Senior Director Value Engineering

Overview

Frida is seeking a Senior Director Value Engineering to lead our Product Development Engineering team and provide vision and technical leadership for product, packaging and reliability engineering. The selected candidate will drive the development of market-leading products from concept through structural packaging design and execution that are on quality, on budget, on strategy, and provide a best-in-class consumer experience.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities to include :

• Execute detailed cost engineering analysis to identify possible cost-saving opportunities and conduct cost-benefit analyses. Work with cross-functional partners (i.e. Sourcing, Finance, Project Management, Brand) to gain business alignment.
• Manage the implementation process across all paths to market – in-house design, contract manufacturing and OEM
• Develop frameworks, tools, and capabilities and drive enhanced processes as necessary across engineering, quality, cost management and execution
• Optimize processes for cross-functional team dependencies and successful hand-offs
• Understand and enforce quality and regulatory requirements to ensure all products meet or exceed established specs and substantiate marketing claims
• Manage product testing requirements and standards to ensure product performance, quality and compliance and provide direction to the team based on test results
• Work closely with the production team and suppliers to manage and resolve issues that arise in capacity, quality, manufacturing and delivery
• Scale the function by defining organization build-out over time, and skill sets to bring in
• Additional projects as assigned

What You Will Need

Who You Will Work With

Frida is an organization that values collaboration and community. As the Senior Director Value Engineering, you will work closely with Operations, Sourcing, Finance, Brand Management, and Project Management teams.

Why You Will Love Working at Frida

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