Operations Program Analyst

Role overview

Program execution and production

• Participate in Integrated Project Teams to transition new models and technical changes into production.
• Align resource planning, procurement, capacity, timelines, tooling, product costs, approvals, and logistics with program objectives.
• Assess program risks and issues, develop strategies to meet objectives or recover production, and evaluate at-risk material needs.
• Coordinate supply decisions and solutions while minimizing excess inventory.

Cross-functional coordination and reporting

• Collaborate and negotiate with Marketing, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, MED, and After-Sales to align strategies and delivery timelines.
• Provide program status reports and recommendations to the OPM manager, directors, and Marketing teams; escalate issues as needed.
• Support management communications with customers about operational issues.
• Coordinate business units supporting OEM upgrades, partial deliveries, returns, and campaigns to mitigate customer impacts.

Sourcing, tooling, and estimates

• Implement sourcing strategies for new programs and FSC objectives and evaluate alternatives with business cases.
• Define tooling strategies and business cases and execute spending within engineering and launch budgets.
• Prepare or coordinate production estimates and evaluations for Marketing requests and requests for proposals.
• Review and manage impacts of technical changes; the supplied description is truncated before this duty is completed.

Capabilities

• Coordinate action plans, projects, and strategies across multiple functions and teams.
• Collaborate and guide others, communicating effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Assess program risks and issues and coordinate decisions to resolve supply problems.