Investment Program Manager Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

Martinrea International Inc. is a diversified and global automotive supplier, a diversified and global automotive supplier engaged in developing and manufacturing highly engineered, value-added Lightweight Structures and Propulsion Systems. We employ approximately 16,000 skilled and currently operate in 57 locations in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Slovakia, Spain, China, South Africa, and Japan. Martinrea's vision is making lives better by being the best supplier we can be in the products we make and the services we provide.

Our Mission is to make people's lives better by:

• Delivering outstanding quality products and services to our customers.
• Providing meaningful opportunity, job satisfaction, and job security for our people.
• Providing superior long-term investment returns to our stakeholders.
• Being positive contributors to our communities.

Martinrea's success is globally shown through its core sustainable culture. Focused on entrepreneurship, lean manufacturing principles, and the Golden Rule philosophy, Martinrea believes in dignity and respect for its people, communities, customers, and investors. Our strength is in our people, embracing a diverse culture, giving employees opportunities to help grow our footprint and expand product offerings and areas of expertise with discipline, dedication and determination

We invite you to follow your dreams and explore a challenging and rewarding career at Martinrea.

Job Summary:

Project leader in the Program Management and APQP process

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a job-related field or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Minimum of Ten years of experience related to defined job responsibilities or equivalent training.
• Understanding of ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good management and leadership skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Good computer proficiency / Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong understanding of APQP
• Working knowledge of CAD software (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Catia, UG)
• Excellent attendance.
• Excellent analytical skill and the ability to multi-task
• Excellent computer skills
• Task management ensuring timely completion of activities.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively across different organizational levels.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Proven self-starter, who requires limited supervision and direction, yet achieves tasks and overcomes problems and provides effective direction and development for staff.
• Embraces the challenge of problem solving and identifying and implementing practical solutions.
• Working knowledge of departmental process documents.

Essential Functions/Competency Level:

• Excellent attendance.
• Excellent analytical skill and the ability to multi-task
• Excellent computer skills
• Task management ensuring timely completion of activities.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively across different organizational levels.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Proven self-starter, who requires limited supervision and direction, yet achieves tasks and overcomes problems and provides effective direction and development for staff.
• Embraces the challenge of problem solving and identifying and implementing practical solutions.
• Working knowledge of departmental process documents.
• Process Owner (Program Management), Must initiate, complete or drive completion of, and maintain department level documentation to include the most up to date Customer Specific Requirements (CSR’s), ISO/IATF requirements, standards and specifications as required to provide instruction for, operation, methodology, data collection and traceability. They are responsible for on-time delivery of product documentation releases, (i.e. Flow, FMEA, control plan, job instructions, gauge instructions, Set-up Instructions, and others, as applicable). Process owner is responsible for the completion of all corrective actions as assigned per QA-WI-042 “Corrective and Preventative Action” for any concerns written at pre-launch phases.

• Abide by the companies polices including but not limited to the following:
• Health and Safety
• Quality
• Environmental Systems
• Human Resources

• Manages and prioritizes daily program management activities which include but are not limited to….
• Compliance with the plant business operating systems.
• APQP requirements utilizing the Martinrea Gate Review Processes.
• Daily management of program launch and engineering change miles stones
• Weekly internal APQP internal meetings.
• Escalation of program deliverable constraints.
• Adherence to quality assurance procedures
• Adherence to the engineering change procedures
• Adherence to “Customer specific” process and engineering change requirements.
• Assigned audits
• Customer communications
• KPI reporting ( Plant & Corporate )
• Corrective actions
• Assist in feasibility reviews and quoting of new projects and engineering changes.
• Cost control and continuous improvement.
• Production standards and bills of materials.
• Monitoring of engineering change activities.
• Departmental meetings and communications.

• Populates information for KPI/QOS/Management Review including required action plans.
• Investigates, in conjunction with Process Engineers, to resolve non-conformance issues and customer concerns.
• Recommends changes in working conditions and use of equipment.
• Analyses and resolves or assists employees in solving work problems.
• Review annually, each December, the Departmental Turtle Diagram and KPI’s for the following year’s requirements.
• Support continuous improvement and lean initiatives.
• Follow instructions/direction as required by Senior Management
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Travel as needed up to 10-15%
• TRN-WI-012 Process Owner Training Requirements
• Engineering Department Work Instructions
• TRN-WI-013 Manager Training Requirements
• MFG-WI-004 Layered Audits
• MFG-WI-061 Fast Response
• PM-WI-003 Program Management
• PM-WI-004 Quality Planning – Service
• SFTY-WI-011 Control of Hazardous Energy
• MAT-WI-016 Physical Inventory
• SFTY-WI-002 Pre-Start Safety Review
• SFTY-WI-024 PPE Program
• SAFTY-WI-012 Machine Guarding Standard
• Martinrea Central (Manager) & PMPGO
• Core Tools (MSA, SPC, PPAP, APQP)
• Core Tools (FMEA)
• XXEVA (Purchasing)
• GD&T / Blueprint Reading
• Request for Capital
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Customer Portals
• Travel and Expense Policy

Work Environment

• Plant Floor (PPE Required)
• Office
• Must work in accordance with H&S regulations, Company and plant rules, policies, and procedures.
• Must use or wear PPE and certain clothing as required by the Company.
• Constant communication with employees, peers, and management.
• Overtime as required.