Process Engineering Manager-Kimball International, Santa Claus, IN - Santa Claus, IN

High Level Statement of the Role:

Provides support for manufacturing processes and leads process improvement efforts.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Be customer centered and understand market drivers.
• Drive process improvements to achieve operational excellence.
• Mentor and develop staff members within organization.
• Understand, support and execute the achievement of performance measures on scorecards.
• Provide resources, planning and budgeting leadership to the organization.
• Redesign participant.
• Serve as a member of improvement task forces as assigned. Assist members of other improvement task forces to achieve critical success factors.
• Develop enhancements to product lines after introduction.
• Investigate Engineering Change Requests (ECR) and issue Engineering Change Notices (ECN)
• Play an active role in the pilot run process for all new product introduction and/or enhancements.
• Supports our Vision and Guiding Principles.
• Proactively communicates across the organization business issues and opportunities.
• Create and sustain a productive and positive working environment by developing people and maximizing flexibility.
• Actively works to create the environment within NOF to be an employer of choice.
• Share best practices.
• Able to balance customer and company needs.
• Support our Environmental Management System (EMS)

Qualifications:

Technical Skills

• Previous manufacturing engineering management experience.
• Strong mechanical knowledge
• PC literate
• Possesses knowledge of our core competencies and capabilities.

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to build and sustain relationships
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment that is goal driven
• Role models the V&GP
• Team Oriented
• Strong drive for success
• Ability to be creative
• Customer centric

Communication Skills

• Good listener
• Good written and verbal communications
• Good presentation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Can communicate technical and non-technical issues

Leadership Skills

• Able to make sound decisions weighing all aspects of a situation
• Strong organizational skills
• Needs to be self-managed and motivated
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Has good facilitation skills
• Ability to adapt to and manage change
• Good relationship builder
• Ability to motivate effectively
• Able to facilitate win/win solutions

Business Skills

• Good time management
• Financial /cost management skills
• Can handle multiple task
• Can break a project down into multiple tasks and manage timing of tasks
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability to effectively delegate

Skills to Perform This Role:

• Possess a high degree of integrity
• Able to work effectively with diverse groups
• Ability to keep humor in the workplace
• Flexible
• Tactful
• Assertive
• Positive attitude
• Patient
• Honest and ethical
• Able to give balanced feedback

Educational Requirements

• BSME or BSIE required
• 3-5 yr manufacturing engineering management experience

Physical

• Primary work environment is in a typical office environment
• Ability to walk throughout the plant multiple times daily
• May include vendor site visits.