Product Development Manager (EM25184)

About the role

Develop and maintain an engineering team for the research and development of power electronics and tools and controls technologies to meet Mid-Range Plan (MRP) commitments within a set of capital and human resources on a rolling 2 year time horizon.

Responsibilities

• Create, implement, and monitor a process for efficient resource assignments
• Research and assess the Company's power electronics and tools and controls performance and competitive position; recommend appropriate R&D projects and investments to immediate manager and BU management
• Create, develop, budget and manage R&D project and investment activities to meet business needs
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with parent company to secure approval for requested R&D projects and to obtain advance information about new power electronics and tools and controls products
• Investigate product failures and recommend corrective actions, as requested by immediate manager
• Prepare input for product development project status updates to immediate manager, staff, and BU's
• Establish and maintain a pool of qualified contract engineers to meet current and future needs per the MRP
• Ensure client issues are resolved, at job site if necessary. Escalate to appropriate management as needed
• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes
• Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees
• Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team
• Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement
• Own the output of the team
• Exercise effective managerial leadership to include Two-way managerial team working, Fair and just treatment of direct reports, Context setting, Planning, Task assignment, Ongoing performance management, Coaching, Selection and orientation, De-selection and dismissal

Requirements

• Bachelor of science in electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• 5 years of technical product development project leadership or technical management experience in any combination of power electronics and tools and controls in an industry related to the Company's served industries
• 7 years of experience in power electronics or tools and controls development
• Demonstrated success leading high performance engineering teams to accomplish business goals
• Demonstrated presentation skills
• Demonstrated success managing financial results to plan in an industry related to the Company's served industries
• Demonstrated experience with patents and intellectual property matters
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, MS Projects and an ERP business system
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 20%, sometimes with limited notice