Work Transfer Project Manager

Job Description & Skill Requirement The Work Transfer Project Manager will lead supply chain, supplier development, and end-to-end work transfer projects from initiation through completion. The role will coordinate global teams, suppliers, engineering, quality, operations, procurement, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful transitions and production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain and supplier development projects from initiation through completion.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, revenue forecasts, and customer deliverables.
• Track supplier commitments, identify risks, and implement escalation and recovery plans.
• Facilitate meetings with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Conduct supplier assessments and drive performance improvements using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Develop and maintain Supplier Improvement Plans (SIPs) and KPI dashboards.
• Support supplier quality initiatives, documentation updates, and training activities.
• Lead end-to-end supplier work transfers and global transitions, from business case and transition planning through production readiness, cutover, stabilization, and closure.
• Develop integrated transition plans covering scope, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, governance, and success criteria.
• Coordinate sending-site and receiving-site activities across global teams, suppliers, engineering, quality, operations, planning, procurement, legal, and customer stakeholders.
• Manage transition readiness, including capacity, tooling, equipment, documentation, training, qualifications, first article requirements, inventory strategy, and production validation.
• Establish clear ownership, decision paths, reporting cadence, and escalation mechanisms.
• Track transition actions through closure and maintain disciplined follow-up on commitments, risks, approvals, and recovery actions.
• Drive knowledge transfer and lessons learned to support sustainable handoff and operational stability.
• Coordinate approvals across Engineering, Quality, Legal, Planning, and Procurement teams.
• Prepare RFQs, supplier evaluation packages, due diligence reviews, and sourcing documentation.
• Manage supplier communications throughout the RFQ, evaluation, and award process.
• Support drawing reviews, manufacturing readiness activities, and technical reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience in aerospace, manufacturing, supply chain, or supplier development environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading work transfers, supplier transitions, site-to-site transfers, or global transition programs in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of supplier management, production operations, quality systems, and procurement processes.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, schedules, and stakeholder communications.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP Certification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Experience with AS9100 aerospace quality standards.
• Familiarity with SAP, Oracle, or other ERP systems.

Key Attributes

• Accountability: Takes responsibility for outcomes, communicates status transparently, and ensures commitments are met.
• Ownership: Takes initiative, anticipates issues, and drives work to completion.
• Superior Follow-Up & Follow-Through: Maintains action tracking, closes loops, and verifies implementation.
• Critical Thinking: Evaluates complex information, challenges assumptions, identifies root causes, and makes timely decisions.
• Professional Tenacity: Persists through obstacles, respectfully challenges delays, and drives issues toward resolution.

Key Skills

• Work Transfer & Site-to-Site Transition Management.
• Supplier Development & Performance Improvement.
• Supply Chain Risk Management.
• Global Operations & Manufacturing Transition Management.
• Project Management.
• Supplier Management.
• Production Readiness.
• Lean Six Sigma.
• Risk & Issue Management.
• RFQ & Sourcing.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Critical Thinking.
• Problem Solving.
• Follow-Up & Follow-Through.
• Aerospace Manufacturing.
• AS9100.
• SAP / Oracle.
• Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint / Project.