Remote Scale-Up & Additive Manufacturing Advisor

WLG; Warszawa; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG is seeking a manufacturing innovation expert to pilot a global initiative that connects manufacturers with spare production capacity to scale-ups and SMEs, particularly in additive manufacturing, engineering services and manufacturing as a service. The role is fully remote with occasional travel across Europe.

You will analyse capacity and needs, define criteria, engage scale-ups, design workshops, and produce practical recommendations to unlock partnerships between large manufacturers and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing innovation, with recent work helping scale-up companies industrialise their products.
• Proven record facilitating partnerships between corporates and scale-ups in production or manufacturing.
• Experience designing repeatable procedures or frameworks that work across many organisations.
• Comfort in heavily regulated industry such as aerospace and defence, with creative ideas for civilian capacity usage.
• Experience in complex multi-stakeholder settings - defence, government or international organisations.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the production capacity offered by manufacturers and the production needs of scale-ups and SMEs.
• Assessing how ready participating companies are to manufacture at scale.
• Define matching criteria and objectives and key results that track introductions and completed business-to-business arrangements, without becoming a party to them.
• Finding and engaging suitable scale-ups and facilitating introductions with manufacturers.
• Designing and running expert workshops and sprints with manufacturers, start-ups and the organisation's own teams.
• Spotting what blocks partnerships between large manufacturers and young companies, and turning it into a final report with practical recommendations and tools.

Skills

Manufacturing innovation

Partnership facilitation

Workshop design

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Defence industry experience

Job description

WLG is seeking a manufacturing innovation expert to pilot a global initiative that connects manufacturers with spare production capacity to scale-ups and SMEs, particularly in additive manufacturing, engineering services and manufacturing as a service. The role is fully remote with occasional travel across Europe.

You will analyse capacity and needs, define criteria, engage scale-ups, design workshops, and produce practical recommendations to unlock partnerships between large manufacturers and