Project Manager - Industrialization

Belimo•Danbury, CT

About The Position

The Project Manager - Product Industrialization supports Industrialization efforts in product creation and lifecycle projects, driving supply chain strategy and material flow, as the link between Innovation (R&D) and Operations. Acting in the Lead Supply Chain role, this position is responsible for coordinating all supply chain functions within the project, ensuring that supply chain decisions are made in a structured and timely manner. It involves engaging relevant stakeholders and adhering to both the global supply chain strategy and Belimo’s processes for product creation (PCP) and product / process changes (PPC). They will coordinate projects with Manufacturing Excellence (Lead Make) and Equipment Engineering (Lead Equipment) resources, ensuring cost, timeline, and logistic objectives are met.

Requirements

BS in Engineering (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical)
3+ years of experience in product development and industrialization of devices and/or development of supply chain strategy
3+ years of experience in interdisciplinary project management within a company manufacturing mass-produced goods
Experienced with task & project management tools (e.g. Sciforma, Jira, Confluence)
Experience with supply chain management/strategy development
Experience in device development, device manufacturing, and the development of manufacturing equipment
Ability to bring clarity in what needs to be achieved and to ensure focus
Ability to motivate and guide a team
Ability to influence, mediate, organize and delegate across hierarchy and divisions
Acts as catalyst for good teamwork by demonstrating humility, drive, and strong interpersonal skills
Ability to share knowledge, receive feedback, and collaborate well with others
Contributes knowledge in development of state-of-the-art manufacturing engineering standards
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice To Haves

Further education in project management (certification is a plus)

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end supply chain design and implementation across projects and product life cycle, embedding all inputs into a structured decision-making process
Lead industrialization as a core team member in product creation projects representing Lead Supply Chain (Industrialization) goals
Serve as project manager for lifecycle projects, owning the planning, management, deliverables, and CAPEX in the project
Consult with Innovation & PMO in the product creation process as well as to the supply chain steering committee
Lead and motivate the Industrialization project team consisting of the roles Lead Make, Lead Equipment, Lead Planning, and Lead Sourcing
Perform supply chain feasibility, gap, and risk analyses
Define and implement the supply chain concept and strategy for the project
Enable footprint decisions (regions/plants), including make-or-buy and single-vs-multiple sourcing, based on interdisciplinary alignment
Structure products, regions, and volumes from a broad strategy and translate them into optimized product architecture and variant trees
Define project stakeholder requirements and architectural drivers to guide product engineering
Influence product design based on supply chain capabilities
Validate product concepts (mock-ups) and product designs (prototypes) against supply chain requirements
Plan and validate allocation of production and customization capacities
Create the end-to-end product journey with input from Lead Make resources
Oversee supplier selection within project for components and modules including requirements to suppliers
Define requirements for processes, equipment, and quality in manufacturing with input from respective teams
Involve packaging engineering for end-to-end packaging and labeling
Lead the ramp-up of production capacities (materialization) across internal and external suppliers (incl. alpha-, beta- & pilot-series builds)
Lead or support other activities of the manufacturing engineering roadmap (cost optimization, automation, transfers, integration)