Magna
Automotive Manufacturing Program Manager - Casting
Birmingham, Alabama, US
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About the role
- Serve as the primary customer contact for program timing, technical deliverables, launch readiness, engineering changes, commercial issues, and program status updates.
- Coordinate cross-functional activities with engineering, quality, production, maintenance, purchasing, logistics, finance, tooling, and plant operations teams.
- Monitor program budgets, capital expenditures, tooling costs, material costs, and change requests to ensure financial targets are achieved.
Responsibilities
- Position Summary: The Automotive Manufacturing Program Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating customer programs from quotation, development, tooling, launch, and production readiness through full production support.
- Lead assigned automotive manufacturing programs from award through launch, production ramp-up, and ongoing production support.
- Develop, maintain, and communicate program timing plans, milestones, deliverables, open issues, and risk mitigation plans.
- Manage APQP activities, including feasibility reviews, design reviews, process flow, PFMEA, control plans, gage planning, capability studies, run-at-rate activities, PPAP submissions, and customer approvals.
- Track tooling, equipment, fixtures, gauges, packaging, EDI requirements, material readiness, and supplier deliverables to support successful program launch.
- Support engineering change management by evaluating timing, cost, quality, material, tooling, and production impacts.
- Identify bottlenecks, launch risks, capacity constraints, quality concerns, and production roadblocks; lead corrective actions to keep programs on track.
- Coordinate prototype builds, pre-production trials, process validation, PPAP runs, and launch readiness reviews.
- At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies.
- We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business, Operations Management, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in automotive manufacturing, program management, launch management, engineering, quality, or operations.
- Experience managing new product launches, engineering changes, tooling projects, and customer program deliverables.
- Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, 8D problem solving, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, customer requirements, and technical documentation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, project management tools, ERP systems, and customer portals.
- Familiarity with casting defects, root cause analysis, and corrective actions related to porosity, soldering, flash, dimensional variation, cold shuts, and surface quality is highly desirable.
Nice to have
- Experience with aluminum die casting, high-pressure die casting, machining, tooling, or automotive structural/component manufacturing.
- Experience working with OEMs or Tier 1 automotive suppliers.
- Knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, customer-specific requirements, and automotive quality systems.
- PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, CQE, or related certification.
- Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, value analysis/value engineering, and cost reduction initiatives.
- Experience supporting EV, powertrain, chassis, body structure, or safety-critical automotive components.
- Key Competencies
- Customer focus and professional communication
Skills
- Job descriptions may display in multiple languages based on your language selection.
Company info
- Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers.
- Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
- Ensure compliance with applicable customer-specific requirements, IATF 16949 standards, ISO requirements, internal quality systems, and company procedures.
- Prepare and present program status reports to customers, leadership, and internal stakeholders.
- As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects.
Equal opportunity
- At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success.
- equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire.
- Candidates who currently hold valid work authorization under a TN or H-1B visa may be considered, provided they are authorized to work for this employer without requiring new or additional visa sponsorship.
- The company is unable to sponsor new employment-based visas or other immigration sponsorship for this position.
- We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.
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