Manufacturing Engineer 5 (Product procurement engineer)
Chillicothe, IL - Onsite
12 months contract
Job Description
Managing Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Cost management related activities from concept to PPAP to deliver parts at the right quality, total cost, and meet timelines. They accomplish this through collaboration with various functional areas like packaging, transportation, business resources, supply chain, etc.
- Implementing product supply strategies aligned with the category management supply strategies that will create a competitive advantage for our customers by developing, optimizing, and integrating a world-class supply network.
- Managing the quality feedback loops to ensure lessons learned on quality defects are applied across the supply base.
- Driving Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) through cost modeling, design for manufacturability, and leveraging suppliers’ capabilities.
Position’s Contributions to Work Group:
- Manages part development and quality feedback loops for New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI) related activities by collaborating with suppliers, design control engineers, value chain engineering, and procurement category teams.
Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”
Why this Role?
- New electrical projects approved, need support to coordinate execution
Typical task breakdown:
- Daily interaction with engineering and procurement teams
- Coordination of PMO activities to develop components
- Scoring NPI and APQP tools aligned with execution
Interaction with team:
- Meetings in person and virtual
- Team members seating at same area
Work environment:
- office
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor in engineering
Technical Skills
Level Working Knowledge:
- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Advises on advanced data analysis methodologies and technologies to make more informed decisions.
- Coaches others on improving the validity and reliability of data used in various Decision-Making processes.
- Designs KPIs and metrics to analyze data and influence decisions.
- Evaluates the opportunities and the challenges of integrating data into decisions.
- Oversees data gathering and analysis activities within the organization.
- Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for Decision Making.
(Desired)
- Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Soft Skills
- Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Disqualifiers/Red Flags:
- No APQP experience
- No engineering / Drawings experience
- No PMO experience
- Not willing to move into Local area
- Not having US residence or US citizenship
Travel Requirement: 20-50%; domestic
Export Control Requirements: Yes
Ravi Teja
615-219-6196
ravi.teja@harveynash.com
