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12th of May 2015 at 8:18 AM
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New Product Introduction (China) Project Manager
Set in beautiful Napa, CA, Visicon Technologies is a fast growing technology company that provides measurement and defect detection systems to the world’s best known consumer electronics and medical device companies. Due to a growing demand for our products and entrance into new markets, we are seeking a New Product Introduction (NPI) Project Manager to join our Napa team, supporting our China operations.
Company
Visicon provides high-speed measurement and defect detection systems for high-tech manufacturing in the Medical Technology and Consumer Electronics Markets. Our word-wide customer base relies on our systems to perform all day every day in high volume, quality sensitive manufacturing environments. We are the leading provider of automated stent inspection systems and design, implement, and manufacture products at our headquarters in Napa, CA. See our website (www.visicontech.com) to learn more about us.
Position
In this position, you will coordinate and monitor progress of key NPI deliverables of various technical projects from initiation through successful on-site installation and qualification of first article systems. Gather requirements from In-region Operations Project Management and Systems and Field Support Engineering teams to create and drive hand-offs of required key deliverables from Engineering to NPI. Serve as a liaison between Engineering team (including engineering project management teams) and in-region teams in order to enable a flawless on-site installation of first article systems. Ensure first article systems installations and qualifications are completed on schedule. Keep leadership informed of key issues that may impact installation and qualification completion, customer satisfaction, or other strategic goals.
Responsibilities
• Participate in initial site visits that typically take place soon after first PO is sent. Gather verbal and non-verbal requirements/wants from both end recipients of systems (typically the Contract Manufacturer) and in-region members of the customer team. In collaboration with the in-region systems engineer, translate these requirements/wants into a requirements documents and document priorities of these requirements/wants with the Engineering team. Work with the Technical Program Manager to communicate requirements/wants that Visicon signs up for as part of the project. The NPI Project Manager is then to track fulfillment of requirements/wants that the Visicon Engineering team has signed up to fulfill.
• Work with the In-Region Operations Project Management and Systems and Field Support Engineering teams to gather requirements. Translate these requirements into project deliverables/tasks. Work with the Engineering Project Managers to ensure that each of these project deliverables / tasks are assigned a DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) and completion date and are tracked in the overall project schedule.
• Work with the In-region teams (main point of contact being the In-Region Systems Engineer assigned to the project) to populate the Engineering to NPI handoff risk assessment. Work with the Engineering team, including the Engineering project management team, to close out as many of the items as is possible and mitigate the risk of the remaining items prior to shipment of first article systems (first system delivered). Escalate to management as is required.
• Conduct First Article Pre-shipment risk assessment session(s) and update Management with all risks associated with shipping the First Article systems. Work with management to stop or Risk Ship with the understanding of the risks involved.
• When the First Article System has arrived at the install site, communicate regularly with the in-region team on-site to understand and document the support and/or missing hardware they need from the Engineering team in Napa. Translate these needs into tasks and deliverables and drive on time delivery of the necessary deliverables to the in-region teams.
• This role requires travel abroad, especially to China, frequency dependent on projects assigned.
Qualifications
• 7+ years working in high technology with a minimum of 5 years as a Project Manager plus experience in a technical role.
• BS required, MS or MBA preferred
• PMP heavily desired, PMI-ACP preferred
• Mastery of the Chinese language, spoken and/or written, is highly valued
• Able to travel abroad, including to China.
At Visicon you will join a team of highly creative, highly motivated machine vision professionals who pride themselves on exceeding customer expectations and delivering solutions on time. Visicon is an equal opportunity employer with a culture that greatly values teamwork, customer satisfaction, innovation and communication.
We are looking to immediately interview and hire the right person for this position. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a major contribution in a dynamic and growing environment, please submit your resume and cover letter. Please do not call, FAX or send your information via regular mail. Thank you.
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