Program Manager Intern at SeniorPlc1

What is the scope of this person's responsibilities? To assist the New Product Development (NPD) team in their daily work and to complete special assignments. The Program Management (PM) function has responsibility for new product development, new customer acquisition,  fiscal/contractual requirements flow-down and management, IPT team leadership, and providing commercial oversight and guidance to all internal functions. Must work well in a team environment. This role is a preparatory role for company future hires in Program Management for a competitive advantage. This position reports to the Head of Commercial Strategy with dotted-line supervision by one or more Program Managers. • What is the MISSION for this person?This person is to help the NPD team accomplish projects focused on developing new products, technically supporting existing products, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the team and the company as a whole. • What are the most important objectives you need this person to achieve? (AT LEAST FIVE).To support the NPD team in the following areas: • • Commercial support of development programs (Drive and close program/project action items) • Program management (contributions towards program execution) • Production support (expediting production activities, logistics, issue resolution) • Customer support (prepping program material for customer review) • Process improvement, automation, and standardization (identify opportunities, capture “quick wins”) • Data reduction and analysis (trend analysis, opportunity identification, data-driven story telling)  • What are the tangible measures (performance evaluation criteria) you would use to know at the end of an evaluation period if the person had in fact, achieved your objectives? • Job knowledge and ability to learn • Work quality/dependability • Attendance and Punctuality • Initiative • Communication and teamwork • Results (on-time execution) • In addition to the actions required to produce the above results, what other duties and functions will this person be responsible for?Working with all groups within the company to complete tasks as required. Groups include, but are not limited to: Program Management, Design Engineering, Drafting, Test Lab, Operations, Quality Engineering, Purchasing, Contracts, and Shipping/Receiving.