Strategic Manufacturing Lead: Concept Development

KK Group; Szczecin; On-site; PLN 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

KK Group seeks a Senior Lead Engineer – Concept Development to drive strategic manufacturing initiatives, factory concepts, and production innovation across a global organisation.

You will lead complex concept development projects from idea generation to implementation, support NPI and future factory planning, and mentor engineers while advancing manufacturing standards and governance.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Lead strategic manufacturing and Concept Development projects.
• Develop business cases and present investment proposals to stakeholders.
• Define future manufacturing concepts, production systems, and factory solutions.
• Support global manufacturing strategy and long-term business objectives.
• Design and optimise production layouts, material flows, and manufacturing routings.
• Conduct feasibility studies for new products, technologies, equipment, and production concepts.
• Drive process improvements focused on efficiency, productivity, automation, scalability, and sustainability.
• Lead value stream mapping, process optimisation, and analytical manufacturing assessments.
• Manage complex cross-functional projects with global stakeholders.
• Perform risk assessments, investment analyses, and technical evaluations.
• Facilitate workshops on concept development, manufacturing design, and process optimisation.
• Identify emerging technologies and industry trends that can create competitive advantages.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing concept standards, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Act as a subject matter expert for manufacturing concept development.
• Mentor and coach engineers while supporting capability development across teams.
• Influence technical decisions across multiple organisational levels.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Industrial engineering

Production systems

New Product Introduction

NPI

Project management

Stakeholder management

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Operational excellence

Feasibility studies

Risk assessments

Business cases

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Influence decisions

Global collaboration

Communication

Presentation skills

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

KK Group seeks a Senior Lead Engineer – Concept Development to drive strategic manufacturing initiatives, factory concepts, and production innovation across a global organisation.

You will lead complex concept development projects from idea generation to implementation, support NPI and future factory planning, and mentor engineers while advancing manufacturing standards and governance.