Product Engineering Manager – Knoll Europe

Why join us? 

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

The Product Engineering Manager of Knoll Europe, reporting to the Operations Director of Knoll Europe, has the responsibility to manage and coordinate the two product engineering teams, one physically based in Graffignana site, the other one in Foligno site, respectively in charge of the Knoll Office and the KnollStudio product ranges.

The two offices are locally coordinated by two responsibles.

The person in charge of the role will leverage the mix of competences in the two teams, improving the versatility, the flexibility and optimizing the workload, who will be dynamically assigned on different tasks depending on the period needs.

This will be done, respecting the more specialistic roles as BOM specialists or special quotation specialists who are dedicated to specific tasks.

The supervision of the whole team will help to better coordinate and speed-up the transformation projects assuring:

• The collaboration with the R&D and product development team (for KnollStudio and Knoll Office ranges)
• The management of the effect of brand cross selling and mixed product orders
• The transition to the new ERP and online sales
• The contribution to the compliancy, environmental and safety certifications, in cooperation with the other functions
• To work within the requirements of the Company's Health and safety, Quality and Environmental management systems

Specific responsibilities

• To manage, for KnollStudio products:
• industrialization of new products collaborating with the product development team in Meda
• special versions: analysis of client requests for specials, technical solution, and quotation
• BOM of all KnollStudio products
• To manage, for Knoll Office products:
• industrialization of new products collaborating with the product marketing and product development
• engineering industrialization activities for the Office Product Range, serving both the plants, Graffignana and Foligno.
• Elaborating a technical solution and a cost evaluation for special products (80%of production) in very short time to participate to tenders in strict collaboration and continuous dialogue with the Sales technicians.
• Design of mock-ups and technical support during production
• Detailed design and drawings for production (internal and external)
• To manage for all the products:
• collaboration on certifications (all kinds) matters
• new ERP implementation (for what is needed)
• collaboration on transition of the technical documentation on the IT online selling systems
• current product continuous improvement: quality and cost saving actions interacting with the manufacturing and purchasing.
• current product issues: quality claims and non-conformity management impacting on product configuration interacting with manufacturing and purchasing.
• To manage, for KnollStudio products:
• industrialization of new products collaborating with the product development team in Meda
• special versions: analysis of client requests for specials, technical solution, and quotation
• BOM of all KnollStudio products
• To manage, for Knoll Office products:
• industrialization of new products collaborating with the product marketing and product development
• engineering industrialization activities for the Office Product Range, serving both the plants, Graffignana and Foligno.
• Elaborating a technical solution and a cost evaluation for special products (80%of production) in very short time to participate to tenders in strict collaboration and continuous dialogue with the Sales technicians.
• Design of mock-ups and technical support during production
• Detailed design and drawings for production (internal and external)
• To manage for all the products:
• collaboration on certifications (all kinds) matters
• new ERP implementation (for what is needed)
• collaboration on transition of the technical documentation on the IT online selling systems
• current product continuous improvement: quality and cost saving actions interacting with the manufacturing and purchasing.
• current product issues: quality claims and non-conformity management impacting on product configuration interacting with manufacturing and purchasing.

• Job holder requirements

  Required Skills:

  - A relevant degree or equival