Purpose:
Leads the end-to-end development, industrialization, and optimization of manufacturing processes and engineered components to achieve best-in-class performance in cost, quality, and delivery. Bridges product engineering and manufacturing to ensure robust, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across the product lifecycle. Demonstrates proactive leadership by guiding teams toward achieving organizational goals, fostering collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.Essential Leadership Behaviors:
 Effective Communicator: Shares information clearly and appropriately across various channels.
 Constructive Problem Solver: Tackles challenges directly and seek practical solutions.
 Accountable: Owns outcomes and follows through on commitments.
Growth Focus: Demonstrates a willingness to learn and improve continuously. Sees feedback as a growth opportunity.
Professionalism: Maintains an optimistic and solution-focused attitude.
Collaboration: Engages well with team members and supports collective success.Responsibilities:
Product Development & Industrialization: Support development and validation of remanufactured products and components.
Ensure product designs meet manufacturability, cost, and reliability targets.
Lead product industrialization from concept through production release.
Drive engineering changes across the product lifecycle.
Process Performance & Optimization: Improve first pass yield, reduce scrap and rework, and optimize cycle time.
Develop, validate, and standardize manufacturing processes and parameters.
Conduct process capability studies and drive process stability.
Implement Lean methodologies to enhance operational performance.
Technical Problem Solving: Lead structured problem solving (RCA, 8D, PFMEA, Control Plans).
Perform failure analysis linking product performance to manufacturing conditions.
Cost & Productivity Leadership: Drive cost reduction through process optimization and product design improvements.
Develop labor standards, capacity models, and productivity improvement plans.
Equipment & Automation: Support equipment specification, selection, and optimization.
Drive automation and digital solutions to improve process control and visibility.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers.
Provide technical guidance to engineering and production teams.Core Competencies
 Product Development & Validation (DFMEA, testing)
Manufacturing Process Engineering & Optimization
Lean Manufacturing (BPS, TOS)
Root Cause Analysis & Statistical Methods
Cost Engineering & Value Optimization
Automation & Manufacturing Systems
Technical Communication and Leadership
