Product Innovation Manager | Plastics

Description

Weiss-Aug Group is an internationally recognized leader in precision metal stamping, injection molding, value-added assembly solutions and tooling. 

Our Surgical Products Division serves the medical device industry and has created special capabilities for the manufacture of surgical instruments.  With expansive technology in R&D, laser processing, insert molding, production machining, we need the best minds to serve our customers and ultimately patients around the world.

Join our team where every day we push the boundaries of manufacturing technology to help our customers produce the best medical devices so that people may live healthier lives.

Our highly respected Surgical Products Division is seeking a skilled and motivated Product Innovation Manager that will be responsible for overseeing the coordination and on-time/in-budget completion of all project tasks. Project tasks may involve some or all of the following: program management and measurement of machined product and fixtures/tooling, progressive stamped parts and tooling, insert molding parts and tooling, factory assembled automation, and other related tooling/processes. 

Responsibilities 

• Represent the customer in order to ensure that the customer’s expectations are clearly understood and being met.
• Provide leadership to technical teams responsible for successful launch of multiple complex programs.
• Service and grow our program base within the Medical / Life Science Industry (Technical Sales)
• Responsible for overseeing the coordination and on-time/in-budget completion of all projects which may involve some or all of the following: program management and measurement of machined product and fixtures/tooling, progressive stamped parts and tooling, insert molding parts and tooling, factory assembled automation, and other related tooling/processes.
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) including completion of related documentation, including but not limited to: DOE’s, FMEA’s, Process Flowcharts, Control Plans, Capability Studies and Gage R&R’s.
• Ability to participate in product design (R&D) meetings with Medical Customers in relationship with Weiss-Aug Manufacturing technologies.
• Oversee the creation and distribution of project schedules.  Ensure that project milestones and deadlines are met including assignment of responsibilities, monitor progress and report status to management/customer.
• Facilitate Tooling Kickoff, Specification Review, Design Review and Lessons Learned (Post Mortem) Meetings.
• Oversee the development and input of initial BOM and detailed Routing
• Oversee the initiation and/or coordination of the change control process (ECO) relating to Engineering documentation.
• Execute Engineering Studies on Existing and New Programs to facilitate and part optimization and debug.
• Create and define methods for simulation of assemblies to support “end of line” quality. 
• Involvement in the management of key suppliers as required by projects. Interface with outside suppliers to ensure they provide product or services on-time and to quality specifications.
• Identify and facilitate new and/or special equipment needs along with Manufacturing Engineering.
• Interface with customer on technical and schedule-related issues.  Ensure program progress is communicated to customer at regular intervals.
• Mediate conflicts between departments.  Forge compromise and consensus between team members.
• Assist in identifying areas for continued improvement and opportunities to gain organizational knowledge.
• Participate in customer, internal and registrar quality system audits in support of in-process inspection and new program qualification.
• Investigate and determine root cause(s) for internal and external complaints and/or quality rejections. (DPD, DPA’s, 8D’s, DMR)
• Lead or participate in trouble shooting of existing and new processes.
• Create and maintain process documentation. Train personnel as it relates to process documentation and procedures.
• Perform any and all tasks of direct and indirect reports to ensure deadlines are met or exceeded.
• Motivate and develop team members.
• Ability to understand top level asks, translate and set team direction to accomplish company goals. 
• Must be driven self-starter that works with little supervision.
• Must possess the ability to multi-task and set priorities.
• Jointly responsible for successful transfer of tooling to Manufacturing along with Toolroom and Design Engineering functions.
• Oversee the selection and management of key suppliers as required by project.  Oversee the completion of requisitions for approval by management for purchased tooling or other product or services. Interface with o