Technical Change Management Specialist- Fluids

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary:

Technical tooling & process specialist who supports all engineering change cost collection, pricing strategies, and profitability analysis through the entire RFQ process. This role serves as a bridge between technical tooling/process and commercial pricing strategy. Critical link between Engineering, Program Management, and Commercial team to ensure engineering changes are accurately assessed, costed, increase profitability margin and communicated, and implemented with minimal disruption to production, quality, delivery, and profitability.

Coordinate cross-functional change implementation activities, evaluate cost impacts, and support customer commercial negotiations related to product and process changes.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education (Undergraduate Degree or Community College Diploma) in one of the following:
• • Engineering
  • Manufacturing (Tooling)
• 15+ years’ experience in manufacturing/ tooling; 3 years program management experience; P.Eng or P.M.P. designation preferred
• 5+ years of commercial experience - preferred
• Strong communicator, both written and oral
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong time management skills
• Thorough understanding of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Extensive knowledge of CAD software (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Catia, UG)

 

Critical Success Factors:

• Excellent attendance
• Achievement of Program Management Goals: On Time, Within Budget, Robust Process, Plant Readiness, Targeted Profit Margin, Within Quoted Run Rate
• Intimate understanding of the company's Essential APQP documents
• Ability to interact with the Facility Team professionally to continually enhance the company’s performance
• A complete hands-on approach is required to assist the plant in developing into a successful and profitable division of the company, a multi-billion dollar company
• Ability to work independently without supervision and with minimum direction
• Ability to work in a team environment and be both a team player and team leader
• Ability to manage and direct subordinates on the day-to-day tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to mentor and guide subordinates to achieve overall departmental goals and objectives
• Respecting and understanding of the Customer/Supplier relationship
• Adopt a common sense approach to identifying and addressing problems and control weaknesses
• Ensure that all duties and tasks are carried out safely and efficiently and at no time is the employee or their co-workers placed in an unsafe condition

 

Responsibilities:

Manage engineering change from sales price negotiations with customer to tooling collection and payment.

• Change management; lead technical quoting with customer for sales price negotiations
• Communicate ECN changes and provide technical walk-through and negotiate tooling sales price per customer-defined requirements
• Lead tooling collection activities and document submission to achieve tooling payment collection on time per plan
• Update ECN price tracker, tooling collection tracker, and update KPI’s
• Coordinate with Plant Tool Home lining team and Die Project Leaders to confirm Vendor tooling policy allowances for Labor and Raw Material planned cost collection.
• Facility abides by all company polices including, but not limited to the following: Health and safety, Quality and Environmental Systems, Human resources policies, and the company's Employee Handbook