Manager, Regional Strategy & Operations

Adecco is currently assisting our client, a leading global automotive organization, in recruiting for a Manager, Regional Strategy & Operations position. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project or program management professional to support strategic initiatives, business planning, and cross-functional collaboration across North American operations.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, strategic planning, stakeholder coordination, and executive reporting. This position focuses on driving initiatives forward, improving visibility into project progress, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring alignment across business units and regional stakeholders. While the role partners closely with technology teams, it is primarily focused on project management, business strategy, and operational coordination.

Location: Onsite Fountain Valley, CA
Pay Rate: $50-$60/HR DOE

Key Responsibilities

• Project & Program Management: Coordinate strategic initiatives across regional business units and manufacturing facilities, tracking timelines, milestones, deliverables, and outcomes.

• Strategic Planning: Gather business priorities and planning inputs, helping translate organizational objectives into actionable plans and measurable goals.

• Portfolio & Risk Management: Maintain visibility into project status, dependencies, risks, resource requirements, and outstanding decisions. Identify potential roadblocks and coordinate appropriate escalation.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build relationships across business functions, regional teams, manufacturing operations, and technology stakeholders to promote alignment and accountability.

• Executive Reporting: Develop executive-ready PowerPoint presentations, status reports, dashboards, and briefing materials that communicate progress, risks, recommendations, and decisions required.

• Governance & Investment Planning: Coordinate documentation and stakeholder inputs for business cases, investment requests, governance reviews, and leadership presentations.

• Meeting & Action Coordination: Facilitate planning sessions, working groups, and leadership meetings. Maintain action logs, track commitments, and ensure timely follow-up.

• Cross-Regional Alignment: Identify opportunities to standardize planning practices, improve collaboration, reduce duplication, and share resources across regions and manufacturing locations.

• Process Improvement: Recommend and implement improvements to project tracking, reporting templates, planning processes, and portfolio visibility.

• Issue Resolution: Work with stakeholders to clarify challenges, assess business impacts, identify decision owners, and coordinate resolution of issues requiring leadership attention.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Technology Management, Operations, or a related field required.

• Approximately 5–7 years of experience in project management, program management, PMO, strategic planning, business operations, portfolio management, consulting, or business transformation.

• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional initiatives, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and driving projects through completion.

• Experience working across multiple business units, geographic regions, or complex organizational structures preferred.

• Manufacturing, automotive, or multinational corporate experience is a plus.

• Experience supporting governance processes, executive reporting, business cases, or strategic planning activities is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong project management, planning, organization, and prioritization skills.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving abilities.

• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills, including the ability to develop polished presentations, reports, and project trackers.

• Ability to translate complex information into clear plans, recommendations, and actionable next steps.

• Experience tracking project milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables.

• Ability to influence and coordinate stakeholders without direct reporting authority.

• Strong business acumen, attention to detail, and a results-oriented mindset.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Preferred Certifications: PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant project or portfolio management certifications.

What Makes This Opportunity Exciting?

This role offers the opportunity to support high-visibility strategic initiatives within a global automotive organization. The successful candidate will work with regional business leaders, manufacturing stakeholders, and technology teams to improve planning, strengthen cross-functional alignment, and drive meaningful business outcomes across North America.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced project or program management professional with a passion for strategic planning, stakeholder collaboration, and driving initiatives from planning through execution, we encourage you to apply with Adecco today.

Pay Details: $50.00 to $60.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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