Vice President, Global Water Engineering

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, US - Indiana - Fort Wayne

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy for Global Water Engineering ensuring seamless integration with the broader corporate objectives. This encompasses product design, development, validation, and production support across multiple product lines.
• Define and set the Key Strategic Initiative (KSI) performance metrics to align with corporate profitability and overarching goals, with a strong focus on delivery, quality and cost.
• Direct a global innovation mission and strategy while taking ownership of the innovation pipeline, collaborating closely with senior leadership to align with critical cross-business challenges and strategic opportunities.
• Embody and exemplify leadership attributes of a high performance culture (integrity, accountability, strong communication and problem solving).
• Champions Customer Focused innovation of Global Water products. 
• Assume overall responsibility for the establishment and approval of department budgets and spending forecasts that are in line with our organizational strategy. 
• Define and implement engineering standard practices in accordance with the Franklin Electric Product Development Process.
• Oversee and manage the implementation of computer-aided engineering and simulation tools, design reviews, DFMEA, and validation planning.
• Monitor, report on, and ensure accountability of the Engineering function’s performance.
• Evaluate team capabilities, identify gaps and prioritize development activities for the Engineering employees. Inspire and empower team to achieve challenging objectives. 
• Analyzes resource requirements and market demand to plan and assess the feasibility of projects. 

• Actively participate in the development of the corporate strategy, leveraging expertise to assess the strategy's viability and contribute creative ideas and insights to shape the strategy formation process.
• Serve as the primary liaison between global engineering and the manufacturing and marketing teams.
• Deliver engaging and informative presentations to explain proposals, reports, and findings to both internal and external stakeholders.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Manage the performance of direct reports to lead their function and/or business unit, providing formal and informal feedback, progress reports, budget and profitability updates.
• Interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Partner with the HR business partners to manage, secure, and grow talent.
• Demonstrates exceptional leadership and communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to connect with, motivate, empower, and create positive engagement of team members.
• Demonstrates track record of building strong relationships with process partners, and leading initiatives to break down barriers between internal departments.
• Leverage team members along with personal experience to make swift, well-informed decisions.
• Utilize strong networking skills and engages with professionals in the water movement industry
• Proven track record of organizational design aligned with achieving company objectives.
• Effectively interact with customers, clients, the general public, and other members of the organization.

• New Product Introduction (NPI) Success Rate
•  Pricing Strategy Performance
• Training & Technical Support

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related field (required).
• Master's degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field (preferred).
• A minimum of ten years of relevant Engineering management experience (required). 
• A minimum of five years managing a global Engineering team (required).
• Demonstrated experience in:
  • The domains of business development.
  • Lean, Six Sigma, or other problem solving (preferred).
• Travel required: Domestic and international travel up to 40%.

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