Functional Area: ENG - Engineering
Career Stream: OPE - Operations Engineering
Role: Manager 1
SAP Short Name: MG1
Job Title: Operations Engineering Manager 1
Job Code: MG1-ENG-OPS
Job Level: Band 09
Profile-Holding: Y
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
This job is a first-level manager within a site. Provides direct management to semi-skilled and entry-level professional employees performing diverse and/or specialized roles, or employees in more than one function or work group. This includes establishing annual plans/objectives and interpretation of policies related to the functional area. Contributes to policy development. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Receives assignments in the form of tasks and goals and follows established processes to meet the goals of the unit. Executes budgets, develops schedules, and enforces policies and procedures. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Provides immediate supervision to employees in more than one function or work group, assigning tasks and checking work at regular intervals. Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies. Makes hiring and firing decisions. Reviews employees performance and recommends employee compensation; coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary. Interacts directly with subordinates and peer groups. Builds strong internal and external relationships that require exchanging of information and providing explanations in a problem solving capacity.
Detailed Description
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Manages a team of professionals providing expertise in engineering operations in support of production business units.
- Manages engineering projects for development and production.
- Responsibilities include providing project definition and metrics, resource allocation, budget development and management, schedule management, task prioritization, contingency planning, project and program review.
- Communicates progress and results to senior management and customers.
- Works with Corporate and other Technical Managers to develop and maintain a process for determining which projects to staff based on customer demands and industry trends.
- Manages a team of professionals whose responsibilities are to work jointly with purchasing to establish and maintain sources of supply for mechanical parts and assemblies to specific criteria of cost and quality.
- Resolves all technical issues with suppliers, continually looks for ways to reduce part costs and drive continuous quality improvement of purchased material.
- Works closely with customers supply chain management and development organizations.
- Acts as internal consultant in CDM application systems & processes to all sites regionally/globally.
- Provides integration support to new sites on CDM applications and processes.
- Develops solutions based upon existing knowledge, and leveraging industry and other sites capabilities.
- Ensures we are providing best of breed solutions in areas such as product/engineering data exchange, data issues resolutions, data setup integrity and customers data collaboration.
- Assists in contract negotiations with SCM and Engineering management.
- Represents CDM and supports all sites in NPI/NCI/Bid process development and execution.
- Assists/Leads the Design and development of global CDM strategies, identifying gaps between current and best practices internally and externally.
- Leads cross-functional global teams including consultants and vendors to develop leading edge solutions.
- Manages, leads, and develops group of CDM employees.
- Understanding of competitor's pricing models.
- Knowledge of competitive benchmarks for pricing of specific product types.
- Knowledge of mechanical parts manufacturing processes.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment.
- In-depth knowledge of quality improvement practices and techniques.
- Ability to plan for and coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
- Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
- Ability to effectively lead, manage, train, coach and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve high production levels within tight time deadlines and in a highly dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Excellent negotiation, problem resolution and project management skills.
- Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated delivery of a variety of materials.
- Strong analytical and statistical skills.
Physical Demands
- Incumbent will perform the duties of this position in a normal office environment.
- Duties may require periodic sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
- May require occasional travel.
Typical Experience
- Five to seven years of relevant experience
Typical Education
- Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Educational requirements may vary by geography.
Notes
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.
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