Trim Materials Engineering Manager

Plymouth, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary:

The Trim Materials Engineering Manager will lead the materials technical support for group including managing customer accounts. Strong relationships with supply base customer materials engineering and internal business unit (BU) and trim functions. Strong basic engineering practices to develop and implement solutions that meet quality cost and craftsmanship objectives. Interfaces regularly with complete seat engineering trim operations and Seat Build plant as required to achieve flawless seat appearance and craftsmanship. Collaborates with other internal teams to address and lead closure of technical gaps. Supports Global requests for expertise. Manages headcount and budgets for lab. Subject Matter Technical Support (SMTE) for Trim Materials Engineering.

Primary Responsibilities

Materials Engineering Laboratory Functions:

Lead Materials engineering key deliverables for laboratory functions.

Standardization / Best Practices

Lead Materials Engineering deliverables for standardization/best practices.
Contribute to Trim Design Knowledge Documents (DKD) standards

Program Customer Support

Lead Materials engineering key deliverables for program and customer support.
Attend customer warranty meetings investigate root cause and collaborate with trim Cut & Sew Plants (C&S) Seat build plants for solutions. Document findings.
A3 for major/reoccurring failures.
Provide mentoring to newer team members on root cause and resolution of issues.
Create and lead knowledge management for warranty history and lessons learmed.
Helps support program teams in identifying cost reductions and/or validating materials cost reductions where appropriate.
Address cost gaps in labor/timing/quality with proposals so total savings understood. Create/implement templates to standardize process.
Build on knowledge management.

Internal Collaboration

Lead Materials Engineering key deliverables for internal collaboration. Support C&S plants to address material issues with cutting sewing and packaging. Identify gaps at C&S plant for high occurrence material issues. Develop project scope to address gaps with labor/budget needs. Lead project and present A3 as output. Develop standards/best build plants to address material issues with packaging seat build craftsmanship and finessing. Identify gaps at Seat Build plant for high occurrence material/appearance issues. Develop project scope to address gaps. Develop project scope to address gaps with labor/budget needs. Lead project and present A3 as output. Develop standards/best suggest IDDOV/DOE innovative ideas for continuous improvement within Trim Materials Department staff gather consensus and implement.

Scope and Supervision Level

Reports to Director Trim Engineering Americas

Provides technical guidance to other team members. Provides technical guidance to assigned customer business unit(s) or regions. Manage special projects or initiatives as approved by Director. Supervise staff write annual goals conduct monthly 1-1 progress to goals discussions and write annual performance evaluations.

Complete assigned deliverables on time. Understands extra hours may be required to achieve deliverables based on customer expectations or lab accreditation timing. Adjusts workload to complete urgent deliverables and delegates if necessary.

Technical Development Skills

All Lead Materials Engineer Technical Development skills. Establish tools/templates that show fiscal impact of risks identified in A3s reports. Work with Trim Costing to establish guidelines to capture Best Business Practices (BBP) Initiatives for increase standardization quality improvements and cost reduction regarding trim materials. Implement for group and communicate to Trim Engineering and BUs. Roll out to Trim leadership strategy to standardize material related issues into BBP solutions. Create a guideline or standard to capture solution.

Communication Skills

Speak in monthly Global Operations meetings on lab KPIs and major material issues. Speak monthly at Trim Communication meetings on Trim Material updates and/or initiatives. Teach annually at a minimum one complete class on Trim Materials for Seating class.

Education and Experience

4-year college degree in a job-related field (e.g. textiles polymers materials science etc.) or other suitable technical degree preferred.
12 years applicable experience.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI

Required Experience:

Manager

JOB DESCRIPTIONSummary: The Trim Materials Engineering Manager will lead the materials technical support for group including managing customer accounts. Strong relationships with supply base customer materials engineering and internal business unit (BU) and trim functions. Strong basic engineering p...