Program Manager - Data Center & Networking Solutions

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

You will support our rapidly growing Data Center business within our Enclosures Segment.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Directly lead assigned programs and assist sales with achieving revenue growth targets
• Facilitate multi-functional support for assigned programs around life cycle management, including prototypes, manufacturing locations, and programs from ramp-up to end-of-life
• Focus on maintaining margins by driving pricing and appropriate adjustments based on inflation and current market trends
• Partner with sales on winning new business on key accounts, driving effective quoting and launching new business using the 3D process and employing multi-functional teams
• Work with multi-functional partners to ensure quality, delivery, cost, and working capital components are met for assigned programs
• Support internal and external programs and business reviews as requested
• Work with engineering to prioritize and/or justify resource allocations for the project to be successful

• Ideally 10+ years of experience with several years in project/program management in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work hybrid from Anoka, MN, and travel up to 35% if needed, 25% on average
• Knowledge of plant operations, suppliers, engineering, and capabilities including personnel and their respective responsibilities
• General knowledge of material flow, planning, scheduling, supply management/purchasing, inventory, costing, shipping/receiving, NAFTA, export, and ISO quality procedures
• Knowledge of business systems such as JD Edwards, CAD software applications along with skills in the Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated skills in contingency planning effectively implementing schedules and rapid changes in customer demand
• Skill in conflict resolution including the ability to address differences of opinion or fact and use the most appropriate method to reach an effective solution
• Ability to develop projects and initiatives, measuring, and delivering results

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • At nVent, we connect and protect a more sustainable and electrified world with inventive electrical solutions. We're a nearly $3 billion high-performance electrical company with a dedicated team of 10,000+ people at more than 130 sites around the world. Our solutions deliver value to industrial, commercial, residential, energy and infrastructure customers, providing mission critical solutions that improve performance, lower costs and reduce downtime.
  • We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions that connect and protect mission critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, RAYCHEM, SCHROFF and TRACER.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:
  • Innovative & adaptable
  • Dedicated to absolute integrity
  • Focused on the customer first
  • Respectful and team oriented
  • Optimistic and energizing
  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees