Title: Product Development Manager
Industry: Packaging
Location: McDonough, GA
Manages projects with minor supervision and mentoring from Head of Product Development and Senior Project Managers. Coordinates activities during the development phase through approval of customer. Delivers to production on time, within budget and to quality requirements.
The Product Development Manager will be responsible for:
- Demonstrates leadership and decision making through the execution of product development projects. Develop and maintain time lines, track budget, communicate among project resources and stakeholders, aligning with corporate metrics
- Coordinating activities from design to pilot tool, to production mold and into production, responsible for mold, machine and packaging components.
- Determines customer's requirements and translates them into an actionable plan.
- Manages Project Planning, Gantt charts, scheduling constraints, understands bottle necks and works with team members to create solutions.
- Understands priorities of projects, manages priorities, and communicates across key stakeholders.
- Adherence and applied knowledge of the project management and stage gated process.
- Oversight of projects and manages project load with time management.
- Responsible for addressing customer complaints, concerns or requests throughout the project lifecycle.
- Holding regular meetings to ensure on time and in budget.
- Coordinates design activities between customer and internal design.
- Effectively communicate internally and externally with customers, suppliers and vendors to determine project requirements, coordinate activities, and provide direction.
- Documents key project information: Use appropriate forms and follows procedures established for project execution.
- Responsible for maintaining costs on projects.
- Manages all health, safety and legal requirements.
- Travel on average of 30% is expected.
The Product Development Manager should have:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably in Packaging, Mechanical, Plastics engineering
- Minimum of three years project management experience, preferably within the plastic bottling industry.
- Technical knowledge and understanding of HDPE, PP and PET resins
- Understanding of mold and design construction
- Understanding of key principles in blow molding and related machines
- Capable of applying and assessing SPC/statistics/Quality charts/Six sigma principles
- Knowledge of Packaging systems - types, costs, ordering procedures
- Trouble shooting/resolution of packaging system issues
