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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but not limited to:

• Define program scope and requirements, ensuring product design aligns with customer specifications, timelines, and qualitystandards.
• Develop and manage timelines, adjusting schedules as needed to meet milestones such as New Product Introduction (NPI),completion and delivery dates.
• Management of process validations such as: Installation qualification (IQ), Operational qualification (OQ), Performancequalification (PQ).
• Monitor and manage program metrics, including on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost performance, identifyingroot causes and solutions for variances.
• Coordinate Customer Focused Teams (CFTs) across engineering, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and supply chain, assigningpriorities and leveraging team strengths.
• Act as the primary customer liaison, ensuring expectations are met and updates or issues are effectively communicated.
• Oversee financial aspects, including revenue forecasting, cost estimates, and Profit and Loss (P&L) variances, ensuring budgetadherence and accurate quotations.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality, recovering costs for changes Engineering Change Orders (ECO),Non-recurring Expenditures (NREs, excess, obsoletes) and ensuring Return on Investment.
• Ensure manufactured products meet quality standards and required certifications (e.g., UL, CE, RoHS, ISO).
• Resolve quality issues by identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and mitigating risks throughout themanufacturing process.
• Manage changes to project requirements, timelines, budgets, or designs, ensuring proper communication and adjustments.
• Monitor production stages, scaling from prototypes to meet customer demand while maintaining efficiency and quality.
• Coordinate supply chain needs to ensure materials are available on time and avoid disruptions.
• Oversee delivery logistics, ensuring products are shipped on time and in good condition.
• Provide regular updates to senior management and clients, highlighting progress, issues, and successes.
• Maintain proper documentation, including design changes, procurement records, and quality inspection reports.
• Travel as required (up to 10%)
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4+ Years of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) or relevant industry experience, with a proven track record of success incomplex programs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Advocate for customers by responding to feedback with appropriate improvement action plans.
• Possess strong technical knowledge of electronics design, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly, Surface Mount Technology(SMT), manufacturing processes, and quality control methods.
• Demonstrate expertise in project management, including resource allocation, time management, risk assessment, andbudget oversight.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project) for planning and communication tasks.
• Exhibit strong communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, effectively managing internal and externalrelationships.
• Analyze business documents, contracts, and technical procedures, with a general understanding of financial concepts likebudgeting, planning, and forecasting.
• Quickly identify issues, develop effective solutions, and resolve complex problems with excellent judgment and analyticalskills.
• Work independently with minimal supervision, maintaining executive-level presence and business acumen.
• Team-oriented, flexible, and able to manage multiple changing priorities while driving targeted outcomes.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the target salary range is $160,000/year depending on experience

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Creation Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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