Program Manager - Cell Design Center
Milwaukee Electric Tool
- Brookfield, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- In this role you will drive the daily activities to meet overall program objectives focusing on site selection, equipment selection, recruiting and setting up the design center
- Oversee site readiness, handle vendor relationships and final purchase, debug and operation of the equipment. Setup and execute on overall project schedule including hiring key team members
- Lead and participate in equipment buyoff and training activities
- Champion development and introduction of new product innovation
- Manage pilot production and reporting KPIs
- Work closely across departments and business units in establishing processes, defining ownership and executing on chosen directions
- Prove success of concept to test prototype quicky with the ability to move to the next phase. Employ and adopt the “fail fast” mentality
- Identify multi-functional design dependencies and risks - Clearly define and document design trade-offs, and independently drive the appropriate strategic solutions in process, equipment or design
- Develop and drive project schedules including management of suppliers to integrate their work into the project timeline.
- Manage productization of new technologies and lead communication and collaboration across Design, Operations and Quality Teams
- Mentor and coach the technical leads in engineering best practices including task management, Gantt charts, root cause analysis.
- Build, manage, and motivate a world class team of cross functional engineers and project managers in engineering best practices to deliver new-to-world solutions.
- Effectively communicate and motivate up, down, and across the organization to a diverse range of technical and non-technical team members.
- Develop and apply manufacturing mindset to designs to effectively and efficiently tranfer design to scale up
- Technical background (BS or MS) in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
- Must have prior experience with Design specs for equipment, layout for lab facilities and working with cross-functional teams to deliver project on time
- 10+ years of experience in driving prototyping concepts and/or designing prototyping/small scale production facilities
- Excellent leadership, data presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to think strategically and broadly to comprehend, communicate and drive complex project trade-off discussions.
- Strong communication skills in influencing and communicating both to executives and project team members
- Remain flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity, and rapid development cycles.
- Expected to travel up to 50% of the time both domestically and internationally
- Designing and manufacturing experience
- Operations knowledge preferred
- Proficiency in a range of analytical techniques used in electrochemical analysis and equipment used in cell prototyping.
- Working knowledge of battery, motors and power tools.
- Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans.
- Generous 401 (K) savings plan.
- Education assistance.
- On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.
- And many more, check out our benefits site