Value Analysis & Engineering Director

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise value engineering strategy focused on optimizing raw materials, formulations, components, and manufacturing processes to deliver significant, sustainable cost reductions
• Own the value pipeline for material and process initiatives, prioritizing opportunities based on financial impact, feasibility, supply risk, and operational readiness
• Partner with executive leadership to align VAVE initiatives to business strategy, margin improvement goals, and growth plans
• Drive manufacturing process improvement by applying value engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, and AI-enabled analytics to identify root causes of cost and performance variation
• Lead cross-functional efforts to optimize manufacturing processes, including yield improvement, cycle time reduction, scrap and waste elimination, and energy efficiency
• Act as a strong change leader to drive adoption of material and process changes across manufacturing sites and functions
• Build credibility and alignment with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Plant Leadership to ensure implementation success
• Anticipate and manage resistance, ensuring changes are practical, well-understood, and operationally sustainable
• Establish KPIs to track cost savings, cost avoidance, productivity gains, and value realization
• Report clear, transparent results and progress to senior and executive leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer/Data Science, MBA or AI Business Masters
• 15+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Computer Science related field
• Proven experience with Advanced AI and analytics leadership, including experience sponsoring or deploying AI-enabled cost modeling, process optimization, and decision-support capabilities across the enterprise
• Enterprise manufacturing leadership experience with a proven record of delivering large-scale, multi-site cost transformation across raw materials, formulations, components, and core manufacturing processes
• Recognized authority in Value Analysis and Value Engineering, with deep expertise applying Lean, Six Sigma, and engineering principles to drive sustained margin improvement at scale
• Executive-level change leadership, with demonstrated success influencing senior leaders, plant leadership, and cross-functional executives to adopt complex material, supplier, and process changes
• People and portfolio leadership at scale, including leading managers or senior professionals, setting strategy, and governing a high-value initiative portfolio with accountability for results
• Strong P&L ownership mindset and financial acumen, with the ability to translate material and process decisions into measurable margin improvement, long-term value creation, and competitive advantage
• Drives growth through a relentless pursuit of new and better ways of working and accelerates value creation by embracing calculated risk-taking and rapid adaptation
• Creates an environment that embraces our core values. Understands how to motivate, develop, and get the most out of talent within the organizations.