Kristopher Harris
Director - Program Management Office, Connected Car Services and Mobility
About
I am a Director who is honored to be a part of the Nissan team, an organization with tremendously talented and dedicated individuals who accomplish remarkable things on a daily basis. Over my own career in the Automotive industry (26 years, all with Nissan), I have progressed from an entry level engineering position out of school to becoming a director within the Engineering, Purchasing and presently within the Program Management Office divisions. Nissan is a great place to challenge yourself professionally as I have been given many developmental assignments outside of my primary engineering discipline, been placed in professional acceleration programs and presently enjoy multiple roles in a talent development capacity to assist in making future Nissan leaders. Above all else, Nissan is a company that values performance so if you are a highly motivated individual who does not shy away from responsibility and thrives on making a meaningful difference at your company, I would encourage you to look at Nissan. Experience Includes: + Management - 18 years + Vehicle, Connected Car Services, Mobility Program Management + Quality - Supplier (MFG Process/System), Vehicle/Corporate Level (JD Power, Consumer Reports, Vehicle Warranty) + Engineering - Seating, Restraints, Interior Trim, CPM, Exterior Trim, Lamps (full management of Cost/Quality/Delivery for components) + Purchasing - Line Side (commodity) + Litigation - Designated corporate witness for seat deposition & court testimony + Professional Acceleration Training - University of Michigan (Ross School of Business) & LEAD program in collaboration with Vanderbilt (Owens Graduate School of Business) + Accomplished and Certified Nissan Global Six Sigma Pilot
United States
Nashville Metropolitan Area
Automotive
Product Validation, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Business Analysis, Financial Analysis, Automotive, Product Development, Vehicles, Cross-functional Team Leadership, FMEA, Engineering Management, Engineering
Experience
Director - Program Management Office, Connected Car Services and Mobility
Nissan North America
Responsible for planning and achievement of Profit and Presence of connected car services on all models
Director - Program Management Office, Electric Vehicles
Nissan North America
Responsible for planning and achievement of Profit and Market Share plans on Sedans, SUVs and Electric Vehicles
Director - Seating, Interior and Exterior Trim Engineering
Nissan Technical Center North America
Director - Supplier Quality Development
Nissan Motor Corporation
Director of Nissan's North American Supplier Quality Development team. Our responsibility is to qualify part suppliers for new business based on their quality performance/capabilities, as well as to improve existing part suppliers as needed in order to support Nissan's corporate quality objectives. This team operates out of Michigan, Tennessee as well Mexico.
Senior Manager - Quality Engineering
Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
• Department function is to develop the strategy to achieve the corporate quality objectives for all US made Nissan vehicles and oversee 8 director-lead Customer Satisfaction Teams in it’s execution • Coordinates with EVP, SVP and VP level on status of strategy achievement and to develop recovery activities
Senior Manager - Seat & Restraints Engineering
Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
• Led the full development of all seat and restraint systems used for North American manufactured Nissan and Infiniti vehicles • 11 different Nissan & Infiniti model lines • Initial product development through post launch model life maintenance • Full accountability for achievement of Quality, Cost and Timing objectives. • Oversaw 4 managers, 26 total staff
Manager - Seat Purchasing
Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
• Pilot candidate for Nissan Rotation Development Program to accelerate the development of engineering management • Managed largest non-Nissan owned component portfolio (~$500 Million annual turnover) • Responsible for all activities related to sourcing, pricing and continuity of supply for Nissan’s NA automotive seating suppliers • Coordinated heavily with global purchasing functions as well as Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Supplier Quality and Engineering departments • Oversaw 7 total staff
Manager - Seat Engineering
Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
• Managed 1 of 2 design sections within Seat Engineering Department • Responsible for full development all seating systems used in all US made Nissan passenger cars • Oversaw 8 total staff
Engineer – Interior and Seat Engineering
Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
• Progressed from Engineer level 1 up through to Senior Engineer while working on Interior and Seating systems for various US made Nissan models
Education
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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