Product Integration Engineer

Yamaha has an excellent opportunity for a
New Product Integration Engineer
to join our
Marine
team in Kennesaw, GA
.The position develops andmaintainsa five-year manufacturing strategy with the leadership at 7+ manufacturing locations. This position also supports and leads the development and execution of the manufacturingportionof theGate-Process for New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Integration (NPI) for the US Marine Business Unit (MBU). This includes assessing manufacturing capabilities at each location and building a business case for “where built” for new products in development (GateP0 andP1) be it at existing Yamaha manufacturing locations or outsourced.

This position manages and implements manufacturing process improvements and best practices across the Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (YMUS) Marine Division’s 7+ manufacturing locations with a focus on flawless execution at the Startof Production (SOP).The position manages theGateP3 and GateP4processes, Production Make Ready and SOP,to achieve flawless execution at SOP in the areas of safety, productivity, quality, efficiency, cost, and delivery. The position works closely with Yamaha Motor Corporation (YMC) in Japan & YMUS Design Engineers, the Marine Innovation Center (MIC) and Manufacturing Leadership, Quality, Operations, Production Engineering, Sales, Information Systems, Operational Excellence Support, and Supply chain

Teams to identify the requirements for new product integrations and follows theGate-Process through serial production at the manufacturing locations.

• Work closely with manufacturing operations leadership to develop and meet the requirements for operational NPI readiness (P3) and new product integration (P4).
• Lead the P3 and P4 processes for all new products at the YMUS MBU.
• Develop, evaluate, and improve production methodsutilizinglean tools, knowledge of product design, materials and partsmanagement, tooling and production equipment capabilities, process methods,problem solving,process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), and quality control standards to reduce manufactured cost and ensure the flawless execution of NPI.
• Help develop P-Process skills, knowledge, and process effectiveness at the MBU manufacturing subsidiaries.
• Develop andmaintainthe 3+2 manufacturing (5-year) strategy for the MBU, working closely with product development teams and manufacturing leadership.
• Lead the development of the business case fordeterminingthe “where built” for new products in development (P0 & P1).
• Lead process improvement evaluations on the P-Process at least annually following the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) model.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• 10+ years of operations management experience in progressive roles of leadership, including leading multiple NPIs following a structured gate process.
• 10+ years applying lean manufacturing methodologies to support continuous improvement in manufacturing operations
• Demonstrable experience leading manufactured cost improvements at multiple locations in a geographically dispersed business, involving multiple NPIs, projects, timelines, teams, and deliverables.
• Experience working in an ISO
  9001 manufacturing environment and a demonstrated clear understanding of ISO
  9001 requirements
• Exhibit strong leadership skills with the ability tomaintaina wide range of multi-site relationships at all levels of the organizationutilizinginfluence, communication, facilitation, and presentation to effectively define and manage positive change.
• Possess a thorough understanding of New Product Development, New Product Integration, and the Gate-Processes and practices, with abilityto assess, explain, and deploy with a common-sense approach to plant teams to drive flawless execution at SOP.
• Travel
  50
  -60% of the time.

• Experience in leading manufacturing operations,Continuous Improvement and New Product Integration in heavy truck or automotive.
• Experience in TS or IATF 16949.
• Accredited Lean Six Sigma Green Belt,Black Belt,or Master Black Belt.
• Experience working with the Society
  
  Manufacturing Engineers, the Association of Manufacturing…