Operations Project Manager 2 at Garmin International in Olathe, Kansas

Job Description:

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager 2 Operations in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing project management and coordination for moderately complex projects between project teams and other departments in the development of Garmin products and may serve as a Project Leader on small to mid-sized projects.

Essential Functions

• Applies project management skills on moderately complex projects or tasks, including understanding and communicating milestones, timelines, and project decisions


• Provisions the timely documentation of clear project scope (i.e. detailed assumptions, requirements (internal, external, regulatory), objectives/targets, validation needs, resource estimates, costs, and timing)


• Leads effective and efficient team meetings, ensures team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed, and communicates project tradeoffs and decisions to ensure forward moving progress of the project


• Supports creation and maintenance of complex timelines and milestone tracking


• Applies project metrics and risk management principles to identify and mitigate potential schedule impacting items


• Drives the overall progress of assigned projects towards completion, using good judgment in determining when to escalate issues to management


• May perform as a project leader on small to mid-size projects


• Leverages understanding of product domain to support concept/new feature development efforts


• Ensures accurate project reporting and consistently provides clear and accurate project documentation


• Develops good relationships between the various team(s), other Garmin teams/departments and external entities (e.g. customers, suppliers, etc.)


• Collaborates and participates in design reviews by providing input, feedback, and process improvement suggestions


• Provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques including support of root cause and corrective actions for given problems


• Demonstrates full use of accepted standards, procedures, tools and requirements as they relate to project management and product segment


• Demonstrates good customer communication skills, including but not limited to handling difficult conversations and negotiating with the customer for reasonable delivery targets


• Provides mentoring and guidance to less experienced Project Managers (Project Manager 1

This position supports the following areas:

Manufacturing, Repair and Lean Process Team:

The Manufacturing, Repair and Lean Process Team is responsible for the production of Aviation products and the service, repair and return processing of all Garmin products as well as identification and elimination of waste in Operations processes.

Distribution and Logistics Team:

The Distribution and Logistics Team is responsible for the movement of goods from the source through the distribution channel right up to the end user, consumer, or customer. The Logistics team is the management of inventory in motion and at rest. It is the planning, execution and control of the procurement, movement and stationing of personnel, material and other resources to achieve company objectives.

Sourcing and Supply Chain Team:

The Sourcing and Supply Chain Team is responsible for identification, acquisition, access and management of material and service supply resources to attain Garmin's strategic objectives.

Operations Leadership Team:

The Operations Leadership team is responsible for all functional disciplines within Operations including development/implementation of performance scorecards and dashboards in the operations strategy deployment planning process. Responsible for initiatives that may involve any US or international Garmin organization needing Global Operations/ Supply Chain reporting.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, Management, Operations, or related field AND a minimum of 2 years project management experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience


• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)


• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to work across functional and organizational departments


• Demonstrated Project Management skills with a proven track record in delivering projects within the expected timeline and budget


• Demonstrated experience with effectively eliciting cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments and ability to bring project to successful completion through political sensitivity.


• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies


• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead projects in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment


• Ability to deal with confidential company matters


• Proficient computer skills in MS Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint)

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5 as a general rule)


• APICS Certified (American Production and Inventory Control Society)


• Previous experience with Oracle ERP demonstrating technical competence in configuration of business functional modules


• General understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design


• General understanding of Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures

DESIRABLE GARMIN COMPLIANCE LABS QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working knowledge of EMC testing experience


• Electrical Engineering background


• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits

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