Assistant Manager - Program Management

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Assistant Manager - Program Management based in Coimbatore

Responsibilties:-

• This person will have to work across business and functions for program management and processing responsibilities. You will be responsible for managing a team of Program Managers and ensuring responsibilities are executed in a timely fashion, ensuring quality outcomes and performance, and continuously working with the Global Program teams.
• The candidate must be able to manage deliverable schedules, while ensuring that key responsibilities are met and that dependencies and implications are well understood. Attention to detail is a must for success.
• Review operational metrics regularly with the management team and provide detailed understanding of business performance for the site
• Build strong working partnership with the client by regular and structured engagements on a daily basis to establish operational cohesion & effective foundation for future growth
• Establish & Manage Relationships / Engagement with the Clients. Acquire and maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the client's service requirements
• Managing and leading a team of Program Managers, coaching and mentoring the team to ensure performance objectives are met and building leadership across the team
• Flexibility to quickly shift priorities, multi-task and juggle simultaneous requirements in fast paced environment and manage all to completion
• Oversee the team to organize resources, sets goals and track performance on a day-to-day basis.
• Identify and facilitate training needs based on organization Goal and Develop the functional expertise in the Team
• Review the training needs analysis for the team, design and implement Individual Development Plans
• Takes proactive steps to ensure that best practices are shared and implemented
• Drive continuous improvement through business process standardization and quality projects
• Conduct monthly one-one meetings with the team to identify issues and areas of improvement and drive individual development plans based on the analysis
• Manage Day to Day employee related issues by providing appropriate resolution
• Coach, Mentor and Motivate team with excellent people engagement

Qualification and Experience:-

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science or Management or equivalent with a minimum of 9 years of overall experience, to include 2-3 years in a team management in previous role(s)
• Proven experience in the manufacturing industry, preferable in the EMS industry
• Experience of working in GBS environment, leading teams supporting multiple processes (10 to 20 members) would be added advantage.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate issues to the management
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and should be flexible to deliver beyond expectations
• The ability to work in a global environment with a strong customer focus, with experience of pro-actively working with demanding customers in a flexible manner
• Team player, must be able to collaborate across multiple operational areas
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products like Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Vision
• Leadership skills as well as great communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work within a virtual (off-shore) team environment and contribute to the overall timely delivery of multiple project
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with and influence others
• Customer stakeholder Management exposure with good presentation skills is a must
• Ability to handle pressure - Timelines and Customer Demand
• Need to be prepared and flexible to work in a Global Environment that involves all the possible time zones preferred
• Domain knowledge in Manufacturing will be an added advantage
• Basic/Working knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques preferred
• Night shift only (7PM - 4AM)

Location:-

• Coimbatore, India.

Company Overview:-

Flex builds great products for customers that create value and improve people’s lives. Building on our 50+ year history of manufacturing, the ~160,000-member Flex Family across 30 countries is at the heart of everything we do. Our values-driven and high-performing culture is rooted in doing the right thing always, collaboration, and resilient ingenuity. With employee safety, development, and inclusiveness as top priorities, we believe in creating the right work environment that empowers everyone to thrive. We bring the technology innovation, supply chain, and manufacturing expertise needed in a constantly evolving world and proudly touch nearly every industry and aspect of people’s lives for the better.