Department Manager - Prototyping & Support

Sioux Group; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work option

28 vacation days + 12 extra

€6,000 training budget per year

Sioux Campus & Sioux Labs

Job summary

Sioux Group in Eindhoven, NL, seeks a Department Manager Prototyping & Support to lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technicians, translating customer requirements into feasible prototypes and plans. You will balance hands-on project execution with people leadership, ensuring on-time delivery within budget.

You will oversee feasibility studies, cost calculations, capacity planning, and the assembly, integration and testing of mechatronic systems, while maintaining strong customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, or a comparable technical field.
• Extensive relevant experience in a high-tech prototyping, assembly, integration or project environment.
• Experience in leading, coaching and developing technical professionals.
• Knowledge of project management, work preparation, planning and cost calculation.
• Technical knowledge of the assembly and testing of mechatronic systems.
• Experience in managing project scope, planning, costs, quality and risks.
• Experience with ERP systems and preferably with BOM, engineering or PLM data.
• A proactive, pragmatic and results-oriented way of working.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to bring together different perspectives and interests.
• Good command of both Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop employees within Prototyping & Support.
• Translate Sioux's strategy and project requirements into objectives, capacity and competencies for the team.
• Recruitment, onboarding, employee development, performance and sustainable employability.
• Plan and assign employees based on project needs, experience, development and personal ambitions.
• Prepare prototype build projects, including feasibility analyses, cost calculations, quotation input, capacity and planning.
• Manage assembly, integration and testing activities.
• Deliver projects within the agreed scope, schedule, costs, specifications and quality standards.
• Maintain contact with customers and internal stakeholders regarding progress, risks, changes and delivery.
• Monitor hours, costs, and progress in the ERP system and ensuring projects are properly completed and handed over.
• Continuously improving work preparation, assembly, testing, collaboration and operational processes.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Communication

Project management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

BOM/PLM data

Job description

As Department Manager Prototyping & Support, you combine leadership with hands-on technical project execution. You build a professional and engaged team and ensure that complex prototype build projects are prepared, executed and delivered in a structured

As Department Manager Prototyping & Support, you combine leadership with the delivery of technical projects. You build a professional and engaged team and ensure that complex prototype build projects are prepared, executed and delivered in a structured and predictable manner.

In this versatile role, you are responsible for the Prototyping & Support team within Sioux. You lead technical professionals who assemble, integrate and test complex mechatronic systems. You create a safe and motivating working environment, develop the capabilities of your team and align capacity and priorities with the needs of our projects and customers.

At the same time, you also lead prototype build projects yourself. You translate customer requirements into a realistic approach, cost estimate and planning, while monitoring quality, costs and lead times throughout execution. In doing so, you act as the connecting link between employees, engineering, project management, Business Units and the customer.

You easily switch between the long-term development of your team and the day-to-day reality of project execution. You bring structure, make clear decisions and intervene in a timely manner when planning, quality or feasibility come under pressure.

What excites you as a Department Manager - Prototyping & Support?

From our high-tech environment in Eindhoven, you will focus on:

• Leading, coaching and developing the employees within Prototyping & Support.
• Translating Sioux's strategy and project requirements into objectives, capacity and competencies for the team.
• Recruitment, onboarding, employee development, performance and sustainable employability.
• Planning and assigning employees based on project needs, experience, development and personal ambitions.
• Preparing prototype build projects, including feasibility analyses, cost calculations, quotation input, capacity and planning.
• Managing assembly, integration and testing activities.
• Delivering projects within the agreed scope, schedule, costs, specifications and quality standards.
• Maintaining contact with customers and internal stakeholders regarding progress, risks, changes and delivery.
• Monitoring hours, costs, and progress in the ERP system and ensuring projects are properly completed and handed over.
• Continuously improving work preparation, assembly, testing, collaboration and operational processes.

Sounds good so far? We'd love to tell you more

Your future workplace

This is what you bring to the table

• A completed Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, or a comparable technical field.
• Extensive relevant experience in a high-tech prototyping, assembly, integration or project environment.
• Experience in leading, coaching and developing technical professionals.
• Knowledge of project management, work preparation, planning and cost calculation.
• Technical knowledge of the assembly and testing of mechatronic systems.
• Experience in managing project scope, planning, costs, quality and risks.
• Experience with ERP systems and preferably with BOM, engineering or PLM data.
• A proactive, pragmatic and results-oriented way of working.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to bring together different perspectives and interests.
• Good command of both Dutch and English.

This is what you can expect in return from Sioux

• A flexible working week of 32 to 40 hours, with the option to work from home.
• We strongly believe in a healthy work-life balance. You’ll receive 28 vacation days, with the option to purchase 12 additional days.
• You’ll work alongside passionate colleagues from a wide range of technical disciplines.
• By combining our expertise in software, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, mathematics and assembly, we make the impossible possible for our customers and work on challenging high-tech projects.
• You’ll be given plenty of freedom and responsibility. After all, you know what you’re doing.
• You’ll receive personal coaching and a training budget of €6,000 per year, giving you every opportunity to continuously develop yourself.
• Having fun together is just as important to us. We organize plenty of activities for our employees, from family festivals and festive Christmas parties to inspiring knowledge-sharing sessions for the high-tech community.
• You’ll work at the Sioux Campus, where you can make daily use of the Sioux Labs living room for lunch, sports, making music, or sharing knowledge with colleagues in one of our Tech Labs.

High Tech & High Fun

We can tell you all about the typical Sioux-culture and the high-tech challenging projects. About how you can develop yourself, like nowhere else. But we’d rather have you hear it from our own employees.

Important note:

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the US Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R.

• 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require Sioux to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.