Responsibilities include:

• Act as an advisor providing key resources to Kalrez unit operations leadership team and may become actively involved, as required, to meet EHS, production schedules, productivity goals and growth plans.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how manufacturing technology (MT) organization integrates with key stakeholders throughout integrated operations, product management, R&D and contract manufacturers; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate the business/processes in the market.
• Guides and prioritizes the process technology and continuous improvement activities of MT individual contributors accountable for similar responsibilities and performing moderately diverse activities.
• Works in collaboration with operations; contribute to and executes business, functional, process development/or product strategies.
• Impact of work reflects directly on the overall team for quality of process execution and responsiveness to business needs.
• Operates with latitude for action and decision-making; uses judgment to make decisions that affect own area of responsibility within the business/function.
• Solves technical or operational problems (with or without vague/unstructured aspects); takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor's in Engineering or Technology is required
• 10 years of Semi-conductor, Engineering Management, Discrete Manufacturing or R&D/Process Development background is required for this role.
• Direct line management (will initially oversee 12-15 engineers in this role) highly preferred
• Willing to travel up to 25% domestically to other site locations required
• Six Sigma training/certification/ statistical process control (SPC) experience preferred