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Career Transitions, a morales group company · 1 day ago

Director, Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$210K/yr - $215K/yr

10+ years exp

Career Transitions, a Morales Group company, is seeking a Director of Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering. This role is responsible for the industrialization of manufacturing processes and new product launches, focusing on driving out waste and developing benchmark manufacturing processes for the company's global operations.

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Hiring Manager

Dan Witters

Responsibilities

Ensures world-class capabilities to support customers’ specifications around process, to establish efficient, cost-effective requirements for ease of manufacturing and reproducibility

Drives implementation of the FIVE levels of Process Design (Do not Pass Defects/Wastes, Best System, Best Pathway, Great System and Product Connection, Rigorous Improvement Activity)

Partners with the Global Opex team to align with the Stanadyne Lean Opex model

Supports benchmark levels of Practical Problem Solving (A3 Thinking, Problem Solving)

Drives Global standardization, shares knowledge globally, across SBUs in a systematic fashion – Yokoten

Establish a culture of leaders as teachers & trainers - educates and trains team members, as to their impact in supporting upper quartile Stanadyne performance

Implements Design for Manufacturing concepts with the global design teams

Drives great working relationships with Program Management, Product Design, Plant and Supplier teams to develop benchmark processes – our Plants need to be Selling Tools

Collects current processes, global equipment inventories, creates and maintains log of both

Develops and creates centers of excellence for specific processes, key components around. Nozzle manufacturing and pump head manufacturing are examples

Optimized processes for each area (Laser Welding, Assembly, Machining, Grinding, Testing, …), standardize globally, including TPM, common equipment, spares

Collaborate with Product Engineering, Plants, Program management, Procurement for DFM, insourcing/on-shoring opportunities

Plant Process Engineering leadership, Functional Leaders, Finance Leaders

Build strong relationships with Best-in-Class integration partners, execute flawless launches & processes

Drives high return investment on assets, 'Most Simple Manufacturing Method', fully utilizes capital for facilities and equipment, and manages CAPEX processes with finance

Implement installed capacity models, values for square footage utilization, with the focus on fully optimizing facility space management and visibility in CAPEX requests and overall planning

Starts with NPD - Supports concurrent engineering efforts by participating in design development projects with a focus on DFS/E, DFM, optimized PPH, low scrap, benchmark Cp/Cpk, and customer requirements

Strong DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, SWIs

Ensures Waste Elimination, Labor and Overhead Productivity gains Year-Over-Year, Kaizen thinking and A3 Problem Solving

Qualification

Lean ManufacturingAdvanced Manufacturing EngineeringProcess ImprovementProject ManagementGlobal LeadershipChange ManagementDesign for ManufacturingTrainingCollaborationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline

10+ years' quality manufacturing experience in the Automotive Space

Experience with aftermarket and remanufacturing businesses

Rotations through Materials, Quality, Lean, Operations, Plant Leadership

Demonstrated track record of success with developing a Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering strategies and deploying Lean systems while improving the execution of operations, overall business processes, products to our internal and external customers

Hands-on experience in the areas of implementing Lean Processes/Tools, transactional lean, managing Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and demonstrated accomplishments in project management and process improvement initiatives

Experience in global leadership, change management and ability to work effectively within a matrix environment

Strong process development background with demonstrated proficiency to gain organizational commitment and agreement to execute new processes