Senior Manager, Process Development

New Product Introduction (NPI) Department is an area which connects R&D and Mass Production, ensuring that both the product is ready for mass production and the mass production is ready for the product.

The Process Development department, consisting of three teams: Process Engineering, Mechanical Design Egineering and Proto-production, is responsible for development and implementation of production equipment and processes.

We work in a matrix organization, where scope and pace are driven by project teams. 

Joining us you will get:

• flexible working time (start 7-9, finish 15-17); 
• real impact on your own area (impact on team, culture and results);
• opportunity to work in an international environment, where state-of-art hearing aids are developed (you have a direct impact on final product before releasing it to mass production);
• Scandinavian culture - we are informal and care about equality, independence, an open dialog, work-life balance;
• low-routine environment (where VUCA is your everyday experience);
• ppportunity to collaborate with various teams (e.g. R&D, Production engineering, Mass production, Quality, Test and Verification etc.);
• multiple benefits (Medicover medical care, sport cards, foreign language lessons, company gym; insurance, discount card etc.).

What kind of tasks will you be responsible for?

• Heading and coordination of team consisting of around 30 specialists, via 3 leaders.
• Motivation, support and relation development.
• Conducting 1:1s with directly reporting leaders, organizing and moderating team meetings (on operational, tactical and strategic levels).
• First point of contact in terms of new inquiries (concepts), with tight collaboration with R&D Hardware (design for assembly and manufacturing) as well as mass production-oriented areas (automation, scaling-up, production flow etc.).
• Assurance of proto and lab-series deliveries as well as deployment in mass production (with hyper-care period), focusing on tools, machines, prototypes, tests, development and adaptation of new production technologies.
• Monitoring of team workload and continuous development towards business needs.
• Building and developing business relationships with external stakeholders (e.g., toolshops, CAD freelancers etc.). 
• Assurance of up and running proto-production and mechanical workshop area. 
• Creation and monitoring of department budget, business cases, investments.

It will be perfect if you:

• have an experience on similar position (Team Manager, Line Manager, Mechanical and/or Process Development Manager). Ideally in NPI/close to R&D and/or Production Engineering;
• have leadership and communication skills that help you manage the team and maintain peer-to-peer communication;
• hold B.Sc./M.Sc. (Automatics and Robotics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar);
• are familiar with process engineering discipline (e.g., process flow, PFMEA, manuals creation and operators’ trainings, design and conducting of tests); 
• are familiar with production equipment designing;
• understand mass production needs (ergonomics, performance, balanced flow etc.) and on the other hand you can identify production-friendly changes in product design/architecture;
• are fluent in English (daily communication);
• understand matrix organization and project management principles; 
• are flexible, responsive, result- and detail-oriented.

On that position you will be working with Aleksander Fil.

If you have any questions, contact with recruiter: Aleksandra akla@demant.com

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