What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Coordinator- Research & Development position at L&R USA, Inc.?
R&D Project Coordinator
Job Title: R&D Project Coordinator Department: R&D
Job Classification: Exempt Reports to: R&D Manager
Last Revision Date: 11-21-2024
Company Overview
L & R develops, manufactures, and distributes medical devices and related articles throughout the world. Employee commitment and dedication is essential to the L & R Corporate values of providing the highest quality products, superior customer service with good product knowledge and compassion to our customers including patients, therapists, and medical professionals.
Position Summary
The R&D Project Coordinator position is responsible for coordinating development projects, product concept and design development, sustainment activities, and supporting R&D departmental initiatives. This position serves to bridge external consumer needs to internal development, ideation, and commercial production.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Execute New Product Management process for assigned projects, including planning and coordination of resources to achieve project goals and deadlines.
- Serve as the main point of contact for project stakeholders. Provide regular updates and manage expectations through clear and consistent communication.
- Coordination and development of design concepts and prototypes for new products and product improvements.
- Create and manage item specifications and associated SAP Master Data.
- Develop test strategies and test plans to verify standards, compatibility, functionality, performance and reliability.
- Validate proper design and operations of product satisfy user needs .
- Perform research and competitive analysis in coordination with local and global product managers to stay ahead of market advancements & trends in patient therapy, fabrication, and technology as applicable.
- Support R&D Change Control activities.
- Evaluate new product/materials applications to improve cost, reduce environmental impact, or improve quality of products .
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- BS Degree in engineering; textile engineering, textile chemistry, or equivalent directly-related work experience a plus.
- 3 years of experience in Product Development or Project Management; medical device industry experience a plus.
- Superior written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software preferred; SAP experience a plus.
- Experience with design software such as Adobe Illustrator or Optitex preferred .
- Experience with Focus Groups, user experience testing, & product evaluations a plus.
- Experience & knowledge of medical device regulations, GMP, QSR, ISO quality requirements a plus.
Physical Demands:
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment, such as computers, phones, and photocopiers, as well as laboratory test equipment, such as tensile tester.
- Travel as necessary, up to 10%.
- Lift 25 lbs.
- This is a full-time position, occasional long hours as required.
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this Job Description at any time. The Job Description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as required by their supervisor.
