Manufacturing Product Development Manager

4 days ago

McDonough, Georgia, United States Alpla Inc. Full time
About ALPLA

ALPLA is a global family-owned company that specializes in innovative, customized, and recycled packaging solutions for top brands. We value our employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation, and sustainability.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Product Development Manager to join our team. As a key member of our product development team, you will be responsible for managing projects from design to production, ensuring timely delivery, and meeting quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage projects with minimal supervision, coordinating activities during the development phase and obtaining customer approval.
  • Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality requirements.
  • Develop and maintain timelines, track budgets, and communicate with project resources and stakeholders.
  • Coordinate activities from design to pilot tool, to production mold, and into production, responsible for mold, machine, and packaging components.
  • Determine customer requirements and translate them into actionable plans.
  • Manage project planning, Gantt charts, scheduling constraints, and understand bottlenecks to create solutions.
  • Understand project priorities, manage priorities, and communicate across key stakeholders.
  • Adhere to and apply knowledge of the project management and stage-gated process.
  • Oversight of projects and manage project load with time management.
  • Responsible for addressing customer complaints, concerns, or requests throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Holding regular meetings to ensure on-time and in-budget delivery.
  • Coordinate design activities between customers and internal design.
  • Effectively communicate internally and externally with customers, suppliers, and vendors to determine project requirements, coordinate activities, and provide direction.
  • Document key project information using appropriate forms and following established procedures.
  • Responsible for maintaining costs on projects.
  • Manage all health, safety, and legal requirements.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably in Packaging, Mechanical, or Plastics engineering.
  • Three years of project management experience, preferably within the plastics industry.
  • Technical knowledge and understanding of HDPE, PP, and PET resins.
  • Understanding of mold and design construction.
  • Understanding of key principles in blow molding and related machines.
  • Understanding of blow molding platforms and limitations.
  • Capable of applying and assessing SPC/statistics/Quality charts/Six sigma principles.
  • Understanding of key features on bottles for performance and closure seal.
  • Understanding of customer filling lines, distribution, and consumer use.
  • Knowledge of bottle testing, capable of conducting dimensional and functional evaluations.
  • Knowledge of Packaging systems - types, costs, ordering procedures.
  • Trouble shooting/resolution of packaging system issues.
What We Offer
  • Health and Wellness Care Program - Benefits.
  • Child Care Benefits.
  • Dependent Care Cost Savings Program.
  • Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities.
  • 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan.
  • Medical, dental, vision plan.
  • Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement.
  • Short-term, long-term, and life insurance paid by ALPLA.
  • Paid vacation; paid holidays.
Physical Demands
  • The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally climb or balance.
  • The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to sit.
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #MCD #Salaried

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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