Tooling Program Manager

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop as a leader?

Do you thrive on working within timelines and budgets to ensure cost-saving measures maintained within customer and company standards?

Do you possess strong communication and negotiation skills?

Does a fast-paced, collaborative environment speak to you?

Do your values align with ours?

Have a Strong Commitment to the Team CTG Family

• Treat everyone with respect; Build trust between team members; Selflessly support each other

Have an Unstoppable Ethos

• We are unafraid; We are driven, hard-working, and dedicated to the mission; We embrace challenges

Live by the Golden Rule

• Treat others how you want to be treated; Be kind, caring, and giving; Be thankful and give credit

Cultivate a Growth Mindset

• Be curious and creative; Open to new ideas/willing to learn; Proactive

Keep a Balanced Perspective

• Put in 100% at work, but we can put it down; We are humble and acknowledge our limits; We save time and energy for passions outside of work

If you answered YES to these questions, you may be just the individual we are looking for!

Commercial Tool & Die (CTD) is a family-owned and operated business with a rich history spanning 70+ years and located in Comstock Park, Michigan. We specialize in designing and building plastic injection molds, in-mold decorating, two-shot injection, low-pressure injection, co-injection, compression molds, and prototype molds. The company strives to remain at the forefront of customer service, employee relations, state-of-the-art equipment, and safety. We have been known to take on and build the impossible!

We are going strong and in need of Program Managers to support tooling!

A day in the life of a CTD Program Manager can look like:

• Consistent communication with customers, designers, manufacturing resources, etc. to follow the life of a program.
• Monitor and control program cost, schedule, performance, change control, and risk (technical, cost, schedule).
• Develop program documents that satisfy stakeholder's requirements and expectations
• Develop program management plans and direct execution
• Perform integrated change control
• Close or complete the program in a manner that satisfies stakeholder's needs and expectations
• Facilitate and lead the creation of program definitions, budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, program plans, communication plans and program schedules to determine scope of work.
• Facilitate and/or conduct feasibility studies for programs and requests for proposals.

Strong candidates must possess:

• Strong customer service
• Exceptional communication both oral and written
• The ability to thrive under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• Trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills
• Assertiveness
• 3-5+ years Program Management or related experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher, preferred (Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Plastics, or related field)
• Specific experience in plastic injection molding is strongly preferred