Senior TPM

The role

The Senior TPM will support and drive improvement to critical manufacturing functions and execute core manufacturing operations. You will manage orders from kickoff to delivery by coordinating with manufacturing partners and providing status visibility to builders.

What you will do

• Coordinate with costing, DFM, or sales teams for order handover.
• Work with customer program managers to kick off and schedule orders to manufacturing partners.
• Manage orders and programs from kickoff until delivery.
• Track progress with manufacturing partners to ensure on-time and on-quality shipments.
• Troubleshoot technical, quality, and planning problems during trial or production.
• Bridge communication between global cross-functional teams and manufacturing partners.
• Work with manufacturing partners for product and process planning and validation.
• Follow procedures to manage changes internally and externally.
• Coordinate the Fictiv China team for on-time and on-quality shipment.
• Support customer facing and quality teams in handling customer complaints.

Required qualifications

• College degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, metalworking manufacturing or Tooling Design & Manufacture or related engineering field.
• 10+ years working experience in FATP or in OEM/CM for Mechanical hardware manufacturing, or CNC machining/ molding/plastic tooling industry, which include at least 5 years experience in project manage
• Excellent PM skills on planning, scope management, schedule management and risk management, communication, problem solving and decision making.
• Team-oriented, results-oriented, detail-oriented, data-driven, agile and have a good sense of urgency.
• Prioritizes multiple projects and tasks effectively.
• Self-starter, manages time efficiently, able to complete work in a timely manner without active supervision.
• Fluent in written and spoken English, experience working in multicultural environments.

Nice to have

• PMP Certification
• Experience of APQP/PPAP or IQ/OQ/PQ or EV/DV/PV or NPI process
• Good understanding in quality management, sourcing, logistics management
• Strong business sense including customer expectation management, negotiation, supplier management capability

About the company

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. The company serves as a partner for innovative companies in the Americas with operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago.