Mgr-Product Engineering
| Company | Lowe’s |
|---|---|
| Location | Huntersville, NC, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree Engineering, technical sciences or other related field
- 5 years experience in leadership role over Product Engineering and Product Development functions
- 7 years Experience working with a broad range of materials and manufacturing processes
- Experience in creative problem solving and working cross-functionally with design and manufacturing to achieve cost targets, desired design intent and project deadlines
- Demonstrated experience leading and/or facilitating projects
- Technical report writing skills, effective oral presentation skills, ability to negotiate
- Excellent aptitude in mechanical, electrical, or other engineering disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Leads the Product Engineering team activities to support the Lowe’s Private Brands Initiative through supplementing the private brand product development process: test plan development, product testing/benchmarking, definition of product performance specifications.
- Define projects eligible for execution via the Lowe’s private brand product development stage gate process specific to Quality Assurance engagement areas.
- Generate reporting to govern vendor compliance to Lowe’s Private Brand Performance Specification testing program requirements.
- Manages product engineers and defines category responsibility to ensure adequate QA support of GM Order of Operations projects, Product Line Reviews, and other private brand product development merchandising activity.
- Drives collaboration by establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders internally and externally to achieve collective goals and objectives.
- Hires, Develops and Leads Product Engineer and Sr. Product Engineer roles by providing clarity on project prioritization, coaching on private brand product engineering and project management best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree Engineering, technical sciences or other related field and 3-5 Years Experience managing complex programs
- Experience co-creating with designers and bringing product to production with overseas suppliers and engineers
- Experience in testing consumer products in a laboratory environment.
- Retail operations experience