Tooling Project Manager

Responsibilities

Drive day-to-day tooling activities to meet the overall program objectives with a heavy focus on plastic/metal tooling release, tooling trial schedule oversight, and tool qualifications

Create and maintain program schedules, track program progress, risk identification and mitigation, prioritization of work tasks for tooling team members

Assist in directing internal and external resources to execute programs successfully

Collaborate with engineering, operations, and our supply base partners to meet aggressive schedule, quality and volume targets

Work with XFN team to drive engineering build and mass-production readiness for tooled parts

Help to drive FACA (Failure Analysis Corrective Action) and yield improvements

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of experience in Plastics Molding and Tooling Industry

Minimum of 5 years of project management experience

Experience in launching high cosmetic, consumer electronics products

Experience working with a global supply chain and a background in project coordination with Asia-based manufacturers, remotely and onsite

Working knowledge of GD&T, data analysis and statistics

Proven bottom line project management experience (Planning, Cost, & Delivery)

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, Mandarin language skills a plus

Ability to operate in dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Ability to travel internationally up to 20%

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with root cause analysis of plastic and metal part defects

Data analysis using JMP

PMP Certification

Proven experience with insert molding, 2 shot molding, MIM, stamping and die-casting

Working knowledge of plastic resins, metal removal processes and post molding operations,