Senior Project Manager - ODM & OEM - Guangdong
About the Role
Our client is a well-established OEM & ODM serving global customers across industrial and electronic equipment sectors. They are seeking an experienced (Senior) Project Manager to lead end-to-end project execution from RFQ, NPI, and mass production through post-launch support.
This is a customer-facing role requiring strong project management, commercial acumen, and cross-functional leadership to ensure successful delivery of complex OEM/ODM programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage product development projects from RFQ, Proof-of-Concept, NPI to mass production and sustaining phases.
- Prepare quotations covering NRE, tooling investment, and product costing.
- Negotiate commercial terms and coordinate closely with overseas customers.
- Monitor purchase orders, billing, collections, and project milestones with internal stakeholders.
- Coordinate material authorization, engineering change requests, and project timeline adjustments.
- Work closely with sourcing, purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure project readiness.
- Track tooling and material procurement to support NPI and production schedules.
- Provide regular project status updates and reports to customers and management.
- Drive resolution of supply chain, quality, technical, and production issues.
- Identify project risks proactively and implement mitigation plans.
- Mentor and guide junior project engineers and project team members.
Job Requirements
- Degree or Higher Diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality or related disciplines.
- 10+ years of project management experience within OEM/ODM electronics manufacturing environments.
- Strong exposure to industrial electronics, electronic equipment, or related products.
- Proven experience managing overseas customers, particularly North America or European accounts.
- Hands-on knowledge of NPI, product development, engineering change management, and mass production processes.
- Solid understanding of costing, tooling investment systems.
- Strong stakeholder management and customer communication skills.
- Fluent English and Mandarin Chinese.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
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