Job Title:

Director-Design Development

Requisition Number:

1335

Location:

Design Development Center – Hudson, Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

• Manage a design and manufacturing staff focused on delivering innovative solutions to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Implement effective pricing strategies to obtain business that is a good fit for Design Development that will lead to lucrative business for Phillips’ production facilities
• Assume appropriate risks when quoting new business and interface with facility representatives, sales, and finance to creatively capture large and/or multi-facility programs
• Continuously enhance systems and processes to ensure programs transition through the facility in an efficient manner and that internal and external customer needs are exceeded
• Effectively communicate Design Development and Phillips Plastics’ value proposition to internal and external customers, suppliers, and the business community
• Create and nurture long-term internal and external customer relationships and establish effective working relationships with new customers
• Provide technical as well as business direction to the Design Development team to attain facility as well as corporate objectives
• Provide flow through customer and program visibility to peer leaders to proactively develop future manufacturing plans as well as staffing and resource needs that address customer expectations
• Support customer visits, programs, and audits
• Implement staff-to-strength and cross-training initiatives to ensure strong morale and retention and to provide appropriate challenges to a talented, diverse, and unique creative team
• Develop, mentor, and align people so they can assume additional responsibilities
• Develop and implement manufacturing systems such as 5S and equipment strategies to best serve customer and market injection molding and processing needs
• Work closely with the sales force to resolve customer issues in a timely and effective manner
• Issue, monitor, and update annual business plans and forecasts
• Respond to and implement appropriate changes based upon feedback from the Customer Service Surveys
• Work in conjunction with Technology Center resources to support and develop leading edge technologies
• Lead, contribute to, and support management and corporate initiatives
• Promote and support community involvement

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or an equivalent mix of education and professional/technical experience including business skills and savvy
• Minimum seven (7) years’ professional experience
• Significant experience leading an engineering development team, and in managing and leading people
• Personal and interpersonal skills, including, but not limited to, caring about others, integrity and trust, listening, humor, ethics and values
• Strong ability to think outside of the box and to assist others in doing so
• Strong understanding of the product development process
• Strong ability to establish and implement systems and processes
• Motivated self-starter who is able to manage multiple tasks and challenges
• Ability to partner effectively with peer leaders
• Strong ability to work with a diverse group of people with a wide range of skill sets, motivations, technical abilities, and experience
• Strong understanding of market, customer, technology, and emerging trends
• Strong and effective communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation, and negotiation
• Good judgment; showing strong business acumen, decision quality, intellectual horsepower, perspective, and problem solving
• Courage indicated by strength of character, and ability to deal with trouble and make tough people calls
• Catalyst for changeü
• Exemplify the People Process Principles
• Organizational agility and political savvy
• Proficient computer skills
• Knowledge of injection molding, plastics/metal materials and associated processes

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