Sobre esta vaga de Sr. Product Engineer na The Home Depot
With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.
Position Purpose:The Sr. Product Engineer is a business partner to merchandising team managing and supporting private brands engineering projects. The engineer will partner with internal teams to complete benchmarking, product requirement development, and resolution of product performance concerns for assigned product categories. The engineer will also utilize Bill of Materials as well as internal tools and data to understand raw material, manufacturing, labor, logistics, business and all total cost involved in manufacturing and shipping product. The engineer is responsible for conducting engineering evaluations to determine component and complete product assembly costs for Home Depot Products. Having good business acumen and financial knowledge of key terms will aid the engineer in relating the information to the Merchant community in a constructive and collaborative manner. The engineer works in a team environment as an individual contributor.
Key Responsibilities:
- 50% Engineering project management including benchmarking, product requirement development, and test protocol development
- 30% Conduct financial and value based calculations, summarize the findings for the business in presentation quality format and communicate findings to key stakeholders
- 10% Complete resolution of product performance concerns
- 10% Provide general product Engineering guidance and knowledge or evaluations as required to deliver short term business goals
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Position Reports to Engineering Manager
- Position has no direct reports.
Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
- Most all of the time is spent sitting in the same position or standing/walking or there is some requirement to lift or handle material or equipment of moderate weight (8-20 pounds).
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent in a field of study related to the job
- Masters of Business Administration
- Product costing experience
- Extensive understanding of Bills of Materials
- Knowledge of Merchandising Financial terms
- Knowledge of INCO shipping terms
- Experience working in a manufacturing and/or product development environment including design for reduced Manufacturing and Assembly costs
- Experience working with OEM suppliers through the product development cycle
- Experience working with vertically integrated manufacturers
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 5
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in cross-functional team environment
- Business acumen and understanding of Merchandising
- Ability to use standard hand tools and lab equipment such as technical measuring equipment, power tools and pneumatic tools.
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to use costing software such as Boothroyd Dewhurst DFM/DFMA
- Demonstrated manufacturing knowledge in areas such as plastics, metals, glass, wood, textiles and Printed Circuit boards