Responsibilities:
Lead department to drive success on projects. Work closely with sales, design, project management, installation, logistics and client relations, assuring project budgets, schedules, and quality targets are achieved. Act as a technical resource to team members, addressing and resolving inquiries and problems. Provide training within the company. Mentor and develop department team members and manage employees.
Supplier Management
- Maintain a supplier base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage, drives innovation, and meets the needs of clients
- Establish, build, and maintain relationships with key suppliers
- Review and assist in resolving any supplier grievances, claims, conflicts, or quality issues
Production and Estimating
- Responsible for total cost, quality, warranty, and on-time delivery of all production projects
- Estimating costs of fixtures and components. Includes development costs, tooling, overhead, supplier costs, margins, packaging, quantities, etc.
- Prepare final quotes from the data collected to meet the specified timeline and budget
Management
- Serve as a technical resource on materials, estimates, scheduling, and production needs
- Work closely with cross functional teams to assure timely project deliverables
- Develop and track KPI’s, driving the team toward continuous improvement
- Training, development of others, and leading and building strong stable teams
- Directly manage the Manager of Graphic Production, and Director of Global Supply Chain(?)
- Provide project support as needed
Ideal Candidate:
- 10+ years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Manufacturing preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing of retail fixtures and point of purchase displays
- Effective communicator across multi-functional teams and suppliers
- Familiarity with a variety of manufacturing processes, printing, and related materials
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, and ERP systems
- Strong negotiation, written and oral communications skills
- Passionate about work and success, energetic and engaging, assumes ownership of work
- 10-20% travel may be required
- Organized, detail orientated, good at follow-up
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated leadership skills across a wide spectrum of teams and situations
- High aptitude for mentoring
