What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Manager - Engineering, Testing, and Prototyping position at kohler?
Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI
Opportunity
The Manager-Engineering of Testing & Prototyping is at the center of product innovation leading new product development testing and prototyping in North America. This leader is responsible of implementing testing and prototyping strategy for current and future capabilities, drive reliability, durability, simulation and hyper accelerated testing globally across various product categories.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead North America Lab Operations
- Manage testing to safety, quality, delivery and cost targets: performance, durability, life cycle, failure analysis, legal claim, material identification and analysis, qualification, verification and listing test reports.
- Coordinate with Project Leaders and Engineers to ensure on time testing delivery
- Lead lab capacity studies
- Lead improvement of laboratory KPIs
- Lead upgrades, addition and maintenance of lab infrastructure
- Implement 5S through all the labs
Lead Global Lab Capabilities
- Create a roadmap for current and future capabilities
- Development common systems & procedures globally
- Lead laboratory accreditation and ISO 17025 compliance
- Ensure operating codes, standards, & compliance are met
- Foster a relationship with external partners and value-add certifications to keep up with best in class.
- Define testing agendas based on product performance specifications
- Ensure correlation among global labs
- Lead simulation testing program
- Implementing LIMS system
Lead product reliability, durability, and hyper accelerated testing.
Lead North America Prototyping Operations
- Lead global footprint of internal and external prototyping capabilities
- Lead upgrades, addition and maintenance of prototyping infrastructure
- Manage prototyping safety, quality, delivery and cost targets
- Lead prototyping capacity studies