Position Overview:

You’ll lead APAC PE/TD/CMF team to interface with product management, project management, industrial design, quality assurance, prototyping, testing, design engineering and merchandise sourcing in delivering a constant flow of innovative products. You also will collaborate with resource managers across product creation to plan, resource, and execute new projects. Ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with organization’s established policies and objectives. Utilize best practice engineering methods and provide expert technical guidance for engineering initiatives. Incorporate components, materials, and tools that result in cost-effective and quality output. Groom and develop the engineering team to build a strong Production Engineering discipline.

该职位将领导APAC PE/TD/CMF，与产品管理、项目管理、工业设计、质量保证、原型设计、测试、设计工程和采购对接，提供源源不断的创新产品。您还将与采购经理在产品创建过程中合作，计划、资源和执行新项目。确保所有工程项目、计划和过程符合公司的既定政策和目标。利用最佳实践工程方法，为工程计划提供专业技术指导。整合各种要素、材料和工具，以实现成本效益和质量输出。培养和发展工程团队，建立强大的生产工程体系。

What You'll Do:

· Manage Vietnam engineer team by leading, coaching, and mentoring the team to accomplish the responsibilities and grow the capability continuously.

管理负责越南工程团队. 领导，培训并指导团队完成各项工作任务并持续提升团队能力。

· Cooperate with Product Creation team to meet project timelines, project quality and innovation efforts, to be lead for manufacturing process in design for manufacture (DFM)

与产品创新团队协作达成项目的时间表，项目质量及技术创新，成为设计制造中生产流程的主导者。

· Lead and coach PE/TD team to perform PE/TD’s duty in new product development process.

领导和指导PE/TD团队在新产品开发过程中履行PE/TD的职责。

· Assign PE/TD to join each specific project to support product design, complete design risk review and assessment, develop product test plan, perform engineering sample review and provide comments from product engineering perspective, be responsible for EIR and PSA sample review and approval.

指派产品工程师参加每个特定的新产品开发项目，以支持产品设计，完成设计风险审查和评估，制定产品测试计划，执行工程样品审查并从产品工程的角度提供意见。负责EIR和PSA样品的审核和批准。

· Drives the coordination between APAC engineer team and other function teams, focusing on technical communication and alignment with factories.

推动亚太工程师团队和其他职能团队之间的协调，重点关注与工厂的技术要求和规范达成一致。

· Partner with internal team and factories to ensure products are appropriately documented through a technical specification package, work Instructions are appropriately documented for manufacturing processes, and receive necessary change management for both.

与内部团队和工厂合作，确保使用合适的文件记录来管理产品和生产过程，并进行变更管理

· Partner with other function teams to ensure projects meet financial targets as related to COGs and Capital

与其他职能团队合作，确保项目达到与成本目标

· Familiar with OEM/ODM processes, build factory engineering capability assessment system and drive for continuous improvement to have the product creation process more smoothly and shorten the lead-time.

熟悉OEM/ODM流程, 建立工厂工程能力评估系统，并推动持续改进，以使新产品开发过程更加顺利, 并缩短新产品开发周期。

· Works closely with QA to solve technical issues related to product function and performance.

与质量团队紧密合作，解决与产品功能和性能相关的技术问题。

· Drives and organize periodic engineering seminar within PE/TD team and with cross functional teams by case study, lesson learning and experience/knowledge sharing.

通过案例分析、经验教训和知识分享，推动和PE/TD 团队内部以及和跨职能团队定期的工程研讨会。

· Identify, investigate, and adapt tools and techniques for product and process improvement, demonstrate excellent time-management, problem prevention and problem-solving skills.

发现并改进和产品及流程相关的解决方案和技术，具备出色的时间管理、问题预防和解决能力。

· Mentor and develop the engineer team by identifying educational and professional development opportunities for team members and work out their development plan.

指导和发展工程团队，为团队成员确定教育和职业发展机会，并制定发展计划。

Who You Are:

· Strong process-wise thinking and logical analytical capability.

较强的流程思维和逻辑分析能力。

· Good knowledge in textile cut&sew and RF welded, and basic knowledge on metal and plastic injection.

熟悉纺织品裁剪缝和射频焊接工艺，并具备金属和塑料注塑方面的基础知识。。

· Extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and associated product design requirements for processes.

广泛的制造工艺和产品设计转化的知识。

· Qualification process knowledge in best practices such as PPAP, validation/verification through DFMEA/Test Plan/PFMEA/Control Plan

熟悉流程管理，例如PPAP/DFMEA/测试计划/PFMEA/控制计划的验证/验证

· Capability to partner with functional teams to assemble a robust technical specification package to capture product design intent, requirements, and expectations.

有能力与其他团队协作创建技术规格包，以捕获产品设计意图，需求和期望。

· Rich experience in project/team management and very familiar with project process , Skilled at prioritizing tasks and managing timelines.

具有丰富的项目/团队管理经验，非常熟悉项目流程，擅长确定任务优先级和管理时间表。

· Familiar with software which is used in hard goods and soft goods industry.

熟悉各种工程用软件。

· Strong verbal, written and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally in English, rich experience on working and communicating directly with US based product creation teams.

较强的口头、书面和表达能力，具有有效和专业的英文沟通能力, 具有与美国产品开发团队直接工作和沟通的丰富经验。

· Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

有效回应敏感询问或投诉，并对敏感信息保密。

· Bachelor's degree or above, major in Mechanical Engineering, or Fashion Design and Engineering, or Textile Engineering and manufacturing related.

