Senior Program Manager

Description


Job Title: Senior Program Manager Location: Melbourne, FL Employment Type: Direct Hire Industry: Appliance, Electrical, and Electronics Compensation: $115-140k /year. Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. About the Opportunity:

• The Senior Program Manager has oversight for the cost-effective delivery of highly complex electronics manufacturing projects for the commercial and aerospace & defense industries.
• Incumbent will manage cross-functional operations teams to ensure that our customers' product cost, quality, and availability goals are achieved.
• The position has overall responsibility and authority for contract performance, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management and support functions, and assures resources are properly allocated to support customer schedules.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:

• Accountable for all commercial aspects of the program (receivables, ECO costing, excess and obsolete inventory, material and manufacturing statuses).
• Interface with the customer.
• First-line contact for the customer to handle any requests and issues.
• Maintain a synergy among all departments to achieve maximum customer results.
• Generate program budgets and manage within agreed allocations.
• Responsible for quarterly/annual customer revenue projections and for ensuring sufficient contractual order covers are in place.
• Work with sales organization and customer to facilitate completion of a manufacturing agreement.
• Formulate, organize and track customer NPI tasks and actions.
• Provide customer feedback metrics, as appropriate.
• Conduct team meetings, document action items and keep team apprised of customer concerns.
• Assist in ensuring programs are appropriately staffed to meet customer requirements, and client business needs as needed.
• Support the Continuous Improvement process by ensuring Customer Support Team participation in Quality Teams, reviewing and implementing ECOs, driving New Product Introductions (NPIs) and following through on Corrective Action Requests (CARs).
• Develop, review, and modify NPI procedures, as needed.
• Ensure the process is followed.
• Review pricing and all changes with finance.
• Support Sales and Marketing.
• Coordinate quoting activity for changes to existing products or new business from existing customers, as needed.
• Participate in internal ISO audits.
• Train and mentor other employees.
• Support MRB analysis and disposition of non-conforming material processes.
• Other responsibilities as directed and necessary for the business.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2+ years of experience in Electrical contract manufacturing.

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 8+ years of program management experience in an electronics or aerospace manufacturing environment.
• PMP Certification.
• Proficiency supporting high-volume, system assembly surface-mount technology (SMT) manufacturing operation.
• Experience in an international, multi-plant contract manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a highly dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Good customer focus with a hands-on team approach.
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational ability.
• Communication - able to clearly articulate responsibilities, provide the vision, and gain buy-in.
• Ability to hold people accountable - assign roles and responsibilities, monitor deadlines, and achieve results.
• Able to identify risks and provide a plan to mitigate issues - design creative solutions to meet both company and customer goals concurrently.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (SyteLine).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit.
The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you.
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.


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