Advanced Manufacturing Specialist

Our Work Matters

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

The Impact You Will Make

This is an excited opportunity as a Advanced Manufacturing Specialist to lead the manufacturing responsibilities for the NPI (New Product Introduction) teams to scale up products / processes that meet our manufacturing strategies and objectives. You will also be working with our contract manufacturing facilities globally and a diverse supplier base to drive quality and service improvement, cost reduction, lead-time reduction and strategic Source of Supply changes. This position requires a strong understanding of injection molding and tooling needed for products.  

Skills and Contributions

• Applies fundamental technical skills within area of expertise.
• Expertise has leading recognition within the company; actively contributes to broader functional process.
• Well versed in injection molding discipline (part design, materials, mold design/construction, processing, and presses).
• Experienced design for manufacture/assembly.
• Understanding process scale requirements from R&D through commercial supply.
• Familiar with key measurement technologies utilized in injection molding.
• Able to mediate between the needs of the product design and the capability of manufacturing.
• History of successful scaleup, qualification, and management of tooling and molding suppliers in a regulated market.

Project Management

• Develops multiple aspects of a project plan related to a specific aspect of the project.
• Identifies more critical activities in the project plan and adjusts priorities when appropriate.
• Possesses an advanced understanding of the project lifecycle and is able to apply knowledge when leading a team through a project.
• Manages and monitors progress of several project teams that expand upon business units.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Demonstrates broad knowledge of information sources that can be used to assess problems and make decisions.
• Invests time in planning, discovery, and reflection to drive better decisions.
• Able to solve complex problems.
• Effectively leverages hard data as inputs to making decisions.

Organizational Awareness

• Demonstrates knowledge of the organization's capacities and constraints.

Influence

• Takes a planful approach to influencing others by identifying stakeholder interests, common goals, and potential barriers.
• Facilitates connections between members of their network for the benefit of the organization or others.
• Demonstrates the ability to garner support for ideas and action.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. degree in an engineering field or equivalent applicable industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the development of manufacturing processes or sustainable manufacturing in the Drug and Medical Device industry.
• Injection molding experience needed
• Effective use of problem-solving tools to determine root cause and solution implementation.
• Ability to use CAD to determine if tooling, equipment, and part designs meet requirements.
• Understanding of LEAN principles and process capability; Green Belt or Black Belt trained preferred.
• Clear and concise verbal, written and presentation communication.
• Demonstrated ability to create technical documents.
• Domestic and International Travel to Kindeva and Outsourced Manufacturing facilities may be required to support business needs.

Travel: 10-15%

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