Role Purpose:
Establish, prioritize, & execute a project portfolio that delivers and manages both inventories of dies and hardware, as well as performance to meet business objectives. Develop & deploy in-depth technical die and extrusion understanding to solve problems by creating and institutionalizing advanced understanding in core technology areas.
Key Responsibilities:
Establish a strategy & portfolio that brings engineering & innovation solutions to meet business needs.
Be an advocate to pull in new technologies into extrusion plants for die performance improvement, cost, and inventory reduction.
Integrate with the Die Business Teams to form common technology approach & priority.
Lead the die & hardware ordering & management and daily production support.
Lead die cost and inventory reduction as well as performance improvement activities
Lead new die technology introduction, experiment, and meet targeted performance in quality, cost, and delivery.
Work with die manufacturing center on issue die investigation and with forming team on issue die test.
Interpret business needs & incorporate them into die business needs (i.e. die power model, 24 month rolling forecast, etc.).
Integrate the die details with management needs to form a well-articulated & executable plan.
Engage with the division planners to clarify and adjust direction based on the demand.
Performance Metrics:
Lowest cost manufacturing
On-time product launch; on-time product/process validation
Die and hardware spending to forecast.
Project management metrics (scope, cost, time)
Extrusion & Die Quality Attributes (Hit rate, footage, etc.)
Cost reduction
Die inventory management (DOS, turns, etc.)
Designed experiments that provide fundamental understanding; systems in place that sustain understanding.
Learning curve selects, rates, equipment uptime
Required Education:
Bachelors of Engineering or equivalent technical degree
Desired Education:
Masters of Science (Engineering or equivalent).
Required Years and Area of Experience:
5-10 years of experience in manufacturing
2 years' minimum Engineering supervision & leadership experience.
Required Skills:
Successful technical project management, with evidence of progressive increase in responsibilities.
Has excelled in one or more prior applicable roles: Manufacturing, Innovation, or Engineering leadership.
Modest level of technical understanding within the division; alternatively, very strong general technology skills.
Demonstrated ability to coach and develop people.
Demonstrated ability to use engineering fundamentals to solve production problems.
Desired Skills:
Experience in Extrusion, die manufacturing, etc.
Breadth of experiences in prior roles: manufacturing, innovation, engineering, nontechnical assignments.
Experience with deeply technical content
Exposure to budget preparation & 5-Year planning processes
Effectively dealing with difficult situations (performance issues, unsuccessful projects, etc.)