Responsibilities

· Leads program finance and budgeting, including material costing, bill-of-material creation and capital equipment requirements, provides product-specific support to marketing, including presentations, datasheets, customer visits, market research data, formulation of product business

and launch plans, and develops sample and prototype manufacturing schedules with the plant scheduling department and support development.

· Leading 2 Engineers.

· Responsible for Launch Readiness audits related to the program and plant overall scores (documentation, availability and overall execution).

· APQP requirements include: DV readiness review, final production release, PV Readiness review, customer approval process and SOP requirements as per the overall APQP roles and responsibilities of the Launch Manager.

· Responsible to ensure all deliverable are met and signed off before start of production and post launch review. This includes: LMSO, containment and scrap reduction, equipment and work area review, packaging requirements, cost budget, workforce planning support, launch system effectiveness, plant launch readiness, run at rate, material orders, PSO audit, etc.

· Frequent Travel to all manufacturing sites approx. 50%

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or manufacturing.

· Strong drive for results and ability to complete tasks without direction.

· 7-10 years of experience in launch engineering, manufacturing and quality.

· Hands on experience with all tools of TS16949 especially APQP, PPAP, root cause analysis.

· Working knowledge of SPC, capability analysis, gage R&R and statistical techniques.

· Minimum of 7 years of experience in a Manufacturing or Quality Leadership role.

· Hands on experience in manufacturing, knowledge on how to build quality parts, and understands Quality Systems.

· Manufacturing process knowledge

· Overall flexibility due to frequent plan changes driven by unforeseen current issues.

· Demonstrated thorough knowledge of manufacturing and assembly plant processes, procedures, facilities and equipment