Project Manager 1 - Battery Development (Finance)

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager 1 Engineering in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will serve the engineering department as a facilitator of battery development and sourcing with external vendors.

Essential Functions

• Learns and applies project management skills on small to medium size engineering projects of average complexity, seeking input from mentor and/or supervisor as needed
• Learns basic product domain, understands established processes and how to use them
• Supports process improvement activities
• Drives assigned project to closure, learns good judgment in identifying issues and risks, mitigation plans and when to escalate issues to mentor or direct supervisor for direction
• Demonstrates ability to maintain clear project status, documentation, and reporting within small to mid-size projects with established tools
• Learns communication skills, including effective listening, responding appropriately and managing difficult conversations
• Builds relationships and learns to gain alignment with project team
• Learns to solve conflicts through understanding of interdependencies of and development of effective relationships between the development team(s)
• Learns the ability to lead effective and efficient team meetings
• Ensures team members/stakeholders are appropriately informed of project scope, schedule and cost
• Learns project ownership with high involvement from Team Leader/Mentor, learning to act as contact for project needs
• Understands Garmin's Mission, Vision, Values and Quality Policy and enthusiastically exhibits a desire to see Garmin succeed
• Manages vendor relationships
• Assesses technical requirements for appropriate vendor selection and RFQ
• Facilitates specification negotiation and trade-offs between vendor and engineering teams
• Tracks and reports battery development including schedule tracking, sample deliveries, and test results
• Tracks and submits vendor purchase requests for battery development
• Battery testing and verification
• Possible business travel when required
• Willing to work outside of core hours as needed
• Participates in internal and external audits as needed

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in a technical discipline OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule) with the demonstrated ability to apply learned knowledge
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to learn how to use and apply engineering and project management tools
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude, work well with others, have excellent time management, organizational and follow-up skills
• Computer skills in MS Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint) or similar

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with battery technology and chemistry
• Experience with Confluence/JIRA
• Experience working with outside vendors

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits