Product Engineering Manager
About The Position
Provide leadership and act as a technical liaison on projects and activities involving product specifications, product development, standard BOMs/costs, industry standards, and part number management. This role involves managing the generation of standard bills of materials for customer quotations and costing, overseeing the operation and implementation of systems for cable design and standard BOMs (Cablebuilder), and submitting annual standard BOMs to Finance for frozen cost standards. The position also requires managing the creation, review, and implementation of technical specifications to comply with industry standards and customer requirements, as well as managing systems for assigning part numbers. The Manager will provide input and project review for product development, manage corporate representation in Industry Codes and Standards activities (ICEA, Telcordia, U), and oversee systems for compliance with Buy American statutes. Additionally, the role involves providing technical review and response to RFQs, managing Product Engineers in second-level technical support for Sales, communicating with customers, and managing objectives, priorities, and travel for direct reports. Travel is required less than 10% of the year.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or a related field, or significant equivalent work experience in a technical position in the wire and cable industry.
- 4 years of experience working with the communications cable industry.
- Knowledge of standard bills of materials and costs.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Advanced math skills
- Ability to demonstrate logical thinking in problem solving
- Demonstrated knowledge of cable manufacturing, product design and industry performance standards.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in wire and cable manufacturing is highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage the generation of standard bills of materials used to respond to customer requests for quotation and standard costing
- Responsible for the overall operation and implementation of systems to support cable design and the standard BOMs (Cablebuilder)
- Submission of annual standard BOMs to support frozen cost standards with Finance
- Manage the creation, review and implementation of technical (Design) specifications to comply with industry standards and specific customer product requirements
- Manage the systems and processes for the assignment of finished goods raw material and WIP part numbers
- Provide input and project review for product development projects
- Manage corporate representation in Industry Codes and Standards activities, including ICEA, Telcordia and U
- Manage systems and data acquisition processes to ensure compliance with various Buy American statutes for Superior Essex products
- Provide review and technical response to Request for Quotes
- Manage Product Engineers in 2nd level technical support for Sales and communicate with customers when required to discuss product requirements
- Travel to plants, customer locations and standards meetings when required
- Manage the objectives, priorities, and travel for all direct reports
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
