Senior Launch Coordinator

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Job Responsibilities:

Position Summary: The Senior Launch Coordinator supports the Program Management and Launch teams in coordinating new program launches and managing changes onsite at the manufacturing facility, from development handover through production implementation. The role coordinates with customers, suppliers, and internal operations, engineering, and launch teams to smoothly integrate changes and new products into production and provide the launch coordination team with necessary information and guidance.

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe work environment and ensure ongoing compliance with all Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies and procedures.
• Maintain compliance with IATF 16949 quality management system requirements, including applicable procedures and documentation; identify and recommend procedural improvements when appropriate.
• Support all activities related to change management.
• Lead change management proactively to ensure timing and program team objectives are met for all customer and Magna Seating milestones.
• Controls the production Bill of Materials to ensure each build event or build phase has clear requirements for what level components need to be used and is aligned with engineering and program management.
• Coordinates with suppliers on engineering change and revision level changes to ensure smooth implementation of changes through alignment of EDI and break point timing with internal cross functional teams.
• Identifies and communicates barriers to the successful completion of program milestones to the leadership team on a regular basis.
• Develops and implements recovery plans to eliminate barriers.
• Interfaces with required functional disciplines and departments for program support.
• Leads detailed timing plans for all engineering changes.
• Tracks tool status and location for all new parts and/or engineering changes (tool change, graining, etc).
• Responsible for tracking and publishing the required part levels for each build phase.
• Responsible for tracking all upcoming build phases and ensuring that milestones are achieved leading up to the build phase to ensure all timing requirements are met. Including tracking the status of orders by part number to ensure that all requirements are on track.
• Responsible for tracking and communicating special build events and related requirements.
• Provides inputs and guidance to the Launch Coordination Team ensuring all team objectives are met on time.
• Uses effective forms of communication regularly to update the team on upcoming activities and current projects.
• Support special seat build material tracking - parts in house confirmation, through organized spreadsheets.
• Create Purchase Orders as needed for Special parts, pre-series parts, or other requirements.
• Support part inventory and location confirmation ahead of build events to ensure all parts needed for builds are available in the quantities required, noted in an organized spreadsheet.
• Support the launch and materials team with adjusting system demands to the correct revision levels to ensure change management continuity
• Tracks and maintains KPIs for change management as defined by the leadership team.
• Actively participates on projects designed to support program requirements, as directed by launch management.
• Proposes departmental and process improvements to streamline the overall success of the company and success in meeting customer expectations.
• Demonstrate respectful and professional conduct with co-workers, supervis