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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Manager, Project Management

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDongguan, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in engineering, specifically Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial, or a related field.
  • At least 2 years of experience in project management or new product development.
  • CET6 or above, with frequent English use in both oral and written communication.
  • Strong leadership capabilities, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, decision-making, conflict-resolution, and risk-management skills.
  • Understanding of project-management methodologies and the product-development lifecycle.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Self-directed, organized, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Receive customer connector requirements from PDE/PJM teams.
  • Engage sourcing teams and suppliers.
  • Obtain initial quotations and design-for-manufacturing feedback.
  • Review and challenge design-for-manufacturing feedback with local subject-matter experts, consolidate feedback for the Connector PDE team, and align the design until it is ready for tool kickoff.
  • Work with suppliers to develop prototype and first-off-tool samples and share plans with connector and cable-assembly project-management teams.
  • Coordinate with PDE, AQP, and QA teams to complete first-article-inspection activities and ensure timely part release in the system.
  • Communicate between connector project management and plant cable project management, providing timely information and deliverables and supporting customer expectations.
  • Act as the plant connector project-management leader, report barriers for management action, break project plans into actionable tasks, track day-to-day progress against timelines and milestones, and ensure new-product-development processes and procedures are followed.
  • Use project-management methods, including action-item lists, team meetings, change control, and timelines, to manage execution of the project plan; conduct project-phase reviews.
  • Manage project risks with cross-functional teams, identify mitigation or contingency plans, and obtain management support for proactive work to meet the project plan.
  • Assist new-product-development sourcing teams and suppliers; work with manufacturing engineering, AQP, and suppliers to ensure new connector components meet timing, cost, and quality expectations.
  • Gather connector qualification results and documents, including PS, AS, DVP&R, UL, CSA, and VDE materials for cable assembly.
  • Maintain connector and cable project linkages and lists.
  • Lead the project-management team to accelerate new-project qualification and review project progress monthly.
  • Work independently to lead new connector kickoff with local suppliers around Dongguan and ensure qualification internally and at the connector side.
  • Perform other related duties assigned by management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Engineering experience.
  • CAPM, PMP, or PRINCE2 certification, or project-management training.
  • Familiarity with project-management tools such as Planner, Microsoft Project, Office 365, and SharePoint.
  • Basic familiarity with generative artificial intelligence tools such as Microsoft Copilot and willingness to learn their professional application.
  • Exposure to regulatory approval processes such as UL, CSA, and VDE.
  • Experience in the terminal and connector industry or with its products.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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