Director of Marketing and Engineering

Conical Tool Company; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Conical Tool Company in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Director of Marketing and Engineering to lead industrial engineering, R&D, tool design, quality, efficiency, and costing for international products and markets. The role demands strategic oversight of cross-functional teams and global supplier relationships.

The candidate will drive sales, manage engineering, QA, and plant personnel, and enhance technical documentation while analyzing product and sales data to identify profitable growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (industrial, civil, manufacturing, or electrical).
• Six years manufacturing experience including costing of materials, labor & machine expense.
• Two years sales experience in international markets.
• Three years management experience in metalworking industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with international manufacturers and suppliers to extend market saturation and product development in South America.
• Drive sales and meet growth objectives.
• Manage engineering, quality assurance, and plant personnel in technical assistance, specifications, efficiency, and quality of production.
• Improve technical support documentation (speeds and feeds tables, machining processes, tooling guides).
• Statistically analyze product and sales data to identify profitable categories for new product lines and increased revenues.
• Identify marketing and pricing strategy to maximize profitability.
• Maximize market segmentation and product promotion, brands, and categories of metalworking supplies.

Skills

Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (industrial, civil, manufacturing, or electrical)

Job description

Director of Marketing and Engineering, Conical Tool Company, Grand Rapids, MI. Responsible for industrial engineering, research and development, tool design, overall quality, efficiency, and estimating and costing for new international products and markets. Duties:

• Develop relationships with international manufacturers and suppliers to strategically extend our market saturation, product development and distribution, specifically in South America;
• Drive sales and meet growth objectives;
• Manage engineering, quality assurance, and plant personnel in technical assistance, specifications, efficiency, and quality of production;
• Improve technical support documentation (i.e., speeds and feeds tables, machining processes, tooling recommendation guides);
• Statistically analyze product and sales data to identify profitable categories where engineering, development and manufacturing of new product lines will provide increased revenues to the company, and improved performance to the customer;
• Identify marketing and pricing strategy to maximize profitability; and,
• Maximize market segmentation and product promotion, brands, and categories of metalworking supplies.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in industrial, civil, manufacturing, or electrical engineering; Six years manufacturing experience must include costing of materials, labor & machine expense, two years sales experience in international markets; and three years management experience in metalworking industries. Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese. 25% Domestic and International travel required.