Dwain Heater

Sr Manager, Program Management @Lennox

Richardson, TX, US

Lennox International (LII) is a leading global provider of innovative climate control solutions for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) markets.• Partners with management and business leaders to create the program scope, objectives and risk assessment.• Manages and facilitates execution and operating mechanisms coordinated with business cadence.• Manages program kick-off, cross-functional core team meetings, complexity assessment, scope/change management, risk management, integrated program planning/execution, and communication. Applies the Decision Point (tollgate process) to execute projects where needed.• Works closely with product marketing to finalize and document customer and product requirements.• Directs and coordinates activities of the core cross-functional team to ensure that the project progresses on schedule and within budget while meeting established system requirements.• Confers with project team leaders to develop plans and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.• Prepares and or facilitates development of program objectives, milestones, meeting minutes, risk assessment meetings, escalation meetings, design reviews, and design changes.• Process improvement initiatives related to New Product Development (NPD) or Cost Reduction processes.• Works with sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, supplier development engineers (SDE), and external partners (suppliers/vendors) with project execution.

University of Central Florida

BSME, Mechanical Engineering