Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions

Engineer

• Collaborate with suppliers to develop and optimize manufacturing processes that meet company requirements for quality, efficiency, and cost
• Provide technical guidance during new product introduction (NPI) and production ramp-up at supplier sites
• Conduct process capability studies, PFMEAs, and control plan reviews to ensure robust manufacturing processes
• Partner with Quality and Supply Chain teams to address supplier quality issues, implement corrective actions, and verify effectiveness
• Lead supplier process audits and capability assessments to ensure compliance with specifications, industry standards, and contractual requirements
• Support sourcing decisions by evaluating supplier technical capabilities and capacity
• Monitor supplier performance metrics and implement improvement plans where necessary
• Drive cost reduction initiatives through process improvement, yield enhancement, and scrap reduction
• Support supplier tooling, fixture design, and equipment requirements as needed
• Facilitate training and knowledge sharing with suppliers on company standards, best practices, and lean manufacturing principles
• Travel domestically and internationally to supplier locations as required to provide on-site support

Supplier Manufacturing Engineer

Estimator

• Manage large quote packages and necessary resources
• Lead and develop continuous improvement projects or ideas
• Manage open RFQs and distribution of quoting activities for the Estimating team
• Perform cost analysis and account profitability reviews and provide feedback to management related to suggested actions
• Oversee departmental metric tracking and reactionary efforts related to metric status
• Assist Sales and Customer Service in the management of key accounts
• Assist in the daily management, development of and training the Estimating Department employees as directed by the Engineering Manager
• Review and evaluate requests for quotes; prepare work to be estimated by gathering proposals, prints, part models, specifications, and related documents
• Work with the sales team and customers to thoroughly understand customer requirements
• Identify labor, material, finish, and time requirements by studying proposals, prints, specifications, and related documents
• Compute costs by analyzing labor, material, finish, and time requirements
• Resolve discrepancies by collecting and analyzing relevant data
• Present prepared quotes by assembling and displaying numerical pricing and descriptive information
• Ensure that quality requirements, part prints, part models, specifications and other pertinent information is available and shared with necessary departments
• Assist procurement in obtaining pricing for materials, components, and subcontracted processes
• Maintain cost database by entering data
• Review and understand job costing; suggest changes
• Actively seek opportunities to increase sales by offering additional services to customers

Estimator III

Program Manager

• Responsibility, Authority and Accountability (RAA) for every project scope delivery and successful execution within technical, schedule, budget, cost, and quality commitments
• Provides leadership across the Program.
• Seeks team input to promote rapid resolution to issues.
• Coaches and provides feedback/rewards on performance indicators
• Establishes objectives and goals and provides direction to the program and project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope and risk assessment.
• Facilitates the implementation of program management processes across the business
• Manages effective customer communications.
• Provides overall Program interface with the customer.
• Improve organization responsiveness to customer requirements.
• Communication and manage customer expectations and contractual commitments internal to the business
• Ensure standard program management processes are utilized and adequate support to the program and project teams by coordinating Program Management reviews, preparing & publishing PM metrics and reports
• Maintain Focus KPI metrics for program including quality, technical performance, and delivery through all assigned product lifecycle phases
• Effectively manages program risks.
• Leads customer teams to define project risks, and pro-actively identify risk mitigation actions.
• Coordinates all risks and requirements of the program into a complete integrated entity. This is accomplished by planning, controlling, integrating all projects into the programs, and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved
• Ensure effective change management process is utilized
• Provides monthly program updates (Program Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) of current situation relating to contractual milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule)
• Provides updates to the business units as well as divisional, and group levels
• Manages the team to effectively support customer contract terms and SLAs
• Owns the execution of operational SLA delivery and escalations
• Manages and drives the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process with assigned customer account
• Program Manager will own quarterly pricing updates on existing programs
• Manages and drives the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process with assigned customer account
• Full responsibility for continuous improvement of customer relationship performance metrics and customer satisfaction
• Coordinates and drives the NPI (New Product Introduction) process including timely completion of a formal cross-functional Design Review
• Ensures the NPI process meets customer expectations regarding time and quality
• Maintains the NPI log to track the status of NPI projects vs. customer request dates and company promised dates
• Proactively keeps team members informed of schedule issues and concerns
• Drives the development activities until formal transition to operations is complete