Technical Project Lead Footwear (f-m-d) - Milwaukee®

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop NPD projects in EMEA in accordance with our development process on all technical aspects for design and development.
• Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Ability to lead tradeoff discussions and conversations around risk management with cross-functional teams.
• Drive design of project to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Analyze, evaluate and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production.
• Accountable for technical elements of project execution including integration of complicated components and assemblies, material selection, packaging and safety, regulatory and standards compliance.
• Conduct design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions.
• Schedules, develops agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings. Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Regularly makes presentations of project status.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or further technical education, preferably in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• Experience in project management and product development
• Solid understanding of technical processes in Engineering like Product Development & technical documentation
• Ideally experienced in safety footwear industry
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken , another European language is of advantage
• Advanced knowledge in MS office application
• Extensive  Knowledge in CAD system
• Willingness to travel as required for business (30% ca.)