This strategic leadership role defines and orchestrates MR’s global operating plan, balancing ambition with discipline through thoughtful prioritization and trade off decisions
Job Summary
This strategic leadership role defines and orchestrates MR’s global operating plan, balancing ambition with discipline through thoughtful prioritization and trade off decisions.
The role plays a critical leadership position in establishing and continuously improving product cost, collaborating with New Product Introduction (NPI) teams to aggressively drive cost out of platforms.
Across cost management, product cost, and VCP, the Champion drives standard work, embeds lean thinking, and delivers innovative process and workflow improvements that directly impact business performance.
Matching Summary
This strategic leadership role defines and orchestrates MR’s global operating plan, balancing ambition with discipline through thoughtful prioritization and trade off decisions.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Global R&D budget operating plan
Total Landed Cost (TLC) initiatives
Variable Cost Productivity (VCP) management
Lean thinking and process improvements
Cross-functional team leadership
Nice-to-have
Drive functional excellence through technology
Lead through influence
Adaptability and flexibility
Detail- and data-oriented mindset
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree with 5 years operational or analysis experience
5 years experience leading cross functional teams
Proven leadership of a team
Experience using LEAN Principles for problem solving
R&D budget management experience
3+ years direct product structure or product management experience
Prior NPI experience
Direct business level finance experience
3+ years experience in a global business environment
3+ years experience with financial systems/applications