Work Transfer Project Manager (Windsor Locks (CSLS0051), CT) | 10/02/26

Job Description Job Description & Skill Requirement:

'Work Transfer Project Manager

Location:

Onsite at Customer Facility (Hybrid potential)

Industry:

Aerospace & Defense Key Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain and supplier development projects from initiation through completion.
  
• Manage project schedules, budgets, revenue forecasts, and customer deliverables.
  
• Track supplier commitments, identify risks, and implement escalation and recovery plans.
  
• Facilitate meetings with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
  
• Conduct supplier assessments and drive performance improvements using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
  
• Develop and maintain Supplier Improvement Plans (SIPs) and KPI dashboards.
  
• Support supplier quality initiatives, documentation updates, and training activities.
  
• Lead end-to-end supplier work transfers and global transitions, from initial business case and transition planning through production readiness, cutover, stabilization, and closure.
  
• Develop integrated transition plans covering scope, milestones, resource requirements, dependencies, risk controls, governance, and success criteria.
  
• Coordinate sending-site and receiving-site activities across global teams, suppliers, engineering, quality, operations, planning, procurement, legal, and customer stakeholders.
  
• Manage transition readiness, including capacity, tooling, equipment, documentation, training, qualifications, first article requirements, inventory strategy, and production validation.
  
• Establish clear ownership, decision paths, reporting cadence, and escalation mechanisms across locations, functions, and time zones.
  
• Track transition actions to closure and maintain disciplined follow-up and follow-through on commitments, risks, approvals, and recovery actions.
  
• Drive knowledge transfer and lessons learned to support sustainable handoff, operational stability, and continuous improvement.
  
• Coordinate approvals across engineering, quality, legal, planning, and procurement teams.
  
• Prepare RFQs, supplier evaluation packages, due diligence reviews, and sourcing documentation.
  
• Manage supplier communications throughout the RFQ, evaluation, and award process.
  
• Support drawing reviews, manufacturing readiness activities, and technical reviews. Required Qualifications
  
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related field.
  
• 5+ years of project management experience in aerospace, manufacturing, supply chain, or supplier development environments.
  
• Demonstrated experience leading work transfers, supplier transitions, site-to-site transfers, or global transition programs in a regulated manufacturing environment.
  
• Strong understanding of supplier management, production operations, quality systems, and procurement processes.
  
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, schedules, and stakeholder communications.
  
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Project. Preferred Qualifications
  
• PMP Certification.
  
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
  
• Experience with aerospace quality standards (AS9100).
  
• Familiarity with SAP, Oracle, or other ERP systems. Key Attributes
  

Accountability:

Accepts responsibility for outcomes, communicates status transparently, and ensures commitments are met.

Ownership:

Takes initiative, anticipates issues, and drives work to completion without waiting for others to resolve gaps.

Superior Follow-Up and Follow-Through:

Maintains disciplined action tracking, closes loops, and verifies that decisions and deliverables are fully implemented.

Critical Thinking:

Evaluates complex information, challenges assumptions, identifies root causes, and makes sound, timely decisions.

Professional Tenacity:

Persists through obstacles, respectfully challenges delays or ambiguity, and drives resolution without becoming aggressiv Work Transfer Project Manager1 United States