Lead assigned NPI/LCM supply chain projects, driving deliverables, project direction, core team alignment, and management updates to ensure overall project success.
Define and manage key project tasks, milestones, timelines, owners, and critical paths in collaboration with workstream leads to support deployment commitments.
Develop, maintain, and communicate full-scale project plans, expectations, status updates, and support all design control documentation in a clear and timely manner.
Monitor progress against major milestones, maintain accurate visibility of project status, and proactively escalate risks or slippage impacting deployment dates.
Provide operations input into new product design to ensure alignment with business metrics, including cost, manufacturability, and gross profit margin objectives.
Support supplier identification, selection, qualification, and robustness assessments, while collaborating on product design, material/process selection, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Facilitate commercial supply agreements, demand and capacity planning, scale-up requirements, capital and validation needs, and internal/external manufacturing resource plans.
Contribute to cross-functional strategic decisions, including make-versus-buy, site selection, financial, marketing, planning, quality, and design considerations, ensuring Make, Buy, and Plan functions remain engaged throughout the project lifecycle.
Develop and coach Tech Ops Project Leaders

Good skills in using the relevant IT tools
Six Sigma/Process Excellence and/or Project Management/PMP/FPX certification preferred.
Strong communication and stakeholder influencing skills are required.
People leadership experience preferred
Experience leading cross-functional teams is required, experience with New Product Development teams is required.
Experience in developing and implementing business strategies and initiatives.
Well organized, self-motivated, energetic, creative, resourceful, insightful, personable and articulate.
Must possess strong leadership, management and teamwork qualities.

Tech Ops Project Manager

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