Do you want to experience new challenges and innovate the future of engineered polymer solutions? Accelerate your career with Trelleborg and start shaping industry from the inside.
About the Job
The Director of Global Techincal will support the execution of each of these objectives and actively drive innovation across our range of products, materials and services in each of our value streams. This will require a good understanding of both our product range and our end markets, coupled with strong communication and leadership skills to get the best out of the globally distributed team.
The Director of Global Technical will serve as the technical expert representative across teams, clients, and other stakeholders. They will promote and coordinate technical knowledge harvesting within the organization including R&D. Suggest technical solutions to meet client requirements more efficiently, and/or with greater sustainability impacts e.g: from reusability, and/or longer life and/or providing a more fuel efficient end aircraft platform.
They will actively look for ways we can grow our business by expanding into adjacencies through the development of new products, suppliers and also via acquisitions.
They will be responsible for leading product development breakthrough projects. From project launch through to analysis and monitoring until serial production, in coordination with quality, logistics, purchasing, engineering, sales and suppliers.
Actively identify new opportunities to drive marginal gains in both product performance and profitability, through establishing a portfolio review and management process.
Assists in strategic sales efforts from a technical perspective and identifies the technical risks. Ensures business profitability and customer satisfaction.
Tasks and Responsibilities
• Strategic planning & policy deployment
• Team leadership & direct employee motivation, management
• Portfolio & product management – performance & profitability
• Application engineering
• Maintaining formulation and material certification approvals listings and ensuring formulation coverage to support on going business plan
• Managing materials supply base avoiding obsolescence issue and supporting supply chain availability
• R&D activities
• Liaison and coordination of external test facilities
• PLM rollout & implementation
• Product development, launches and program / project management
• Supplier management & selection from technological perspective
• Customer support
• FEA & Computational modelling – management of team and activities to directly support customer base and drive competitive advantage
About the Ideal Candidate
Must have at least 10 years of aerospace market knowledge across a range of applications from customized Air Frame seals through to standard hydraulic and actuation and rotary seals
Must have at least 10 years of team leadership experience demonstrating ability across a range of cultures and geographies
Relevant technical diploma / Bachelor of Science degree
Must be a strong communicator and demonstrates enthusiasm, initiative, and a proactive approach to responsibilities.
This is a Global role with international travel and off site working required
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