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 tools
May also provide support in other business activities
In Sourcing, may perform: Coordinates with Supplier Manager to act as the primary point of contact for the project
In Sourcing, may perform: Accountable for Global Sourcing Part Transition process compliance through 109
In 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 investment
In Sourcing, may perform: Participate in commodity strategy development
In Sourcing, may perform: Collaborate with engineering and the COE to assure security of supply, high quality, competitively priced components
In Sourcing, may perform: Lead project gate reviews
In Sourcing, may perform: Provide support and assist in supplier approval process
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Good knowledge of project management tools (specifically MS Project, Work Breakdown Structure).
Proficient understanding of Woodward's Key business processes and metrics
In Sourcing: Good knowledge and demonstrated execution of the part transition process
In Sourcing: Good knowledge of strategic sourcing principles, supplier relationship management, and commercial management
In Sourcing: Knowledge and experience with core global sourcing business processes and systems
Education:
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 Management
License & Certifications:
PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or international equivalent
For Manufacturing/Sourcing: Six Sigma Green Belt certification
For Quality: Achieve and maintain Six Sigma Green Belt certification