For one of our clients, an international company in Rotkreuz, we are looking for a Production Technology Engineer - MSAT and Product Lead Automation Projects for CGM External Manufacturing .
The main differences:
* Production Technology Engineer is in charge of the industrialization and will need to travel within Europe and potentially North America and Asia.
* Product Lead is in charge of one specific product and will need to travel within Europe and potentially North America.
General Information:
* Start date: ASAP
* Latest Start Date: 01.04.2025
* Planned duration: unlimited contract via Randstad
* Workplace: Rotkreuz
* Workload: 100%
* Home Office: flexible, some on-site presence is required
* Travel: Yes, up to 40%, mainly within Europe and potentially North America and Asia
* Working hours: Standard
Tasks & Responsibilities:
* Accountable to establish production capacity at our external supplier together with their sub-suppliers. You are familiar with high-volume injection molding projects and always are on top of the project progress and the risk management.
* Capable of understanding the technical details to give direction, drive decisions and keep the project on track. You enjoy finding solutions where others see problems and successfully leverage the expertise within and outside of the company while keeping our partners accountable against their contractual obligations. You build rapports and are capable of communicating on different hierarchical levels, set clear expectations and targets and give feedback on the performance to develop the relationship.
* Drive development and product care activities to enable robust project and product delivery and are familiar with development processes, change processes, issue resolution, complaint management, CAPA and SCAR processes. You interact with different functions such as development, procurement, quality and regulatory to enable your ownership for the product and the production process, ensuring and maintaining regulatory compliance with the relevant interfaces. You are capable of explaining and defending "freedom to operate" in a product audit.
* Based on future product variants and production processes, you will be able to develop the corresponding production concepts (incl. automation) and identify the right strategic partners for this and initiate and drive them forward accordingly, taking into account the relevant interfaces. You take the manufacturing perspective within the development projects to enable cost efficiency and are responsible for the design transfer to the external supplier establishing a robust and scalable production process and the corresponding equipment, ensuring design to quality and manufacturability.
Must Haves:
* University Degree, e.g. in Engineering, Science or closely related scientific/technical discipline
* 5-7 years experience in technical project, product and technical partner management
* Experience in manufacturing technologies (e.g. high-volume assembly automation and testing of electromechanical parts), technical project and supplier management, product care and product development of medical devices or IVD and the corresponding regulatory environment and quality systems
* Proven experience in building, managing and developing multidisciplinary teams in a global environment with excellent interpersonal and communication skills capable to collaborate from shop floor to senior management
* Strong analytical skills and able to set priorities, drive decisions and resolve problems and conflicts, adapt to changes, deal with ambiguity and cope with pressure with strong business and finance acumen and strategic thinking and acting
* Fluent in English and German on a business level with excellent verbal and written skills is required
* Depending on the position: Willingness to travel mainly within Europe and potentially North America and/or Asia
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