Senior Manager, Test Lab

Danfoss; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th salary

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss Power Solutions is seeking a Test Lab Manager for its Minneapolis, MN site to lead a 15-20 person team in delivering safe and efficient product verification across hydraulic, electrical, and electronic products. The role focuses on strategic planning and execution to enable profitable growth and high-quality testing operations onsite.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of leadership experience in industrial or manufacturing settings, with preferred MS or MBA and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Units, Divisions, and Functions to deliver world class capabilities for product verification.
• Ensure on-time delivery of test services to internal customers.
• Lead long-term demand forecasting and short-term prioritization decisions to meet project deliverables and optimize work output and capital utilization.
• Provide leadership and accountability for safe lab operations, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of safety performance in partnership with local EHS professionals.
• Set and execute a multi-year strategy and capital plan aligned to growth objectives of divisions and business units.
• Oversee hiring, training, and development of Test Lab staff including Supervisors and Technicians.
• Participate in and contribute to the global test lab community to share practices and improve cross-site coordination.
• Own the lab operating budget, cost forecasts, KPI, and financial performance; develop corrective actions for cost-recovery risks.

Skills

Leadership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

People management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS in technical field

MBA

Job description

The Impact You\'ll Make

Danfoss Power Solutions, a global market leader in Power Management and Motion Control for Off-Highway and Industrial applications has an opening in its Research, Development and Engineering Test Lab in Minneapolis, MN for the Test Lab Manager. This person leads the 15-20 person test lab team to deliver safe and efficient operations enabling the profitable growth of Danfoss Power Solutions. They will be responsible for strategic planning and tactical execution of world class product verification capabilities for hydraulic, electrical, and electronic products. This is an onsite position with a salary range of 120-150K based on experience.

What You\'ll Be Doing

• Partner with Business Units, Divisions, and Functions to deliver world class capabilities for product verification
• Ensure on-time delivery of test services to internal customers
• Lead long-term demand forecasting and short-term prioritization decisions to meet project deliverables and optimize work output and capital utilization
• Provide leadership and accountability for safe lab operations, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of safety performance in partnership with local Environment, Health and Safety professionals.
• Set and execute a multi-year strategy and capital plan aligned to the strategic growth objectives of multiple Divisions and Business Units.
• Oversee the hiring, training, and development of Test Lab staff including Supervisors and Technicians
• Participate in and contribute to the global test lab community to share practices, leverage capabilities, and improve cross-site coordination.
• Ensure a continuous improvement mindset within the team while developing and maintaining group performance measures (KPI), budget, and work direction
• Keep standard operating procedures and processes relevant and up to date to ensure delivery per applicable ISO Standards
• Own the lab operating budget, cost forecasts, internal cost-allocation processes, utilization targets, and financial performance. Develop corrective actions when demand, staffing, or expenses create material cost-recovery risk.

What We\'re Looking For

Required (basic) qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree from an accredited institution.
• 5 or more years of progressive leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or technology environment

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years in manager of people role
• MS in technical field or MBA
• History of building strategic plans and driving capital investment
• Experience with large-scale manufacturing company with multi-national Research, Development, and Engineering teams.
• Background in Product Design, Test, or Operations

Job Criteria

• Ability to work in ambiguous situations
• Comfortable leading change
• Ability to influence parallel teams in a multi-function matrix environment
• Ability to lead teams, primarily internal in nature
• Global inter-cultural cross-organizational teaming
• Navigate competing requirements to resolve conflict and improve engineering processes
• Summarize complicated technical situations into easily understood business actions

What You\'ll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You\’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You\’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they\'re worth asking about—we think they\'re pretty great.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If this role excites you, we\’d love to hear from you!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.