MME group, a contract manufacturer in Vadnais Heights, MN, is looking for a career-oriented individual to join our team. We are committed to employee success and support a core set of values and behaviors that reward and recognize your efforts and talent.

The Program Manager drives all aspects of a customer program within MME?s fast paced high energy environment as it moves from design & development through the production process by leading a project team and maintaining all internal and external communications to meet the customer?s requirements & deadlines. The Program Managers assure customer satisfaction through project leadership, ongoing communication, timely shipping and continuous follow-up.

• Lead New Product Development initiatives from design, into development, then through production with little to no supervision
• Establish the overall project schedule and identifies needed resources with input from Sales, Engineering, Operations, Tooling and Purchasing
• Understand the full project scope, identify when scope drift occurs and communicate how the change will impact the customer
• Identify road-blocks and works to provide solutions to keep the projects on track and on time.
• Coordinate and monitor the scheduling, pricing and technical performance assigned to the programs
• Identify and manages risk/opportunities to meet program objectives
• Hold all project team members accountable to meeting project goals and timelines
• Track project performance to schedule and budget and provides regular updates to project team, leadership and customer.
• Track customer information, such as the status of stock and purchase orders.
• Maintain profitability during development through production by driving budgets from conception of projects to completion. This includes taking ownership of Working Cost Models from program release till production.
• Ensure all Development and production Orders and Jobs set up in Epicor allows for proper Job Costing to be monitored throughout the program.
• Track and log weekly SFLH (Support Function Labor Hours)
• Handle troubleshooting of issues and communicates needs for customers. When conflict becomes a roadblock, Program Management must know what it is appropriate to get advice and direction from Sr Management
• Responds within 24hrs to customers' requests via telephone, email or mail.