Engineering Change Management Specialist

Are you looking to work for a company that provides an innovative work environment, and your voice is heard? We have a position for a Engineering Change Management Specialist to work onsite at our client in Auburn Hills, MI

LER Tech Force is an industry leader in embedded controls, software, functional safety, and engineering talent. For over 20 years LER has been working with customers across North America to meet their engineering resource challenges. Learn more about us (3) LER Tech Force:
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Engineering Change Management Specialist involves technical tooling & process specialization that supports all engineering change costs collection, pricing strategies, and profitability analysis through the entire RFQ process. This role serves as bridge between technical tooling/process and commercial pricing strategy. Critical link between Engineering, Program Management and Commercial team to ensure engineering changes are accurately assessed, costed, increase profitability margin and communicated, implemented with minimal disruption to production, quality, delivery, and profitability.

Coordinate cross-functional change implementation activities, evaluate cost impacts, and support customer commercial negotiations related to product and process changes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manage engineering change from sales price negotiations with customer to tooling collection and payment.

• Change management; lead technical quoting with customer for sales price negotiations
• Communicate ECN's changes and provide technical walk and negotiate tooling sales price per customer define requirements
• Lead tooling collection activities and document submission to achieve tooling payment collection on time per plan
• Update ECN price tracker, tooling collection tracker and update KPI's
• Coordinate with Plant Tool Home lining team and Die Project Leaders to confirm Vendor tooling policy allowances for Labor and Raw Material planned cost collection.

Facility abides by all company polices including, but not limited to the following;
Health and safety, Quality and Environmental Systems, Human resources policies, and Our Client's Employee Handbook.

• Post Secondary Education (Undergraduate Degree or Community College Diploma) in the one of the following:
• Manufacturing (Tooling)
• 15+ years' experience in manufacturing/ tooling; 3 years program management experience; P.Eng or P.M.P. designation preferred
• 5+ years Commercial experience - preferred
• Strong communicator, both written and oral
• Excellent organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Thorough understanding of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Powerpoint)
• Extensive knowledge of CAD software (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Catia, UG)
• Achievement of Program Management Goals:
  On Time, Within Budget, Robust Process, Plant Readiness, Targeted Profit Margin, Within Quoted Run Rate
• Intimate understanding of Our Client's Essential APQP documents
• Ability to interact with the Facility Team in a professional manner to continually enhance the company's performance
• A complete hands on approach is required to assist the plant in developing into a successful and profitable division of Our Client's , a multi-billion dollar company
• Ability to work independently without supervision and with minimum direction
• Ability to work in a team environment and be both a team player and team leader
• Ability to manage and direct subordinates on the day-to-day tasks in a fast paced environment
• Ability to mentor and guide subordinates to achieve overall departmental goals and objectives
• Respecting and understanding of the Customer/Supplier relationship
• Adopt a common sense approach to identifying and addressing problems and control weaknesses
• Ensure that all duties and tasks are carried out in a safe and efficient manner and at no time is the employee or their co-workers placed in an unsafe condition