attitude.
• Automotive or medical background as required.
• Proficiency with personal computers, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and email.
• Bachelor's degree required, in Supply Chain Management or Engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years of work-related experience in a supervisory or management role.
• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience or in a related discipline.
• Or an equivalent mix of education, training, and experience.
• Desirable: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
• Preferred: experience in SMT, PCBA, box-build, system integration, or manufacturing test.
• Preferred: experience in product lifecycle management and engineering change control.
• Preferred: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent structured improvement experience.
• Preferred: familiarity with applicable customer and industry qualification requirements, including PPAP/APQP, IPC, ISO, or regulated-industry validation methods.

Conditions

Accommodation is available for accessibility needs.

Recruiters contact candidates only through the official job portal, a company-domain email address, or a direct call from the team, and the company never asks for payment or personal identifying information during hiring; report any suspicious listing to the site where it appeared.