New Product and Contract Manufacture Engineer

Duties and responsibilities:
Other duties assigned based on business needs

Supports the New Product Introduction process

• As new products are given the greenlight for development, evaluates the best location for eventual production (Charlotte, existing regional Contract Manufacturer, new regional Contract Manufacturer).
• After R&D process development is complete, takes tech transfer package and ensures small-scale qualification batches are completed either in Charlotte or at a regional Contract Manufacturer.
• Monitors and assists with qualification batches, and provides final qualification data for evaluation (e.g. cycle time, yield, quality data).

Manages the company’s business continuity plan

• Identifies and pursues sourcing opportunities with existing partners as manufacturing capabilities align with the Business Continuity needs.
• Maintains and builds relationships with existing partners.
• Investigates and works with regional business agents to identify new partners to satisfy the company’s business continuity needs and profitable growth.
• Works with all partners to ensure they are aligned with Inolex’s sustainability and safety values and the business objectives.
• Manages expansion collaboration projects at strategic partners ensuring Inolex’s engineering, quality and sustainability protocols are followed.
• Works with Charlotte engineering and operations to ensure process improvements are integrated into our external partners operations and equally learnings from partners are shared within the global manufacturing network.
• Works with manufacturing partners, Inolex engineering, process development, and sustainability to ensure LCA’s for externally manufactured products are baselined and optimized.
• Partners with Supply Chain to identify and lead the qualification effort for external manufacturing partners.
• Coordinates product qualification with potential partners through the quality process working with Supply Chain, R&D, Technical Service, and Quality.
• Coordinate manufacture partner site EHS audits with Global EHS and Engineering.

Provides engineering support to production     

• Provides process engineering assistance to Charlotte manufacturing site.
• Responsible for understanding the manufacturing process for Charlotte products that are also made at global Contract Manufacturers; provides technical support to global Contract Manufacturers as needed on these products

Supports operational and procurement efforts in the company’s sustainability initiatives

• Provides operational support in the management of the RSPO program.
• Serves as an Operations resource in support of the corporate sustainability program.
• Supports other customer or regional programs (Ecovadis, Sedex, REACH, ASD, etc).
• Generates Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) to evaluate the sustainability practices of third-party vendors, assessing their environmental, social, and economic impact of products they supply.
• Ensures that vendors adhere to sustainable practices that align with sustainability goals and business continuity requirements.
• Ensures raw material origins for existing feedstocks and future requirements are understood as it relates to sustainability, marketing strategy, etc.