Program Manager, Engineering

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world-famous brand with offices across the globe. Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument; it's a cultural symbol that resonates globally.

We are searching for a Program Manager, Engineering for Corona, CA to join our team.

Essential Functions:

• Build robust project capability within operations by developing, implementing and maintaining infrastructure of business processes, procedures, supporting tools, training and enabling systems.
• Manage engineering programs and projects using program/project management tools, techniques, and software applications (including Microsoft Office suite).
• Partner with Operations Leadership Team to establish dashboards and metrics and provide governance to various capital engineering and product development projects.
• Lead and manage projects involving multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in New Product Introduction, Continuous Improvement, and Quality Management planning, prioritizing, and recommending projects based on data and facts.
• Use data-driven analysis to identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute engineering work at Fender's Corona site to improve efficiencies and drive standardization of process.
• Execute engineering projects that support Fender's Corona Strategic objectives and oversee project timeline development.
• Collect and synthesize data into meaningful business metrics to enable engineering work prioritization, develop project plans, and execute work for measurable business results while managing risk.
• Manage budget, including cost estimates and spend coordination with finance and operations to capture all related expense and budgetary numbers associated with engineering projects.
• Identify systems and technology improvements to support efficient execution of operations functions inclusive of Manufacturing and supply chain.
• Act as center of excellence to train and educate cross-functional stakeholders as a subject matter expert in Lean, Six Sigma and Operations Best practices.
• Work cross-functionally across all levels to help drive engineering results across entire value chain that create visible improvements in End to End operations. #LI-DNI (No agencies or phone calls please.)

Qualifications:

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Supply Chain or Logistics and 3 years of experience as a project engineer, engineering supervisor, or a related engineering occupation.
• Must possess 3 years of experience with:
  • Engineering in a manufacturing environment;
  • Strategic planning, program/project management tools, techniques, and software applications (including Microsoft Office suite);
  • Leading and managing projects with multidisciplinary teams;
  • Budget management, including cost estimates and spend coordination;
  • Project timeline development; and
  • Continuous Improvement and Quality Management techniques such as 5S, Six Sigma and Lean Practices

About Fender Musical Instruments:

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world's leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender, Squier, Gretsch, Jackson, EVH, Charvel and Groove Tubes, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. FMIC offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, 401(k), paid time off, and an equipment purchase program to help you get the band back together. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans' status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.

Fender is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position. "Pay scale" means the salary or hourly wage range that Fender reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive.  The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that Fender considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.  If this is a remote position, the pay scale disclosed herein may be adjusted further based upon the applicable geographic differential associated with the location from which the successful candidate will work.  Please note that it is not typical for a Fender employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role - especially as a new hire - and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.  Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $99,403 - $108,000per year.