Npi Engineering Manager
Careerwise Recruitment
Leinster, Wexford
An ***EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY*** has opened up for a NPI Engineering Manager in a multinational Medical Devices company in South-East of Ireland. This is a brand new role to join their ever expanding teams. THE ROLE: * Lead the development and implementation of a project portfolio that aligns with the strategic goals of the company and ensure best practice in project governance by maximising systems, people and processes. Projects within the portfolio will range in scope from programs of incremental improvement through to significant breakthroughs and new product introduction and development. * Demonstrate strong leadership skills, influencing competencies, and a proven ability to drive lasting behavioural change. Lead the implementation of change aligned with the culture of self-direction, empowerment, and accountability, with sensitivity to the particular challenges of change management. Provide leadership and guidance to the Project Management and NPI teams. * Manage the portfolio of projects using standardised project management methods. This will involve working closely with stakeholders in other plants and departments in a challenging environment of competing priorities to achieve optimal outcomes that are aligned with the company's strategic goals. * Manage the portfolio of the financial budget processes and ensure that projects are delivered to agreed budgetary commitments. * Employ Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies such as process mapping, root cause analysis, cause and effect matrices, FMEA, as appropriate in project work. * Provide leadership and focus on strategic planning to assess and prioritise projects under the criteria defined in project management policy. Maintain the project prioritisation register and ensure project reporting is timely and accurate. Analyse and recognise patterns and trends in key performance indicators. Seek to propose and justify projects in a pro-active way. * Commit to a personal training and development program linked to the strategic business requirements of the position. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. * Learn the manufacturing processes and equipment in order to understand them, to be competent in providing direction for process improvements. Promote standardization, familiarity and commonality of processes & management systems across the site. * Lead the NPI engineering function within the New Ross Site to ensure that customer needs are met in a timely manner, by ensuring exceptional handover and commercialisation from the R&D teams and or customer transfers. * Work closely with the commercial teams to ensure new products and R&D projects are continually added to the pipeline to ensure revenue commitments. * Develop productive & effective relationships with colleagues in other sites, facilitating the sharing of best practice in both directions. * Take responsibility as required for selected corrective and preventative actions as they apply to our technical and project management systems. * Develop documentation and assist in training employees in new or improved procedures and processes. REQUIREMENTS: * Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Engineering field. Master's preferred. * Minimum Experience: 8/10 years' in an operations environment. * 5 years in leadership capacity. Please call Michael Hanrahan today for further information on 021-2019817 or email: mhanrahan@careerwise.ie. CareerWise Recruitment (In Search of Excellence. Established in 1999, CareerWise Recruitment specialises in recruitment of management and technical professionals for the life sciences, ICT, engineering, food and agri sectors. We operate out of multiple locations in Ireland and have offices in Cork, Shannon, Galway, Mayo and Dublin. By applying for this position, you are consenting to allow CareerWise Recruitment to process and retain your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, contained on our website for the purposes of providing career opportunities. CareerWise Recruitment accepts that you do not wish your personal data, including your CV, to be forwarded to any client company without your prior consent and gives an absolute assurance that this wish will always be respected. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries or wish to withdraw or amend your consent. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.
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