What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Engineering position at Terumo Cardiovascular Group?
Terumo Medical Corporation (TMC) develops, manufactures, and markets a complete, solutions-based portfolio of high-quality medical devices used in a broad range of applications for numerous areas of the healthcare industry. TMC places a premium on providing customers with world-class products, training and education programs that drive clear economic value, better clinical outcomes and improved quality of life for patients. TMC is part of Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation; one of the world’s leading medical device manufacturers with $6 billion in sales, 30,000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 160 nations.
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Director, Engineering
The Director, Engineering will be responsible for leading and managing a team of engineers, overseeing engineering for a variety of teams, which may include any combination of manufacturing, sustaining, automation, process improvement, operational excellence and molding and extrusion with responsibilities for supporting high-quality medical devices within the healthcare industry. This leader is accountable for sustaining engineering quality, leveraging engineering best practices, and creating process improvements aligned with operational efficiencies, quality standards, and manufacturing excellence aligned with the growth of the company and advancement of our portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement technical strategies that drive innovation, optimize resources, and ensure the delivery of quality products to customers.
- Lead and manage engineering teams, ensuring that all members are working effectively and efficiently towards the goals set forth by the organization.
- Lead the development and automation of technologies and equipment to enable improved product performance and efficiency in manufacturing.
- Provide technical input to the execution of the Operations Roadmap process.
- Participate in portfolio development, management, and organizational oversight of the execution of operational cost down activities that deliver annual gross margin improvements to the product portfolios.
- Develop short-medium term plans to ensure engineering initiatives align with the company's long-term objectives and business strategies.
- Provide and support lean methodology and other engineering best practices driving results in engineering for the future growth of the organization.
- Participate in Manufacturing Engineering activities for strategic planning, budgeting, expense management and project management review.
- Provide direct supervision, development, and performance planning leadership to leaders and direct report engineering associates, as assigned.
- Overall responsibilities for budget, timelines, and fiscal responsibility, which includes driving cost and operational improvements in support of the company’s long-term strategic objectives.
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across the organization, to ensure that the engineering team is aligned with the needs of the business.
- Follow all established Environmental Health & Safety and Quality System policies, programs, rules and practices.
- Prepare presentations and formally present to executive leadership.
- Lead special projects, as assigned.
- Perform other duties, as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)
Qualifications / Background Experiences
It is Terumo’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.
We provide competitive and comprehensive benefit options that allow you to design your own plan based on your individual needs which include : paid vacation, paid holidays, health, dental and vision benefits, 401(k), with matching contributions, tax advantage savings accounts, legal plan, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, voluntary long-term disability, short term disability, critical illness and accident insurance, parental leave, personal leave, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, and an employee assistance program. Compensation range : $153,000 - $229,600.
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Salary : $153,000 - $229,600