Job Description

Business Unit Manager

Location: Ingersoll, ON

Why Join Marwood

Who We are:

• Marwood International Inc. is a full service, award-winning, Tier I and 2 automotive OEM structural components and modular assembly supplier, that focuses on waste elimination and light-weighting initiatives from prototypes to full volume products to end of life service parts throughout Canada, US and Japan.
• Marwood is also a well-established Canadian owned manufacturing company which have been in the industry for 30+ years!
• We are community oriented, and focused on health and wellness.

We are happy to have you join our team!

We offer:

• Competitive Pay plus premiums
• GREAT benefits and Perks: dental, medical and vision coverage, as well as outstanding pension plan and more
• Also, company provided uniforms!

Apply today to speak with our recruiter!

Your Role and Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Understands and works within the Marwood operational system and procedures
• Direct the activities of the Operational/Advance Teams and Gate 2 (F0337) assigned cross functional Team Members.
• Be part of a single point contact team with Marwood Sales for all Customers within respective Business Unit.
• Be an active participant with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in all estimating & quoting activity for respective Business Unit/Customer, including providing strategic level and lesson learned input on the program/product.
• Be an active participant with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in building and presenting all Business Unit/Customer technical reviews.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating Marwood Form 0306 (Marwood MCM) post Gate 2
• Be an active participant in all Phase 1 Gate 2 activity (F0337)
• Be a champion of all Phase 3 Gate 5 activity (F0337)
• Responsible for working with other Marwood Divisional Team Members in gathering and providing all necessary Commercial impact information to Marwood Sales for any Program/Product changes post Gate 2. Marwood Sales to complete final review and either send back to the Business Unit Manager for further clarification or submit to the Business Unit/Customer.
• Oversees continuous improvement and IATF 16949 standards for conformance and accuracy.
• Develop and communicate a vision, establishing strategies, and expectation levels for supporting operations.
• Attract new customers, promote business, support day-to-day activities with supporting manufacturing operations and perform other tasks that would increase success of the business unit.
• Set up and manage customer\'s profile and develop potential customers.
• Creative product development utilizing existing process capabilities as well as assessing new product/process offerings that may justify further capital investment.
• Revitalize relationships with current and past Marwood customers.
• Evaluate and manage ECN Cost Summary Binders and associated initial cost package information for Marwood Executive & Costing Team Review. Focus on providing actual data with a goal of achieving a minimum gross margin standard across the program.
• Maintain/update all program matrixes, and report to management of current status and or effectiveness via weekly APQP meetings.
• Champion and/or active participant of all internal and customer driven PCR\'s & ECR\'s associated with any program/product connected to assigned Business Unit/Customer.
• Have/hold internal and customer driven engineering, or program driven meetings
• Active participant in vetting RFQ/SOR for new quotes
• Support/drive or initiate improvement plans and/or kaizen activities for new/existing product or processes.
• Review and approve Marwood Standard Documents where assigned.
• Review and approve Marwood Purchase Orders where assigned.
• Work collaboratively with other Marwood Divisional Team Members on achieving full PPAP status at the external customer while ensuring a robust & capable process is provided to the Plant/Division Managers.
• Work collaboratively with other Marwood Divisional Team Members to ensure all applicable pre-production requests are completed in an accurate and timely manner via the Plex (ERP) Request Management System module.
• Active participant and/or champion of Marwood Plex (ERP) and/or SharePoint Hub application initiatives as assigned.
• Champion any Miscellaneous, Prototype, Trial, ECR, and/or Tooling Accounting Jobs in Plex (ERP) as assigned.
• Active participant and/or champion of Customer Portal application/modules as assigned.
• Provide cross functional support as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Support Business Development Team on providing any Supply Chain & Procurement Division relevant information for Customer Technical Reviews.
• All other relevant duties as assigned.

Skills /Capabilities:

• Proven ability to manage and deal with customer(s) including negotiations, problem resolution, relationship building.
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude.
• Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
• A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills.

Key Requirements:

• University or College Graduate in Business Management, Program Management, and/or Engineering
• 5 - 10 years plus Program Management and/or Manufacturing Experience (preferably in the automotive parts manufacturing sector)

Additional Technical and Professional Requirements:

• High level of proficiency with ERP System (Marwood uses Plex)
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office productivity suite.

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We would like to thank all candidates for expressing interest however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Pre-employment screening will be required.

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