学士学位以上，机械工程，服装设计与工程、纺织工程与制造相关专业

· 10+ years of experience on engineering, engineering experience on soft goods is preferred.

10年及以上工程经验, 软包工程经验优先

· 5+ years leading a Team Engineers

5年及以上工程团队管理经验

· Travel 30%

出差频率占工作30%及以上

Position Overview

The Soft Goods Development Engineer is responsible for engineering the development of Stanley 1913’s Soft Goods collection, ensuring it is functionally viable, meets design intent, is efficient in production and within margin objectives.

The role is also responsible to assess product designs and offer suggestions to structurally enhance the product. At the same time, this role will work closely with the manufacturing partners to ensure they are optimizing the plant for efficiency, employing tooling, reducing production bottle necks and minimizing minutes on the line.

This role also leads innovation research for Soft Goods and introduces best practices from the industry to both the Stanley 1913 brand and the manufacturing partners.

What You'll Do

• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 design and product development teams on existing and new projects. Provide input from engineering aspect to guide the product teams on construction and raw material choices.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 Quality team and together lead critical milestone events such as Pre-Production runs, Pilot runs, Test Orders and similar. Identify weaknesses and trouble shoot solutions.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 sourcing team to engage and train the manufacturing partners on industry best engineering practices for Soft Goods.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing partners ensuring optimization of the welding and sewing lines.
• Attend regular meetings with cross functional teams and be able to provide updates, relay actions and improvements made, and point out risks and plans to offset.

Interaction and Environment

Reporting to Sr Manager, Quality and Engineering, this role will interact across multiple functions in China, USA, Vietnam, Cambodia and potentially others.

Physical Activities Required to Perform Essential Functions

• Should be able to stand and sit for extended periods of time.
• Should be able to lift 40 pounds if required.
• Be able to travel as needed within and outside of country of station.
• Willingness to work outside traditional office hours when asked.

Who You Are

• Engineering background with experience in textile cut and sew and RF welded soft goods.
• Working knowledge of Six sigma methodology preferred.
• Expert with Adobe Illustrator, 3D Modeling Preferred , and other professional software.
• Excellent communication skills - written, spoken, listening.
• Out of the box thinker, yet analytical and with a bias for process.
• Strong planning & implementation skills, adherence to timelines a must.
• Ability to influence to gain the best outcome for Stanley 1913 products.
• Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Bachelor's degree or above, major in Engineering Discipline, preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in soft goods engineering for a consumer goods brand with global reach.

Position Overview: 

The Soft Goods Technical Development Manager is responsible for leading APAC TD team to drive the development of Stanley 1913’s Soft Goods collection, ensuring it is functionally viable, meets design intent, is efficient in production and within margin objectives.

The role is also responsible to assess product designs and offer suggestions to structurally enhance the product. At the same time, this role will work closely with the manufacturing partners to ensure they are optimizing the plant for efficiency, employing tooling, reducing production bottle necks and minimizing minutes on the line.

This role also leads innovation research for Soft Goods and introduces best practices from the industry to both the Stanley 1913 brand and the manufacturing partners.

Reporting to Sr Manager, Engineering, this role will interact across multiple functions in China, USA, Vietnam, Cambodia and potentially others.

What You'll Do:

• Manage APAC TD team by leading, coaching, and mentoring the team to accomplish the responsibilities and grow the capability continuously.
• Lead and coach TD team to perform APAC TD’s duty in new product development process.
• Deliver tasks assigned on time and efficiently in a positive and collaborative manner. Delivery includes both the technical considerations, as well manager responsibilities.
• Assign TD to join each specific project to support product design, complete design risk review and assessment, develop product test plan, perform sample review and provide comments from product development perspective, be responsible for Confirmation sample and PSA sample review and approval.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 design and product development teams on existing and new projects. Provide input from engineering aspect to guide the product teams on construction and raw material choices.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 Quality team and together lead critical milestone events such as Pre-Production runs, Pilot runs, Test Orders and similar. Identify weaknesses and trouble shoot solutions.
• Partner closely with Stanley 1913 sourcing team to engage and train the manufacturing partners on industry best engineering practices for Soft Goods.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing partners ensuring optimization of the welding and sewing lines.
• Lead regular meetings with cross-functional teams and be able to provide updates, relay actions and improvements made, and point out risks and plans to offset.
• Build factory engineering / technical capability assessment system and drive for continuous improvement to have the product creation process more smoothly and shorten the lead-time.
• Lead innovation activities from factory side, provide strong understanding to evaluate ideas together with creation team.
• Drive quick strike projects to support quick needs from product management team.

Who You Are:

• Technical / Engineering background with experience in textile cut and sew and RF welded soft goods (Bag related experience preferred).
• Working knowledge of Six sigma methodology preferred.
• Expert with Adobe Illustrator, 3D Modeling Preferred, and other professional software.
• Excellent communication skills - written, spoken, listening.
• Out of the box thinker, yet analytical and with a bias for process.
• Strong planning & implementation skills, adherence to timelines a must.
• Ability to influence to gain the best outcome for Stanley 1913 products.
• Rich experience in project/team management and very familiar with project process, Skilled at prioritizing tasks and managing timelines.
• Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Technology / Engineering Discipline, preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in soft goods development for a consumer goods brand with global reach.
• 5+ years leading TD team (Soft Good)
• Solid experience of technical writing, documentation and presentation
• Confidence working with, and presenting to internal and external clients
• Direct experience communicating with factories
• Travel 30%~50%