Position Purpose :
This position is a Functional Project Manager in the area of Sourcing. The Functional Project Manager is accountable for the planning, directing, and execution of local and / or global projects. The Functional Project Manager is responsible to direct the project team to achieve project deliverables including contractual and business objectives while ensuring satisfaction and QDRC.
Essential Functions :
- Tactical Responsibility : Coordinate / lead multiple projects of med-high complexity, multiple sub-projects, and / or cross location
- Strategic Responsibility : Presents and represents project status to customer and Woodward managers
- Strategic Responsibility : Participates in enterprise trade-offs between projects
- Strategic Responsibility : Provide mentoring and consultation to lower level project managers
- Strategic Responsibility : Participate in strategic planning / profit planning processes
- Strategic Responsibility : Accountable for scope change management : responsible to orchestrate with the accountable leaders and team to be responsive to customers, project schedule, and deliverables
- Strategic Responsibility : Evaluate and implement continuous improvement. May include authoring documents and standards
- Tactical Responsibility : Lead and present project updates for management reviews, provide written updates, and status reports
- Tactical Responsibility : Drives risk management process
- Tactical Responsibility : Drives schedule performance to meet commitment dates
- Tactical Responsibility : Plans, reviews, and improves project cost
- Tactical Responsibility : Drives total cost of ownership processes
- Tactical Responsibility : Project resource management
- Tactical Responsibility : Manages across business and departments outside of specific functional area to break down barriers that may prevent project success
- Strategic Responsibility : Coordinates project activity with appropriate leaders, team members, and customers
Other Essential Functions :
Evaluate and drive implementation and maintenance of appropriate project management toolsMay also provide support in other business activitiesIn Sourcing, may perform : Coordinates with Supplier Manager to act as the primary point of contact for the projectIn Sourcing, may perform : Accountable for Global Sourcing Part Transition process compliance through 109In Sourcing, may perform : Assure supplier development, inventory transition planning, contractual alignment (PO's and LTA)In Sourcing, may perform : Leverage all Global Sourcing groups to minimize total investmentIn Sourcing, may perform : Participate in commodity strategy developmentIn Sourcing, may perform : Collaborate with engineering and the COE to assure security of supply, high quality, competitively priced componentsIn Sourcing, may perform : Lead project gate reviewsIn Sourcing, may perform : Provide support and assist in supplier approval processKnowledge Skills & Abilities :
Good knowledge of project management tools (specifically MS Project, Work Breakdown Structure).Proficient understanding of Woodward's Key business processes and metricsIn Sourcing : Good knowledge and demonstrated execution of the part transition processIn Sourcing : Good knowledge of strategic sourcing principles, supplier relationship management, and commercial managementIn Sourcing : Knowledge and experience with core global sourcing business processes and systemsEducation :
US – Master's degree in Arts / Sciences (MA / MS)US – Bachelor's Degree in Arts / Sciences (BA / BS)Experience :
Experience in specific functional area (Quality, Sourcing, Manufacturing)Project ManagementLicense & Certifications :
PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or international equivalentFor Manufacturing / Sourcing : Six Sigma Green Belt certificationFor Quality : Achieve and maintain Six Sigma Green Belt certificationSkills Required
Commercial Management, Ms Project, Project Management, supplier relationship management