Program Manager

When you join the Verus Aerospace team you are more than a number you are a valued part of our company family. Superior craftsmanship employee pride and a shared commitment to continuous improvement are the foundation of our success. We have a strong reputation for professionalism and quality in the aerospace industry. Our company is committed to excellence and we recognize that the right people offering their ideas and expertise will enable us to continue our success. We seek team members who are passionate adaptable driven to achieve quality results focused on continuous improvement self-motivated and problem solvers.

Position Summary

Manage aerospace customer contracts and programs from new product development to full production execution. Work closely with customers to develop evaluate and manage statement-of-work definitions plans requirements schedules and production activities related to assigned programs. Work with functional organizations to evaluate impact of major program and process changes in support of customer requests. Monitors daily operations to identify and resolve issues with support of other department personnel as required. Works collaboratively with others to drive program performance and lead process improvement initiatives. Maintain communication visibility and close coordination with customer and supplier representative(s).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support & facilitate Customer Performance Metrics/Customer Excellence initiatives to achieve highest supplier rating as measured by Quality On-time delivery and Customer Satisfaction.
• Direct customer communications including written correspondence teleconferences and customer visits to provide timely communications and internal visibility to assure compliance with all contractual program requirements
• Facilitate internal and external customer reviews (Rate Readiness Assessments Standards Program status etc.) and coordinate action items with functional managers
• Facilitate and coordinate configuration changes engineering product quality issues and daily program performance issues with internal and external customers
• Manage contract closure and negotiate contract termination provisions
• Lead and/or participate in 3P process for new products or significant configuration changes
• Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Business preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years professional experience in a production-manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Aerospace industry preferred.
• Lean manufacturing and supply chain management experience helpful.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge

• Knowledge of contracts terms and conditions
• Demonstrated effective root cause analysis and problem solving involving technically complex issues.
• Finance and accounting sales and marketing research and development manufacturing and continuous process improvement supply chain management new business development and customer relationship management

Computer Skills

• Computer literate with working knowledge of MS Excel MS Word MS Power Point and MS Project and MRP/ERP systems.

Language Skills

• Superior communication skills involving information exchange via effective listening written oral and presentation techniques
• Facilitate consensus decision-making and cross-functional team support amongst operations and production manufacturing personnel.
• Monitor encourage and support production team on-time delivery and quality performance metrics
• Issues are proactively communicated to our customer.
• All customer inquiries are addressed in a timely manner.
• Customers are engaged on a day-to-day basis

Interpersonal skills Personality and Professional Conduct

• Ensure customer satisfaction by cross referencing the timeliness and accuracy of the information they receive.
• Effective time management.
• Artful cross-functional negotiation skills involving scope cost and delivery objectives

Equal Employment Opportunity
Verus Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin age gender religion disability sexual orientation marital status veteran status gender identity or expression or any other basis protected by local state or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of ones employment including hiring transfer promotion compensation eligibility for benefits and termination. A notice describing Federal equal employment law is available here.

Reasonable Accommodations
Verus Aerospace is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please click hereto contact us and let us know the nature of your request and contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

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Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by ITAR (22 CFR 120.15).

E-Verify
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I also understand that if I am hired I will be required to provide proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States and that federal immigration laws require the completion of an I-9 Form in this regard.

This Company does not tolerate unlawful discrimination in its employment practices. No question on this application is used for the purpose of limiting or excluding an applicant from consideration for employment on the basis of his or her race color religion national origin genetic information gender gender identification gender expression marital status or civil partnership/union status sexual orientation cancer related condition medical condition citizenship age physical or mental disability (actual or perceived) pregnancy disability or family leave status pregnancy breastfeeding needs reproductive health decision-making organ or bone marrow donor status or military or veterans status or any other protected status under applicable federal state or local law. This company likewise does not tolerate harassment based on sex race color religion national origin genetic information citizenship age disability or any other protected status. Harassment of our employees is strictly prohibited whether it is committed by a manager coworker subordinate or non-employee (such as a vendor or customer). The Company takes all complaints of harassment seriously and all complaints will be investigated promptly and thoroughly.

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I understand that in addition to this application the employment process may for certain positions include any or all of the following procedures: testing aptitude personality and/or skill multiple interviews post-offer thorough background checks and drug screening test.

Immigration Compliance Plan

The Company policies include a commitment to non-discrimination based on race national origin and immigration status. Pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which protects work authorized individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of citizenship status or national origin employment decisions will not be made on the basis of a persons national origin race or immigration status except to the extent necessary to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

In those situations the Company will need to obtain information necessary to comply with the requirements of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). This will include collection of documentation to establish one of three categories of citizenship/ immigration status: (1) U.S. Citizenship; (2) Permanent Residency (Green Card) and (3) Asylum or Refugee Status (formally recognized or assigned such status by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

If an applicant or employee does not meet the category applicable to their anticipated work for the Company the Company cannot hire such order to ensure ITAR compliance all applicants and employees of the Company will have their immigration status checked through a system called E-Verify. If the findings on the E-Verify search are not accurate please contact Human Resources and obtain copies of all documents related to your work status. Employees who are not authorized to work in the United States cannot be employed at the Company.