Regional Applications Manager

Zeiss Group in; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

401k Matching

Employee Assistance Programs

Vacation & Sick Pay

Job summary

ZEISS in Wixom, MI is seeking a Regional Applications Manager to lead the safe, efficient operation of the ZMS center, coordinating contract inspections, programming, and training services while driving revenue growth.

You will oversee scheduling, quality, and compliance, work with sales and operations, mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure customer satisfaction across projects, with a focus on innovation and metrology excellence.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of managerial experience with direct reports.
• 7-10 years of hands-on metrology lab experience.
• Ability to read engineering drawings for dimensional control.
• Proficiency with ZEISS coordinate measuring machines and CALYPSO software.
• Strong problem-solving and independent learning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead service center growth and strategic planning.
• Drive productivity and utilization improvements with new processes.
• Maintain utilization of ZEISS productivity tools (e.g., MCC, fixturing, offline programming).
• Prepare technical content for proposals and support timely quotes.
• Coordinate lab operations, calibrations, and safety; ensure compliance and audits.

Skills

Leadership experience

Metrology lab experience

Reading drawings

Problem solving

Computer proficiency

Tools

ZEISS CMM programming

Calypso software

CAD data handling

PiWeb

MCC tooling

Job description

How many companies can say they've been in business for over 180 years?!

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

Location/Region:

This position is located in Wixom, MI onsite.

What's the role?

The Regional Applications Manager has primary responsibility for the safe, efficient, and profitable operation of a ZMS group. The Manager is responsible for coordinating activities related to customer contracted inspection services, programming services, and training services assigned to the center. Equipment and personnel availability, response time, and customer satisfaction are key success criteria for each service center. This position may require flexibility to work different shifts and weekends to meet customer demands. The role requires an entrepreneurial orientation and the ability to rapidly innovate service products and processes to drive revenue growth and productivity.

Here's what you'll do:

Business Growth & Service Center Leadership

• Work closely with the sales & operations to develop and execute a strategic plan to rapidly grow the contract inspection business at the respective center.
• Drive positive developments in productivity and utilization by creating and applying innovative process improvements.
• Ensure utilization of ZEISS productivity tools such as quick-change tooling and fixturing, offline programming, MCC, and PiWeb.
• Maintain a network-based master schedule for resources and equipment.

Customer Project Execution

• Prepare technical content for proposals, including cost inputs, to support timely quote delivery.
• Review jobs with customers prior to job start and ensure checklist requirements are appropriately captured.
• Work side-by-side with metrology services personnel as necessary to ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Assist Lab Engineers and Technicians as necessary to ensure jobs are completed on time, including creating and/or executing CALYPSO measurement plans when needed.
• Schedule and/or attend meetings to review job progress and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Review project results with customers in person or via web meetings as needed.

Lab Operations, Quality & Compliance

• Maintain thorough operational knowledge of each piece of measurement equipment in the lab.
• Coordinate service repairs, maintenance, and calibrations for lab equipment used for the business.
• Ensure the network-based customer job file is organized and complete, including CAD files, drawings, quote, PO, job checklist, and meeting minutes.
• Maintain an organized and safe working environment, especially as it relates to radiation safety.
• Ensure the site meets ZEISS Quality Management System guidelines and is prepared for audits.

Financial & Process Management

• Maintain a record of budgeted costs versus actual costs on a per-project basis.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, utilization, cost performance, and customer responsiveness.

Other Duties

• Perform other duties as required.
• 5-10 years of manager experience with direct reports.
• 7-10 years of hands-on metrology lab experience.
• Ability to read engineering drawings for dimensional control requirements.
• Ability to operate a ZEISS coordinate measuring machine, including programming using ZEISS application software; setup and staging of work pieces; accuracy and repeatability verification; and related activities.
• Strong computer skills and affinity for computer-aided data analysis products.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to learn independently and find solutions to customer problems.

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k Matching
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Vacation and sick pay
• The list goes on!

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities. The Company reserves the right to interpret, amend, or otherwise modify, in whole or in part, any job description at any time, at its sole discretion.

Keywords:

CMM, Metrology, software, hardware, #lovetravel, GD&T, troubleshoot.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Holly Greenwood-Mosher

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).