Commercialization Engineering Group Leader

This position will be responsible for leading and managing the Architectural Paint Commercialization Engineering (CE) team. This position is accountable for contributing to and/or leading Engineering support for New Product Development Maintenance of Business Continuous Process Improvement 6-sigma and Quality Investigation projects.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access to confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff employees and business relationships.

Key responsibilities with limited to moderate supervision and input:
Define the goals roles and responsibilities of the GSC Architectural Paint Commercialization Engineering team
Lead a team of engineers with technical expertise in the commercialization engineering process
Primary management responsibility for Commercialization Engineering support for Architectural Paint NPD and MOB
Support and/or provide leadership of Continuous Improvement Projects related to the GSC Commercialization process
Partner with Commercialization management peers to coordinate project support problem solving efforts and drive continuous improvement initiatives

1. Leadership
Management responsibility for Architectural Paint CE team projects ensuring proactive identification of issues and driving issues to full resolution.
Support alignment of departmental activities to deliver on strategic goals for CE and the Company.
Select excellent employees and use a flexible style along with an open environment to build a cohesive and productive Team.
Create and support a culture of diversity and inclusion and a positive cooperative work environment.
Uses data influence and credibility to gain acceptance of decisions and recommendations.
Champion the use of DFSS tools data science and the scientific method in all R&D projects.

2. Business Management
Effectively manage time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently on time and meets objectives.
Hold project teams accountable for setting and meeting project deadlines that meet the needs of the business with effective planning and execution.
Partner with Supervisor to prioritize projects and allocate resources to drive projects.
Identify and understand project issues their business impact within the department associated with the risk. Determine and recommend best alternative course of action with limited to moderate support.

3. Employee and Team Development
Grow and develop the Team professionally and technically by actively utilizing and engaging in Professional Development Plans with all employees
Effectively utilize delegation and stretch assignments to grow the Teams technical leadership capacity
Recommend resources and allocations
Facilitate open sharing of knowledge and ideas to promote employee engagement.
Conduct formal performance reviews and address performance concerns with limited to moderate support.

4. Communication
Communicate/interface with R&D Operations and other R&D departments and divisions.
Provide clear written and verbal communication of team and project related info to key stakeholders and management.
Effectively utilize delegation and stretch assignments to grow the teams technical and business communication capacity
Clear and effective communication of projects and deliverables to team.

5. Safety and Quality
Ensure and reinforce Safety Housekeeping and ISO practices.
Actively seek to support and improve overall safety through proper training and implementation of corrective actions as necessary.
Support continuous improvement of commercialization processes with a focus on balancing quality and speed to market.

BASIC QUALIFICATION:

Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying for employment (without now or in the future needing sponsorship for employment work visa and/or permanent residence status).

FORMAL EDUCATION:
Required:
Bachelors Degree in a Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Required:
Must have at least 1 year of supervisory or project management experience in R&D
Must have at least 3 years of relevant experience within R&D and with coatings development (formulation processing testing)
Demonstrated successful technical and professional mentorship
Demonstrated successful project team leadership
Demonstrated effective communication with cross functional stakeholders in high-stakes situations
Proven problem solving and decision-making skills and abilities
Willingness to flex work location between Northeast Ohio based R&D locations (Breen Technology Center Warrensville Technical Center and Brecksville facility when necessary)

Preferred:
Experience managing R&D employees
Experience with Architectural Building Materials Aerosol and/or Woodcare products
Experience in Commercialization or Commercialization Engineering
Experience leading large project teams and/or complex projects from concept through launch
Experience working with Operations Procurement and/or Sourcing to support new product launches or resolve quality issues
Design for Six Sigma Certified or Trained

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 20%

Upon completion of construction the individual selected for this role will primarily work at the new Sherwin-Williams Global Technology Center in Brecksville Ohio. Construction is expected to be complete in 2025. Until then the role will be based atBreen Technology Center located at 601 Canal Road Cleveland OH 44113.