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Here at Westfall Technik, we pride ourselves on being the fastest growing Plastic Injection Manufacturing Company in the USA and soon Globally. While many companies outsource their work, we believe in keeping our jobs in the US. We currently support over 1,500 employees across 15 facilities in the US, and we are still growing.

At our Ansonia site, we invest in our people. Our overall success is largely contributed to our employees’ skills and talents, that have been impactful and essential to the growth of our business. Here, you’ll get the opportunity to test your knowledge and skills and become a critical player within Westfall. We want you to view your time at Westfall as an investment to your future.

We are currently seeking a Program Manager with the below qualifications:

Professional Attributes

• Overall responsibility for large, multi-site customer programs from award through production launch
• Drive innovation and technical development, including product design concepts, automation concepts, capital equipment purchases, new technologies for critical customer programs.
• Provide leadership guidance to customers, site project managers, site manufacturing/quality engineers, external suppliers
• Deliver new projects through all phases of development and production to meet company on-time delivery, quality, and profitability expectations
• Develop a full understanding of site procedures, systems, and personnel to manage projects of varying scope efficiently
• Develop and maintain project plans, communication plans, action trackers for all projects
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of all site-related documents and systems (i.e., BOMs, mold numbers, item masters, engineering project books, post-mortem meeting minutes, etc.)
• Schedule and manage all customer and internal/site meetings as required
• Consulting with the customer's technical personnel on product design, materials selection, and quality requirements
• Responsible for scheduling and executing customer validations in conjunction with manufacturing and quality teams
• Work with external suppliers (i.e., tooling suppliers, resin suppliers, automation/equipment suppliers, packaging suppliers) to drive project success. Track all vendor activities to determine priorities, manage resources, and assure on-time delivery
• Estimates or revises costs on existing or new molding/ assembly programs and directs modifications and changes to existing molds from customer revisions
• Responsible for tracking all active projects and communicating status to senior management
• Facilitate technical and problem-solving discussions with customers, suppliers, and internal Subject Matter Experts to determine the root cause of technical issues to solve problems
• Initiates and drives RFQ's for tooling purchases, tooling repair process, qualification part orders, as well as tracking the delivery of all purchases related to tooling or qualifications
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction by developing/building lasting client relationships through building a knowledge base of each client's business, organization, and objectives
• Establish, track and report on performance to project budgets using common finance metrics and planning tools
• Complies with ISO 13485 procedures and policies
• Complies with all safety procedures and policies

Desired Skills and Experience

• Expert knowledge and experience in project management in a GMP/regulated environment, medical device, and consumer packaging experience preferred.
• Expert knowledge in Medical Device manufacturing, validation (IQ,OQ,PQ) FDA/ISO13485
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred
• Solid knowledge and experience of injection molding tooling, processing, quality, materials, or product design
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with project management tools/processes, i.e., Microsoft Project, action trackers, ERP systems (IQMS preferred), quoting systems, etc
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications and Solid Model CAD experience, preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Project Management preferred

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