Project Specialist at Flextronics America LLC in Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Job Description:

Job Posting Start Date 05-17-2024 Job Posting End Date 05-24-2024

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Project Specialist located in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Reporting to the Program Manager Lead, the Project Specialist role involves managing projects in order to meet the performance indicators (cost, delivery, quality, etc) of a specific organization.

What a typical day looks like:

• Help establish project schedule, financial parameters, and technical requirements, managing project from initiation through transfer.




• Review and communicate customer requirements, specifications, and project schedule and budget constraints to cross-functional teams.




• Assess causes of problems and provide technical support and direction to project team to resolve issues.




• Develop status reports, including project financials, insuring project team is meeting customer requirements and measuring cost control.




• Create and maintain project plan documents, procedures and project deliverables.




• Conduct presentations concerning specific projects/schedules, etc.




• Interact frequently with customers and/or functional peer group managers. May interact with senior management; frequently interact with middle management and singly contributor groups

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.




• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in program administration/ management or related area.




• Demonstrates operations, technical and people and/or process skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.




• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/ processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision




• Life Insurance




• Matching 401K




• PTO




• Tuition Reimbursement




• Employee discounts at local retailers

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Job Category

Operations

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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