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Role Description

Kidde Global Solutions has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly skilled Senior Material Productivity & Operation Lead to join our Commercial Fire Engineering Productivity team. This team works alongside other R&D centers to identify, validate and implement Material Productivity projects for all Commercial Fire business units.

The candidate for this role will be responsible for:

• Building the project pipeline, taking projects from idea to implementation.
• Mentoring junior team members.
• Supporting R&D teams with their productivity project efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the successful implementation of projects and programs, often through coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Utilize technical knowledge, strategic planning, and leadership skills to ensure that projects are seamlessly and expeditiously implemented.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to drive and deliver material productivity projects within defined scope, quality, time, and cost requirements with a focus on the “final stretch” of project implementation.
• Lead end-to-end technical program delivery for productivity program initiatives.
• Develop and manage program schedules, identifying risks, and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on program status regularly to ensure project deliverables are on time and within budget.
• Own technical program risk management including dependency tracking and mitigation strategies.
• Lead technical program reviews with senior leadership including progress reporting and escalation.
• Drive engineering and operations process improvements and technical delivery methodology optimization.
• Resolve technical and operational problems within the given project scope.
• Interface with engineering managers and engineers to estimate work efforts, define milestones and manage resources.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up to date on project results.
• Identify and escalate potential issues or risks that could affect the successful delivery of the project.
• Ensure adherence to established standards and methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize efficiency and quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience with a BS in Electrical Engineering.
• Proven experience driving material and operations productivity and efficiency initiatives.
• Strong understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
• Proficiency with project management software tools.
• Experience in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Requirements

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Preferred).
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM), PMFEA and reliability engineering (Preferred).
• PLM and ERP System Experience (Preferred).
• Experience in the Fire and Life Safety Industry (Preferred).

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, company holidays).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• EAP assistance.
• And more.