Senior Manager, Validation Engineering

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As Sr. Manager of YETI Thailand Office & Validation Engineering, you’ll report to the Director of Operations Engineering, lead a technical team of engineers, and be responsible for a facility that is critical to the success of creating, launching, and sustaining YETI products.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a diverse and highly technical team of Validation Engineers, Material Scientists, Test Technicians, Metrologists who are responsible for supporting new product development and sustaining products in production.
• Partner with Sr. Manager, Validation Engineering and Innovation to oversee all Validation Engineering standards and processes developed and implemented across all YETI products both new and sustaining.
• Lead development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the YETI Thailand Office’s standard operating procedures.
• Lead short- and long-term strategy development and execution supporting a multi-season new product development cadence. Manage resources according to business needs and priorities.
• Design, monitor, and improve all engineering operations under innovation, track key performance metrics, and technical risks across products/programs.
• Prioritize and evaluate the work generated by various teams to ensure effective and on time delivery of our products.
• Drive accountability within the team by creating discipline and consistency in activities and deliverables from project-to-project.
• Coach and support staff to ensure individual and team success. Set individual and team goals and objectives, create development plans, and oversee performance assessment process.
• Drive service excellence through continuously evaluating the needs of internal customers and optimizing workflow and data management systems, operating metrics and procedures, capabilities, and capacities.
• Manage operating and capital expenditure budgets, including capability and capacity in/outsourcing, planning, and strategy.
• Facility management with support of and through collaboration with YETI’s Facilities team, including maintenance, calibrations and certifications, safety and security procedures, and scheduling.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, Physics or related field of science with equivalent work experiences. (Advanced degrees a plus but not required.)
• At least 8 years of experience in engineering and product development with some experience in the Consumer Goods Industry is strongly preferred.
• At least 4 years of experience leading and developing technical staff, to meet business goals and objectives.