Technical Services Manager
At Appvion, we innovate sustainable specialty coating solutions that are a part of many tickets, tags, labels, and packages you touch every day. We serve a wide range of markets such as retail, healthcare, transportation, entertainment, and food packaging. Our goal as a 115-year company is to continue aligning our expertise with the needs of the sustainably minded consumer.
Benefits:
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Medical (HDHP, PPO, and Value Plans)
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Dental (two comprehensive plans to choose from)
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401k
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Vision
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Employee Assistance Program
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Tuition Reimbursement (Up to $5,250 per year)
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Wellness Center free of charge
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Life insurance
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Vacation (awarded based on industry related experience)
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12 paid holidays
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Scholarships for dependents
**Check out all the benefits we offer at
www.appvion.com.**
Expected Results:
- Assertively manage a portfolio of product development projects as well as the team that is charged with executing on those projects.
- Responsible for executing an annual operating plan that delivers stated technical, business, and financial objectives for assigned products in development.
- Provide technical expertise to operations and marketing including translation of customer needs into manufacturing specifications.
- Lead and develop a team of ambitious engineers, chemists, and technicians to achieve company goals and maintain an engaged workforce.
- Foster an atmosphere of personal development and individual engagement while driving strong team performance and continual improvement.
Schedule:
This role is fully onsite in Appleton, WI. The typical working hours will be 7am to 4pm or 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
What you’ll do:
- Lead development teams, profit improvement initiatives, and material changes using effective Project Management skills and techniques.
- Develop scale-able processes to efficiently deliver business results through product development.
- Refine stage gate and project portfolio processes to best achieve company goals.
- Set and deliver financial goals for assigned technical development opportunities.
- Manage a portfolio of technical projects, maintaining portfolio balance between growth, profit improvement, and ongoing business support.
- Lead the team that drives the second half of new product development including production scale trials and commercialization of new products and solutions at customers.
- Develop relationships with key customers in the target markets.
- Work with Sales and Marketing to understand competitive positioning relative to Appvion’s product line including design, performance, and cost.
- Work with sales and marketing to transition projects in development to commercialization.
To be successful, we ask you to bring:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in project management or new product development including cross-functional team leadership.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Technical discipline required. Advanced degree in Marketing or Business preferred.
- Excellent project management skills (prioritization, resource allocation, multitasking and business analytics).
- Proven expertise in developing and launching multiple products; new products, product line extensions, and managing product changes, all while maintaining world class quality.
- A leader in highly collaborate environments, both internally and externally. Prefer track record of development of successful partnerships with external customers and companies.
- Experience in multicultural environments preferred; ability to travel domestically and internationally.
A background check and pre-employment physical with a drug screen is required.