CapEx Program Manager - Product Operations

Summary
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This position is based in Bangalore for leading on-site Capital Equipment program management functions for iPhone Operations team at contract manufacturing sites. Working cross- functionally in a team environment, the successful candidate will lead execution of program plans for both new and sustaining programs which result in successful completion of projects.
The program manager will also act as on-site leader for resolving all escalations from contract manufacturers and would drive closure and consensus amongst project team members, and escalate issues as necessary to Cupertino in timely manner when the project team is off track.
Description
This role will plan, develop and execute the capital equipment’s deployment at CM sites to support iPhone manufacturing by working with cross functional teams in India, US and China. Individuals are expected to show leadership in driving asset life cycle management to support functional and technical scope of individual iPhone projects across multiple sites in India. This role will regularly interact with executives and peers in iPhone Operations group and leaders in contract manufacturer management team. Interactions frequently will involve special skills, such as negotiating or management or attempting to influence CM behavior.
Responsibilities
In this role one will drive day-to-day activities on-site to meet the overall program objectives focusing on escalations, communication and process alignment during engineering design and validation cycles for new programs. This role will also support and lead the overall guardianship of Apple’s capital equipments deployed on-site.
Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall program objectives
Lead cross-functional communication between internal Apple team and contract manufacturer organization
Facilitate good communication and collaboration across engineering functions, operations, and vendors
Create and maintain project schedules. Provide timely issue resolution and critical path activities
Offer multiple levels of status updates across a wide spectrum of individual projects to executive management
Drive CM teams for capital equipment transfers across sites
Drive CM teams to maintain high traceability and usability of Apple’s assets
Drive CM teams to execute efficiency in equipment repair process to minimize downtime, spares and repair TAT
Review and approve capital equipment consumable spend by CM
Minimum Qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline
5+ progressive years of functional and program management experience required in a matrix environment, across multiple sites through the entire asset lifecycle (Concept/Approval/ Deployment/Transfer/Scrap)
Experience in managing capital equipment repair and scrap processes preferable
Proficiency using Microsoft Project Or OmniPlan at the enterprise level
Proficiency using Excel, Keynote is must
Ability to resolve conflict and drive compromise
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Solid understanding of economic metrics such as NPV, ROI, etc, and their application to program management
Experience managing projects within a defined stage-gate project development process
Program management experience that involves tactical coordination (scope, schedule & resource management) of multiple concurrent projects
Experience in other complex capital equipment such as military, aerospace, automotive, large agricultural machinery, etc.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%
Preferred Qualifications
PMP certification desirable. Demonstration of equivalent knowledge is required if not certified
Experience working with contract manufacturers
Familiarity with semiconductor capital equipment and their application to semiconductor manufacturing processes
Demonstrated experience in lean design methodologies
Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills. Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
Ability to deal with with rapid development cycles & remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity
Detailed knowledge of product development processes as well as a strong understanding of manufacturing processes
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Role Number: 200688394-0321

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