Platform Manager

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans in order to meet sales and profit targets.

**Responsibilities**:

- Plan and executes Advanced Development Projects (ADPs) and Platform projects to execute Product Business Plans (PBPs)
- Works with the Product Managers to ensure the PBP’s have linkages to ADP’s and Platform programs
- Leads Engineering and Product Management teams to follow the Platforming process to prioritize program delivery and effective resource optimization
- Provides leadership to Project Managers that are executing Programs to ensure plans are created and executed to business goals
- Ensures that the Platform programs meet their profitability targets through the implementation of proactive cost planning to deliver projects on time, on cost and on quality
- Effectively manage risks and changes across the projects that make up the platform programs
- Finds synergies between Platform projects to reduce resource requirements, to reuse designs and components, and provide higher value to the platform programs
- Resolve conflicts and ensures project issues are properly escalated and resolved
- Clearly communicates roles, expectations, and accountabilities to all team members on a regular basis
- Works across organizational boundaries and functions to drive improvement and resolve escalated issues

**What your background should look like**:

- Automotive Industry experience or equivalent Platforming experience
- Bachelor’s and/or graduate degree in a technical field
- Formal program and project management education and/or PgMP/PMP certification are a plus
- Minimum 3-5 years in Product Management, Program Management, Project Management or Engineering Management
- Leading global or multi-regional teams
- Excellent communication skills and reporting skills
- Affinity with product platform setup and related structure and logic (synergies, degrees of freedom, performance classes, etc.)

**Competencies**:

- Motivating Others- Building Effective Teams- Managing and Measuring Work- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation- SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)**ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY**

**WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS**:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority
- Competitive Salary Package
- Performance-Based Bonus Plans
- Health and Wellness Incentives
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
- Employee Resource Group

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.